By Timothy D. Naegele[1]
Yesterday, Donald Trump met with Israel's multi-decade butcher, Benjamin Netanyahu, in our White House's Oval Office . . . and over lunch. The "love fest" was enough to turn one's stomach.[2] Is Trump's blindness with respect to Israel's atrocities vis-a-vis non-Jews enough to oppose him politically?
It's an individual choice, of course. But Trump has gone too far in terms of keeping the monies and weaponry flowing to Israel; and curtailing free speech on behalf of those who would tell the unvarnished truth about Israel's "crusade" against non-Jews.[3]
Lots of us have long-time Jewish friends, who are just as American as we are. They are not immigrant Jews. Rather, their ancestors came to the United States in the 1800s or before, like mine did.[4]. Some live in countries other than Israel and America, where they are forced to deny their "Jewishness."
This is what Netanyahu, the "Settlers" and rabid Zionists have wrought. Perhaps the worst part of the interview was when Trump and Netanyahu agreed that other countries should be found to take in Palestinians. A bizarre notion: to "sanitize" Palestine against Palestinians.
For the most part, Trump and Netanyahu focused on the threat from Iran, with Trump saying that a "high-level meeting" with the Iranians was scheduled for this Saturday.[5] But a nation-ending attack against Israel may not involve Iran at all.[6]
Anti-Semitism is reaching levels globally that have not been seen since World War II. Netanyahu should be arrested and tried by the International Criminal Court for his many crimes. However, predictably Trump would seek to block such efforts, and permit Israel's butchery to continue—which some may argue is a crime itself.
Ariel Sharon and the Rabins hated Netanyahu. Indeed, the "Lioness" Leah Rabin blamed him for her husband Yitzhak's tragic assassination. She believed that peace was impossible with Netanyahu at the helm of Israel's government; and her views were prescient and prophetic.[7] Is Trump blind to this reality?
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© 2025, Timothy D. Naegele
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[1] Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass). See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6 and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/ He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at The Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service). Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams. He can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com
[2] See https://youtu.be/0uirhu4w8oM?si=vxD5aVXL5jq0aBq9 ("Watch "Trump, Netanyahu speak from Oval Office | FULL REMARKS" on YouTube")
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[3] See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/11/is-the-trump-presidency-where-free-speech-goes-to-die/ ("Is The Trump Presidency Where Free Speech Goes To Die?")
[4] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/americas-jews-are-americans/ ("America’s Jews Are Americans")
[5] But see https://www.timesofisrael.com/hosting-pm-trump-announces-direct-nuke-talks-with-iran-tehran-indirect-dialog-only/ ("Hosting PM, Trump announces direct nuke talks with Iran; Tehran: Indirect dialogue only")
[6] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/is-israel-doomed/ ("Is Israel Doomed?")
[7] See supra n.6.
