Skip to main content
Work with the NEU
The Trump administration has been left exposed again
The US and Israel’s outdated and unjust views are increasingly at odds with public sentiment across the globe, writes JOHN HAYLETT

DONALD TRUMP is very upset with the Palestinian leadership, accusing it of ingratitude.

The US president can’t believe, just because he declared Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and pledged to transfer the US embassy there, that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told him to forget any Washington-led peace negotiations.

Either Trump is unaware of the city’s unique importance to Palestinian Muslims and Christians, as well as to Jews, or he believes he has a god-like power to make declarations binding on the whole of humanity.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Shops are closed during protests in Tehran's centuries-old main bazaar, Iran, January 6, 2026
Features / 19 January 2026
19 January 2026

Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN

US President Donald Trump smiles at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after signing a proclamation at the White House in Washington, March 25, 2019
Middle East / 24 June 2025
24 June 2025

While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues

Flames rise from an oil storage facility after it appeared to have been hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025
Features / 17 June 2025
17 June 2025

We are being dragged into not just a war, but a potentially nuclear war