Archive for February 1, 2020

Palestinian Leadership Declares War on America

In more open displays of ‘rage’, Palestinian leaders engage in public bravado and muster West Bank Arabs to protest and burn a Trump effigy over his administration’s peace plan. But will they dare go any further?

By Ryan Jones

 

If the Palestinians didn’t like the Trump Administration before, Tuesday’s publication of the “Deal of the Century” has made them completely lose their minds.

Having long ago failed in their efforts to militarily defeat Israel, a body that represents the various different Palestinian factions has now effectively declared war on America.

Doesn’t make much sense, I know. But welcome to the Middle East conflict. Continue Reading »

Jimmy Carter urges United Nations to stop Trump peace plan

U.S. President Trump’s Deal of the Century “undercuts prospects for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” said former US president Jimmy Carter, 95, in a statement.

By i24NEWS, AFP

 

Former US president Jimmy Carter denounced the Trump administration’s vision for Middle East peace on Friday while urging the United Nations Security Council to uphold international law and stop Israel from annexing West Bank territory.

“The new US plan undercuts prospects for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” Carter, 95, said in a statement.

Jimmy Carter with good Palestinian friends Arafat & Abbas

“If implemented, the plan will doom the only viable solution to this long-running conflict, the two-state solution,” said Carter, who brokered the landmark 1978 Camp David Accords that brought peace between Israel and Egypt. Continue Reading »

Trump called the Palestinians’ bluff

President Trump is basically telling the Palestinian leadership to ‘suck it up’ or maybe lose everything, because finally, the Israelis are going to get what they need to survive.

 The Palestinians’ bluff has been called By Melanie Phillips, JNS.org.

 

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East “Deal of the Century” offers the Palestinians a state. They have rejected it and threatened instead to ramp up violence against Israel.

No one can be surprised. They have rejected every offer of a state previously made to them in 1937, 1947, 2000, 2008 and 2014.

NO negotiations, NO compromise, NO Peace.

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US Peace proposal spurs Palestinians to violence and rocket attacks

Iron Dome neutralizes Gaza rocket fired at civilian communities in southern Israel just hours after three mortars were first fired.

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At least two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck southern Israel on Friday night hours as tensions remain high over the release of US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century.”

Incoming rocket sirens were activated in the communities of Sufa and Nir Yizhak and a statement by the Eshkol Regional Council said that the rocket landed in an open area causing no damage or injuries.

Iron Dome goes after projectiles fired from Gaza, – Screenshot: Twitter

Two hours earlier sirens sounded in the town of Sderot. Continue Reading »