Road to the Middle East: Trump's Tour & other Middle Eastern Issues



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ROAD TO THE MIDDLE EAST

Turkey Jackson: I hope she didn't hear that. The dead have a way of coming back you know.
Jeff Peters: Get out, when they're dead they're dead.
Turkey Jackson: Not Aunt Lucy, she was a Republican. -- from Road to Morocco









President Trump receives Saudi gold medal

 King Salman of Saudi Arabia is expected to say at the summit: "I speak on behalf of all my brothers, the leaders ... gathered here today, in saying that we will not hesitate to prosecute anyone who supports or finances terrorism, in any shape or form, and will apply justice to its fullest."










President Trump at the Western Wall with First Lady Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.

 (EVAN VUCCI/AP)





















President Donald Trump is welcomed by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday. Thomas Coex / AFP - Getty Images







TURKEY



STARVING CHILDREN IN YEMEN




SYRIA









 "There's nothing the U.S. wouldn't do for Syria, and there's nothing Syria wouldn't do for the U.S. And that's the way we go through life  doing nothing for each other!' -- paraphrase of Bob Hope one-liner


ISRAEL

Supreme Court Justice: Etgar Keret Is Israel’s ‘Young Boswell’

Israel wants Trump to stop Palestinian payments to prisoners and families of ‘martyrs’

Israeli Ambassador To Nigeria Funds Refugee Children’s Soccer League

WOW Air Announces $149 Flights To Israel

Israelis Are Crowd-Sourcing The Hebrew Name For Fidget Spinner

  Trump: "I am committed to trying to achieve a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians and I intend to do everything I can to help them achieve that goal."



NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.


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