Tag Archive for Trump Peace Initiative

| June 3, 2019
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Kushner: Uncertain if Palestinians can break away from kleptocratic autocrat leaders

Having been publicly exposed, it’s no wonder Palestinian leadership condemns any US Peace Plan.

The Palestinians, Jared Kushner said, “need to have a fair judicial system… freedom of press, freedom of expression, tolerance for all religions” before the Palestinian areas can become “investable.”

BY REUTERS

 

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that the Palestinians deserve “self-determination,” but stopped short of backing Palestinian statehood and expressed uncertainty over their ability to govern themselves.

Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and an architect of the White House’s yet-to-be-released Middle East peace plan, told the “Axios on HBO” television program it would be a “high bar” when asked if the Palestinians could expect freedom from Israeli military and government interference. Continue Reading »

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| May 28, 2019
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PLO chief berates states participating in US led economic conference

PLO leader Saeb Erekat, who’s also Palestinian lead negotiator, goes on media frenzy lambasting delegations planing to attend the June economic conference hosted in Bahrain, meant to serve as prelude to Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’.

By Mohammad Al-Kassim from The Media Line

 

The Palestinian leadership has lashed out at members of the international community who have agreed to attend the U.S.-led economic conference set for Bahrain in late June, which the Palestinian Authority is boycotting.

Saeb Erekat, executive secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told a number of Arab news outlets he expected the summit to fail.

In an interview with Almayadeen, a Lebanese news channel, he said: “If I’m not going, do you know what’s best for me better than I do?” Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2019
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US Envoy blasts UNRWA failures, urges “adult choices” from UNSC

WATCH: At the UN Security Council, US Mideast Envoy Jason Greenblatt, blasts UNRWA failures, blaming the Palestinian refugee organization for squandering the significant funds donated by many countries, including the $6 BILLION contributed by the U.S. alone.

By i24NEWS

 

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, said in a speech to the Security Council that the Palestinians would make a mistake if they did not come to the economic conference initiated by the United States in Bahrain.

“It would be a mistake for the Palestinians not to join us. They have nothing to lose and much to gain…” he said adding that it would be the first step towards a political solution to the conflict that would “transform the lives of the Palestinians.” Continue Reading »

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| May 3, 2019
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Opinion: Does Israel need Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’?

As European leaders & Sunni states finally realize PA autocrat Mahmoud Abbas will never make peace with Israel, The J’lem Post’s Yakov Katz, articulates interesting questions & answers as to why Israel doesn’t simply decide for itself what final vision it sees for its own future, then begin actualizing it.

By YAAKOV KATZ

 

Sometime next month, the United States will unveil the peace plan it has been working on amid great hype, hope and attention ever since President Donald Trump moved into the Oval Office in 2017.

What the plan contains is a closely guarded secret in Washington, Jerusalem and Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2019
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Arab Media: Saudi Prince offered Abbas $10B to accept Trump’s peace-plan

Jordanian envoy to Ramallah, Khaled al-Shawabkeh reports 83 yr-old Palestinian autocrat rejected the offer saying, it would “mean the end of my political life.”
-Senior Palestinian official refused to comment on the report.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas $10 billion if he accepts US President Donald Trump’s plan for peace in the Middle East, also known as the “deal of the century,” the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Tuesday.

A senior Palestinian official in Ramallah refused to comment on the report.

Referring to meetings between the Saudi crown prince and Abbas, the newspaper said: “According to information obtained by Al-Akhbar, Salman briefed Abbas about the details of the deal of the century and asked him to accept it.

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| April 16, 2019
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Palestinian’s Abbas: Trump disqualified, talks proceed only via Putin

REPORT: Palestinian official tells Russian news agency that the Trump administration was eliminated as an impartial broker in peace talks after their ‘Jerusalem in Israel’s capital’ declaration, but are prepared “to come and sit and have talks with Netanyahu in the presence of President Putin.”

By i24NEWS

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is ready to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Russian-led initiative, PA Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told Russia’s Sputnik news agency.

“We have reiterated our readiness and our willingness to President Putin that any time that he believes there is readiness on the Israeli side we will be more than ready to come and sit and have talks with Netanyahu in the presence of President Putin,” al-Maliki said. Continue Reading »

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| April 15, 2019
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Ahead of its release, former European officials reject Trump’s peace plan

In a letter published in the Guardian newspaper, former European politicians call on European leaders to reject the yet undisclosed, ‘Deal of the Century’ citing the peace plan provides the Palestinian with full, independent autonomy, but no ‘state’.

By Ynet

 

In anticipation for the long awaited release of President Donald Trump’s Mideast “deal of the century,” European politicians who had held high-ranking positions in their governments and in European institutions, published a letter calling for the rejection of the proposed plan.

The Washington Post is reporting the administration’s plan does not include the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and will focus heavily on Israeli security concerns. Continue Reading »

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| April 5, 2019
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REPORT: Trump’s “Deal of the Century” will settle 1M Palestinians in Jordan

Beirut-based Al Akhbar sources in Jordan & Egypt both reported Trump’s peace plan includes Jordan ceding land to Israel (that will be replaced with equal size from Saudi Arabia), settling 1 million Palestinians with Jordanian citizenship awarded, and forming confederation with the PA.
– Peace Plan scheduled to be made public in May, on Israel’s Independence Day

By David Rosenberg

 

A report released Friday morning claims that the soon-to-be released Middle East peace plan drawn up by the Trump administration – dubbed the “Deal of the Century” – includes large-scale resettlement of Palestinian Arabs in Jordan, the ceding of Jordanian territory to Israel, and the formation of a tripartite confederation between Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s Civil Administration to administer Judea and Samaria. Continue Reading »

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| March 20, 2019
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Book: Kushner’s peace plan has land swaps with Saudi Arabia, Jordan

A newly released book by Vicky Ward details the ‘Deal of the Century’ including an oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Gaza with newly constructed refineries, a shipping terminal and desalination plants where the Palestinians could find ample employment and enriched lives.

By AMY SPIRO

 

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace plan at one point included Jordan giving land to the Palestinian territories and in return getting land from Saudi Arabia, according to a new book on the Kushner family.

The book, Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, was written by Vicky Ward and released by St. Continue Reading »

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| March 10, 2019
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US advocates for Israel urge Trump to rescind Carter era legal opinion

Although the author of the Carter-era State Department legal opinion himself admitted the opinion was “controversial” and many distinguished legal experts were adamant that Israel’s settlements are indeed legal, it was accepted in 1977, giving a distinct unfair advantage to the Arab side ever since.

By Orli Harari

 

With Trump’s Deal of the Century in the offing, an anti-Israel legal opinion in the State Department has surfaced, which outlaws all Israeli communities over the Green Line. CUFI, which speaks for 4 million Christians, as well as the RCA and ZOA, are urging the Administration to rescind the controversial document. The fear is that Israel will be in a disadvantageous position if the “Deal of the Century” is published and an official pro-Arab legal opinion, negating all settlements, remains intact. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2019
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To Palestinian chagrin, U.S. officially shutters consulate in East Jerusalem

Having become superfluous in East Jerusalem, closing the consulate which functioned as the de facto embassy for the Palestinians prompted their petulant official, Saeb Erekat, to say its closure was “the final nail in the coffin” for the US as a peace negotiator.

By The Associated Press

 

The United States on Monday officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem, downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by folding it into the US Embassy to Israel.

For decades, the consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians. Now, that outreach will be handled by a Palestinian affairs unit, under the command of the embassy. Continue Reading »

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| March 1, 2019
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Palestinian report Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ doesn’t include Palestinian State

FakeNews?? According to the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper, the Trump peace initiative proposes establishing a Palestinian autonomy in Gaza with political and economic links to the West Bank, but with ‘Area B’ and ‘Area C’ remaining under complete Israeli control.

By Elior Levy

 

US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” to achieve peace in the Middle East will not include establishing a Palestinian state, and instead will propose Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip with political and economic links to the West Bank, the Al-Quds newspaper reported on Thursday.

In addition, the Palestinians will hold negotiations with Israel over Area C of the West Bank, which is under Israeli military control. Continue Reading »

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| February 9, 2019
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Theater of the absurd: Palestinians upset US broker peace without their approval

As Palestinian leaders are still refusing U.S. calls to engage in peace negotiations, American representatives take to Twitter, calling out Palestinians leaders for purposely misleading the public with inaccurate posts, questioning if the Palestinian Authority is actually sincere in seeking a genuine peace.

By Ryan Jones

 

The Palestinian Authority on Thursday slammed the Trump Administration for “conspiring” to broker a Middle East peace deal that doesn’t meet each and every one of the Palestinians’ demands.

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt (left) engages Palestinians and Tweets corrections to Palestinian Authority lead negotiator Saeb Erekat on Twitter.

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| February 6, 2019
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White House adviser Jared Kushner set to share update on US peace plan

REPORT: For the first time, US President Trump’s senior adviser will reportedly provide an update on the long awaited Israel-PA peace plan during the upcoming Warsaw Middle East conference next week.

By Elad Benari

 

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is expected to share an update about the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan during a public session at the Warsaw Middle East conference next Thursday, Channel 13 News’Barak Ravid reported on Tuesday.

A White House official said Kushner will be participating in a discussion hosted by former Norwegian foreign minister Borge Brende on efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict. Continue Reading »

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| January 17, 2019
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Mahmoud Abbas’ PA rejects US Peace Plan that was revealed on Israel 13News

Responding to the latest ‘Deal of the Century’ leak, Abbas’ spokesman said, “Any peace plan that does not include an independent Palestinian state – with all of East Jerusalem as its capital – on the 1967 borders, is destined to fail.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority said on Wednesday that “any peace plan that does not include an independent Palestinian state – with all of East Jerusalem as its capital – on the 1967 borders, is destined to fail.”

The PA was responding to a report on Channel 13 News that claimed that US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” will include a Palestinian state on 85% – 90% of the West Bank and some parts of east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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