On Friday, in a proclamation marking Jewish Heritage Month, Trump stated:
We will never deviate from our conviction that anti-Semitism has no place in the greatest country in the world.
As the 47th President of the United States, I will use every appropriate legal tool at my disposal to stop anti-Semitic assaults gripping our universities.


Tamir Haiman, former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence and now director of the Institute for National Security Studies, said the Israeli government feared being caught off guard.

Haiman told Fox News Digital:
"This is a player so strong that sometimes, without intending to, he can throw a small player off the field — like a giant who’s spinning and accidentally knocks someone out of his way with his shoulder,"

However, he emphasized that the developments in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Syria are not inherently bad for Israel — unless the government fails to act.

"The missed opportunity here is enormous," he said. "There were two major levers Israel had —
1. Israeli consent to US arms deals with Saudi Arabia
2. and American consent to lifting sanctions on Syria.

Both could have been used to advance key Israeli interests: normalization with Saudi Arabia and ensuring Syria’s development follows a non-jihadist path.
And Israel lost both."