Can Trump manage a Mideast crisis? Why Israelis have concerns.

Posted on AllSides January 15th, 2020
From The Center
National Security, Iran, Israel, foreign policy, Donald Trump

Policymaking process may sound dreary, but it also elicits confidence. America’s abilities to handle global crises fall on the shoulders of the president, yes, but also on a well-staffed policy bureaucracy.

In the hours after the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leaders alike were quick to praise the Trump administration.

The U.S. drone strike had eliminated a hardened foe of Israel who sought, effectively, to encircle the country’s borders with hostile and well-armed proxies.

But for all their initial elation, Israeli...

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