Palestine – Jordan in Abbas’s Sights?
November 30, 2011 by David Singer
Jordan’s King Abdullah must now be very concerned at the prospect of the Hashemites possibly seeing an end to their 90 years uninterrupted rule in Jordan…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Abbas Flirts with Political Suicide
November 22, 2011 by David Singer
Palestinian Authority President – Mahmoud Abbas – is inviting political suicide and an end to the two-state solution – should his planned meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in Cairo this coming Friday lead to the creation of a new unity government to end the division of power between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza..writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – TIme to tell the Truth
November 17, 2011 by David Singer
Republican front runner for next President of the United States – Newt Gingrich – has done himself and his campaign great credit in branding the Palestinians as an invented nation…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – UNESCO Membership May be Unconstitutional
November 14, 2011 by David Singer
Palestine’s membership of UNESCO could be under serious legal threat – as the vote approving such admission comes under increasing scrutiny…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Warmonger not Peace Lover
November 9, 2011 by David Singer
Amid all the hogwash that passes for political commentary – it is apparent that the 15 members of the Security Council are facing a huge dilemma in deciding whether to recommend the admission of Palestine to the United Nations as its 194th member – after deliberating on the application now for more than six weeks…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – UNESCO rebuffs PLO huffs and puffs
November 3, 2011 by David Singer
The PLO application seeking admission of Palestine to the UN has been dealt a serious blow – after 86 of its 193 members failed to support a mirror application for Palestine to join UNESCO…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Peace, Petulance, Posturing and Pollard
October 26, 2011 by David Singer
Two significant – yet seemingly unrelated – events have occurred during the past week within the ongoing Jewish-Arab conflict:…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Abbas gets Lost in the Translation
October 19, 2011 by David Singer
PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has been often criticised for making statements in English that are contradicted by other statements made by him in Arabic. Abbas has continued this art of doublespeak first perfected by his predecessor Yasser Arafat – tailoring his views to the audience that he is addressing…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Sarkozy Makes Monumental Mistake
October 11, 2011 by David Singer
France’s President – Nicolas Sarkozy – has made a mistake of historic proportions – possibly dashing any hope of the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs coming to fruition – after he told the French magazine Le Canard Enchaîne: “It is silly to talk about a Jewish state” …writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Fixing the Figures, Fudging the Facts
October 5, 2011 by David Singer
As the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly continue to consider the PLO application for the State of Palestine to be admitted as the 194th member of the UN – there is concern in Jordan that approval of such application could
- represent a distinct threat to continued Hashemite rule in Jordan and
- challenge Jordan’s right to exist as a viable and independent State within secure and recognized boundaries….writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – UN Farce Promises Theatre of the Absurd
September 26, 2011 by David Singer
The appearance of Mahmoud Abbas at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September was reportedly met with “rapturous applause” by those present to witness this latest farce in the ongoing efforts to create a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan for the first time ever in recorded history…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Telling the UN Some Home Truths
September 21, 2011 by David Singer
Israel’s Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu – has announced his intention to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week in connection with the proposed application by the PLO for recognition of a Palestinian Arab State along the 1949 armistice lines…writes David Singer Read more
Palestine – Will Acceptance Ever Replace Rejection?
September 14, 2011 by David Singer
The expulsion of Israel’s ambassador from Turkey and the forced withdrawal of Israel’s entire diplomatic corps from Egypt have become the catalysts to ensure further virulent assaults on the Jewish people at the Durban 111 Conference on Racism to be held in New York next week and the UN meeting shortly thereafter to possibly consider a resolution calling for the recognition of a Palestinian Arab State…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Will the UN Endorse Ethnic Cleansing?
September 7, 2011 by David Singer
Two of the many intriguing matters facing the United Nations in dealing with any proposal to seek recognition of a Palestinian Arab State along the 1967 lines – are:
- Who will make such application on behalf of the Palestinian Arabs?
- What conditions will the United Nations demand to ensure that up to 500,000 Jews living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem will not ultimately face arbitrary expulsion as a result of its decision?…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – United Nations Faces the Music
August 29, 2011 by David Singer
The horrendous news of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Nigeria’s capital – Abuja – reportedly by a radical Islamist group – killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 60 other persons – has been rightly described by the United Nations Security Council as a “heinous crime”.…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Jerusalem challenges the United Nations
August 21, 2011 by David Singer
Jerusalem’s continued existence as an undivided city will remain unaffected by any United Nations (UN) decision recognising a Palestinian Arab State based on the June 1967 armistice lines…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Duping the United Nations
August 14, 2011 by David Singer
Dr Ghassan Khatib, the Special Envoy of the unelected and unconstitutional Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, last week addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in the Victorian Parliament House…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Is Obama Honoring the Bush Pledge?
August 8, 2011 by David Singer
A report this week claims that President Obama has now decided to honor the terms of a letter given by former President George Bush to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on 14 April 2004…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Ending the Pretending…Facing the Facts
August 1, 2011 by David Singer
The debate in the Security Council this week on the situation in the Middle East was the last before the opening of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly – affording the United States an opportunity to state its position and issue a warning to those thinking of pushing for the recognition of a Palestinian State in September…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – United Nations Needs Reality Check
July 24, 2011 by David Singer
Speculation continues to mount that the United Nations (UN) will be approached in September to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian Arab State in the West Bank and Gaza for the first time in recorded history – without regard to considering the right in international law of the Jewish people to reconstitute the Jewish National Home in the same area. Read more
Israel Strikes Back
July 21, 2011 by David Singer
The misinformation – indeed the false dissemination – of so many facts relating to the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) has finally spurred Israel’s Foreign Ministry into action.
Palestine: Quartet Misses the Beat
July 19, 2011 by David Singer
The utter futility inherent in pursuing the two- state solution – the creation of a 22nd Arab State between Israel and Jordan – was brought home this week when the most powerful negotiating team ever assembled in history – the Quartet – was unable to come up with a jointly acceptable statement to persuade Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to resume direct negotiations. Read more
Jordan – Abbas offers Abdullah the Kiss of Death
July 10, 2011 by David Singer
Jordan’s King Abdullah is clearly worried about the future direction of his country – if developments over recent weeks are any indication. Read more
Palestine – Testing the World’s Patience
July 3, 2011 by David Singer
The Palestinian Authority headed by an unelected President – Mahmoud Abbas – and an unelected Prime Minister – Salam Fayyad – continue to live in a fantasy dream world.
Talks to replace the Fayyad Government with yet another unelected Government comprising the two arch rival Palestinian factions – Hamas and Fatah – continue to founder despite the pomp and fanfare that accompanied the signing of a heads of agreement between them in Cairo on 4 May. Read more
Palestine: Forget Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah
June 26, 2011 by David Singer
The much vaunted reconciliation between rival Palestinian Arab groups Hamas and Fatah still remains a mirage almost two months after the widely publicized signing of a reconciliation agreement in Cairo between the two groups on 4 May. Read more
Palestine – Unleashing the Self-Determination Genie
June 18, 2011 by David Singer
It is hard to believe that the possibility of the Palestinians successfully approaching the UN in September and obtaining “a license to statehood “ is even being seriously contemplated. Read more
Limmud-Oz
June 12, 2011 by David Singer
David Singer visited Limmud-Oz in Sydney and reports for J-Wire…. Read more
Palestine – an Arab West Bank is a lost cause
June 12, 2011 by David Singer
The 44th Anniversary of the Six Day War occurred this week on 5 June 1967.
It is therefore opportune to recall some of the significant events that led to Jordan’s loss of the West Bank in that War ending 19 years of uninterrupted occupation – and to understand why all of the West Bank – or its equivalent area – will never again return to Arab control. Read more
Palestine: FIFA Relents but Rules are Still Bent
June 4, 2011 by David Singer
FIFA has been in the media spotlight this week as its practices and procedures have come under increasing scrutiny and its conduct has become of great concern to many of its member countries. Read more
Palestine – Jordan Land Grants: Not Israeli Land Swaps
May 28, 2011 by David Singer
President Obama has been widely praised since his speech to the State Department on 19 May when he stated: “We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.“ Read more
