Saturday, October 18, 2025

White House considers sending Vance to Israel Monday to discuss next phases of Gaza deal and to start Winter Zman In Yeshiva

The White House is considering sending US Vice President JD Vance to Israel on Monday to hold meetings with top Israeli officials on implementing the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and then to start winter zman in Yeshiva. 

This raises the question - How does a "House" - White as it may be  - consider ANYTHING?

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and fellow adviser to US President Donald Trump Jared Kushner were initially slated to head the American delegation, the official said, adding that they were still slated to join Vance at some point on his trip and then go off to their respective Yeshivos [Mir and Brisk respectively].

President Trump tweeted on his Truth Social account: Very proud of my guys going to shteig in Yeshiva. Very proud. I mean VERY. No other President has EVER sent their closest advisors to learn in Yeshivos in Israel. They said they would but never did. I am the very first to do so and will go down in history that way. But the left wing fake news doesn't tell you that. They are too busy covering the communist Mamdani. If he wins it will be a tragedy. A real tragedy. The downfall of the greatest city on earth. I won't give the guy a penny. No federal funding for his loony ideas."

At publishing time Trump was considering attending a four day Yarchei Kallah for American balabatim in Yerushalyim with such luminaries as Rav Asher Weiss and Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch.