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Will the Trump Administration Shift U.S. Policy in Favor of Palestine?
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Go topSOURCE: COMMON DREAMS BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY Israel operates with impunity, while Palestinian actions have been scrutinized and condemned and their protests ignored or silenced. Over the years, the approach of most American policymakers toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been Israel-centric with near total disregard for the suffering endured by the Palestinian people. The architects … Continued
By: John Mason/ /Arab America Contributing Writer Trump’s post-election decision to help Israel make good with Morocco resulted in a quid pro quo that the U.S. recognize Morocco’s acquisition of the Western Sahara territory. Morocco had occupied that territory for decades, principally to benefit from its resource richness. This is another Middle East mess for … Continued
SOURCE: NPR.ORG BY: MICHELE KELEMEN Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, the fourth such pact in recent months between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa. In announcing the latest agreement on Thursday, President Trump tweeted: “Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have … Continued
SOURCE: EGYPT INDEPENDENT DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates citizens will be able to stay in Israel for up to 90 days on a single visit, the Gulf power’s state news agency WAM said on Thursday, after it became the first Arab nation to reach a visa-exemption agreement with Israel. Until recently, only Egypt and … Continued
SOURCE: MEDIA MONITORS NETWORK BY: JAMES ZOGBY In the weeks following the signing of agreements between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain, I was struck by some of the commentaries by Israeli and Palestinian writers and analysts. While the views expressed by each side were polar opposites and equally hyperbolic, they were both were wildly … Continued
‘By focusing their wrath on the recent UAE-Israel accord, the Palestinian leaders missed the mark. The UAE’s move to normalize in order to stop annexation is not the cause of Palestinian woes’ SOURCE: AHRAM ONLINE BY: JAMES ZOGBY This week, the news that all the Palestinian factions were meeting might have been a hopeful sign, … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST BY: KHALED ABY TOAMEH During a meeting Arab foreign ministers refused to endorse the Palestinian draft resolution that rejects the Israel-UAE deal. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (not pictured) in Cairo, Egypt January 31, 2020 (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY) Palestinians have reacted … Continued
SOURCE: THE BALTIMORE SUN BY: ADAM RASGON TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — TEL AVIV, Israel — When Julia Zaher, the owner of a company that makes some of the most popular tahini in Israel, made a donation to an Israeli gay rights group recently, she saw it as an unremarkable act. “When I see people in … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES BY: DAVID M. HALBFINGER AND BEN HUBBARD In a watershed op-ed article, an influential Arab diplomat wrote, in Hebrew, that normalization with Israel would not survive a unilateral land grab at the Palestinians’ expense. The West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Efraim on the slopes of the Jordan Valley in February.Credit…Ariel … Continued
SOURCE: THE JORDAN TIMES BY: JAMES J. ZOGBY With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising to annex portions of the West Bank, liberal critics here in the US and across Europe are in a tizzy. They have been quick to point fingers blaming this crisis on Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, since Trump’s “Deal … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: LEE YARON AND JOSH BREINER We are at a crossroads. One path leads to a joint society with a real democracy,’ lawmaker Ayman Odeh said ■ Haaretz photographer tackled by police A joint Jewish-Arab rally against Israeli plans to annex West Bank settlements took place Saturday in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square with … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY Earlier this week, a comment by Senator Bernie Sanders about Israeli policy and Palestinian rights and the resulting condemnation of his remarks by a pro-Israel group of Jewish Republicans opened a window into this issue’s state of play in both American and Israeli politics. Appearing on … Continued
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