President Trump Celebrates Historic Opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem

“President Trump on Monday officially recognized ‘the plain truth that Israel’s capital is Jerusalem,’ as his administration celebrated the opening of a new U.S. Embassy in the Holy City on the 70th anniversary of Israel’s founding,” Gabby Morrongiello writes for the Washington Examiner.

“The U.S. will always be a great friend of Israel and a partner in the cause of freedom and peace. We extend a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians, and to all of their neighbors. May there be peace,” the President said in a video address.

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In The Jerusalem Post, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argues that President Trump made a courageous decision when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and announced that the U.S. Embassy would be moved there. “Presidents of both parties had made the same promise, and repeatedly failed to follow through. Finally, 70 years later, America is at last recognizing Israel’s true capital,” he writes.

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“Bipartisanship isn’t dead: The House Judiciary Committee last week passed a bill offering ex-felons a ‘second chance,’ and it stands a decent chance of becoming law,” the New York Post Editorial Board writes. The First Step Act, backed by Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, “aims to reduce recidivism and lower the prison population.”

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Steven Cash, former Chief Counsel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and former CIA Operations Officer, writes in The Hill that as “the first woman, and the first career intelligence professional since Director William Casey to lead the CIA, [Gina] Haspel promises to be an excellent, apolitical and talented leader. She should be confirmed.”

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“As Hamas continues to exploit protests to foment violence against Israel, finding a way to help the people of Gaza in any meaningful way becomes more and more challenging,” President Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, writes in The Jerusalem Post. “All parties interested in bringing change to Gaza need to face the reality that Hamas has failed its own people.”