Trump squeezes UNRWA, checkmates PLO and incentivises Jordan

President Trump has created a veritable diplomatic tsunami affecting the political fortunes of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Hamas and Jordan – with his decision to cease all future donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – currently US$360million per annum and comprising about 30% of UNRWA’s budget…writes David Singer. Read more

Jordan’s re-entry into West Bank looms large as Trump dumps PLO

Two major developments this past week could see a large part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) being reunified with Jordan – as existed between 1950 and 1967 – or becoming a Jordanian enclave-under President Trumps’ yet-to-be- announced “ultimate deal” intended to resolve the100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump turns screws as PLO creates fake news on Jerusalem and refugees

President Trump cancelled more than $US200 million in aid to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) this week – following his earlier decisions: Read more

Trump anoints Jordan to replace PLO in negotiations with Israel

The three-day visit to Israel this week by President Trump’s National Security Advisor – John Bolton – indicates Jordan will replace the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in concluding negotiations with Israel to resolve territorial sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank), East Jerusalem and Gaza  (”the disputed territories”) under Trump’s peace plan…writes David Singer. Read more

Jordan-Israel negotiations on Trump peace plan set to bypass PLO

Jordan-Israel negotiations based on President Trump’s long-awaited peace plan seem increasingly likely to happen – following retired Jordanian Ambassador and former editor of the Jordan Times– Walid Sadi – flagging Jordan’s legal and sovereignty claims in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and East Jerusalem (“disputed territories”)…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump and Israel dabble in Hamas and PLO quicksand

President Trump‘s attempt to see a five-year Gaza ceasefire negotiated between Hamas and Israel seems to be an exercise in futility destined to failure…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump should reject PLO and UN propaganda on East Jerusalem

President Trump’s as-yet unannounced “ultimate deal”  to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict has received a setback following Saudi Arabia’s King Salman reassuring Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that Saudi Arabia would oppose any Trump peace plan that did not accept the PLO stance on East Jerusalem becoming the capital of an independent Palestinian Arab state. Read more

Trump and Putin focus on Syria-Israel, Arab-Jewish conflicts

Defusing the Syria–Israel conflict and resurrecting the primacy of Security Council Resolution 242 in resolving the Arab-Jewish conflict have emerged as positive outcomes from the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki this week…writes David Singer. Read more

PLO-Hamas anti-England, anti-Israel hatred politicises FIFA World Cup

Hatred against Britain and Israel surfaced in Gaza as England progressed its way through the World Cup to meet Sweden in the quarter finals…writes David Singer. Read more

Hamas and PLO entrench apartheid in Gaza and West Bank

The British Foreign Office showed appalling judgement when scheduling a visit by Prince William to a refugee camp in the West Bank which should have been closed down long ago. Read more

False narrative haunts PLO and UN as Trump courts Arab States

Nabil Abu Rudeineh – spokesman for Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – has angrily reacted to President Trump’s intensive diplomatic efforts seeking to enlist  Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in advancing Trump’s long-awaited “deal of the century” to end the Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more

Jordan baulks at replacing PLO in negotiations with Israel on Trump plan

President Trump’s long-awaited plan on ending the Arab-Israeli conflict will be further delayed following a flurry of diplomatic activity over the past week…writes David Singer. Read more

PLO rejects Trump lifeline on negotiations with Israel

President Trump – still mulling over the release of his ultimate peace deal to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict – has seen the swift rejection of the call by Jason D. Greenblatt – Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations – to have Dr Saeb Erekat replaced as chief negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in future negotiations with Israel…writes David Singer. Read more

Israel condemns PLO lies as Trump contemplates PLO demise

The historic opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem has provided opportunities for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to totally discredit the Palestine Liberation David  (PLO) and President Trump to review the PLO as a suitable Arab interlocutor to negotiate  with Israel on ending the Jewish-Arab conflict…writes David Singer. Read more

Macron, Merkel and May should adopt Trump policy on Jerusalem

The opening of the American Embassy on 14 May in Israel’s capital – Jerusalem – should be replicated by fellow-democracies France, Germany and The United Kingdom (“the Democratic Trio”) without delay…writes David Singer. Read more

PLO dumps Trump easing way for Jordan-Israel negotiations

President Trump’s soon-to-released proposal on resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict will be more readily achievable following the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) confirming it will not participate in implementing Trump’s peace plans. Read more

Arab Summit helps Trump break Jordan-PLO-Israel impasse

The 29th Arab Summit – concluded in Dhahran on 15 April – has presented President Trump with a wonderful opportunity to circumvent the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) refusal to consider Trump’s eagerly-awaited proposals to end the Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer.

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Trump pressure pushes Jordan to choose Israel or PLO

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) – refusing to bow to pressure by President Trump to cease payments to  terrorists and their families currently exceeding  US$400  million annually – is looming as a potential threat to end 96 years of unbroken Hashemite rule in Jordan…writes David Singer. Read more

Jordan considers replacing PLO as Israel’s negotiating partner

Two recent events confirm that Jordan is seriously considering replacing the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) as Israel’s negotiating partner to resolve the allocation of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) between Israel and Jordan. Read more

Mattis-Bolton accord can sway Trump to dump PLO for Jordan

President Trump’s possible call for Jordan to replace the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) as Israel’s negotiating partner under Trump’s soon-to-be-released “ultimate deal” will be considerably strengthened if Trump’s newly-appointed National Security Adviser – John Bolton – and Secretary of Defense – James “Mad Dog” Mattis – concur on such a move. Read more

Trump’s Bolton-appointment signals curtains for Abbas and PLO

President Trump’s appointment of John Bolton as National Security Adviser flags the possibility that the centrepiece of Trump’s eagerly-awaited “ultimate deal” could involve the subdivision of Judea and Samaria (“the West Bank”) and Gaza between Israel, Jordan and Egypt…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump takes high road as Abbas, PLO and Hamas implode

 

President Trump’s soon-to-be released “ultimate deal” – aimed at resolving the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict – seems set to see Trump not offering the PLO a seat at the negotiating table with Israel…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump gets Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrein, UAE, and Oman talking

President Trump has amazingly managed to cut through 100 years of Arab-Jewish antagonism by hosting a conference at the White House on 13 March with representatives from 20 countries – including Israel and seven Arab states (“Conference”)…writes David Singer. Read more

Israel, Trump and United Nations should boycott Abbas and PLO

Israel’s Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu – has used his address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) – to savage the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)  policy that rewards Palestinian murderers of Israelis and other innocent civilians with lifetime payments…writes David Singer. Read more

Prince William visit will advance Jordan-Israel two-state solution

Kensington Palace’s carefully-crafted tweet announcing that “The Duke of Cambridge will visit Israel, Jordan and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the Summer” – could spark a diplomatic war with far-reaching implications…writes David Singer. Read more

Abbas dumps Trump, embraces United Nations

PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas signed his own suicide note after another blistering attack on America in the United Nations Security Council on 20 February…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump promotes Jordan, downgrades PLO and defunds UNRWA

US Secretary of State – Rex Tillerson – was in Jordan this week delivering some very good news for Jordan – but not for the PLO and UNRWA. Read more

UN Secretary-General Guterres ignores Jordan-Palestine nexus

United Nations Secretary-General – Antonio Guterres – displayed how little he knows of the history, geography and demography of Palestine when addressing the opening of the 2018 Session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (“CEIRPP”). Read more

Trump credits Senate bipartisanship for Jerusalem Declaration

President Trump’s State of the Union address was mainly met in stony silence by the Democrats as their Republican rivals continually jumped to their feet to loudly applaud the President’s many achievements at home and overseas during the past twelve months…writes David Singer. Read more

Trump readies to dump PLO for Jordan-Israel negotiations

President Trump and America’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley – virtually within hours of each other – have laid the groundwork for Jordan to replace the PLO as Israel’s negotiating partner under President Bush’s 2003 Roadmap – endorsed by the United Nations, European Union, and Russia – and  Bush’s 2004 Congress-endorsed commitments to Israel…writes David Singer. Read more

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