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Will the Trump Administration Shift U.S. Policy in Favor of Palestine?
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Go topAssociated Press Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump to reach a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel. Abbas spoke Saturday at an event marking the anniversary of his Fatah party. He said “We want to emphasize our willingness to work with the newly-elected American administration… to … Continued
Hillarion Capucci reading the bible on the Mavi Marmara, the main ship in the Freedom Flotilla that attempted to break the Israeli siege on Gaza in May, 2010. by Sami Moubayed Gulf News Hilarion Capucci, the celebrated former archbishop of Jerusalem, died in Rome on January 1, 2017 at the age of 94, as … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in front of a new Jewish settlement construction site, in the Occupied West Bank [Reuters] By Stanley L Cohen Al Jazeera Last week, the world stood fixated at a largely symbolic gesture by the United Nations in which it found the continued Israeli occupation of the West Bank of Palestine to be … Continued
By Jennifer Williams VOX A controversial new United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory has triggered a brutal and messy diplomatic fight between President Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and now President-elect Donald Trump. The war of words got even nastier Wednesday, when Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a high-profile … Continued
By Jessica Schulberg The Huffington Post The best way to understand outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry’s Wednesday speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to recognize that if Hillary Clinton had won the election, he most likely never would have delivered such an address. In the harshest criticism from a member of the U.S. government against … Continued
By Aaron David Miller The New York TImes I have worked for half a dozen Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, and when it came to the issue of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, my advice was always the same: Don’t. The main reason? There is simply no compelling American national interest that would … Continued
Jerusalem west of the green line. Trump pledged to move the US embassy to Jerusalem – a potentially explosive move. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP By Harriet Sherwood The Guardian The US secretary of state, John Kerry, has set out the parameters for a potential resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a last throw of the dice on … Continued
Associated Press The Guardian The US secretary of state delivered a farewell speech to outline his proposals for a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians, in which he said a two-state solution was the only way to achieve lasting peace. Kerry’s speech on Wednesday comes days after the US refused to veto a United … Continued
The Arab American Institute released the following statement: The Arab American Institute welcomes the passage of today’s U.N. Security Council vote on the illegality of Israeli settlements and in support of a political resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. For the past four decades, the United States has pursued a consequential – and ultimately failed – … Continued
Aljazeera Four UN council members have given Egypt an ultimatum on whether it plans to go ahead with a vote demanding an end to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Diplomats from New Zealand, Venezuela, Malaysia and Senegal told Egypt late on Thursday that if it did not clarify on whether it planned to call a vote on a … Continued
A move of the US embassy to Jerusalem would confer the Trump administration’s recognition on Israeli claims to the city that are rejected by world governments. Mahfouz Abu Turk APA images Michael F. Brown The Electronic Intifada Donald Trump last week chose bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman, a homeowner in the ethnically cleansed Talbiyeh neighborhood of … Continued
A Palestinian protester wearing Santa Claus costume stands in front of a section of the Israeli barrier during an anti-Israel protest in the city of Bethlehem on December 18, 2015. By BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN The Atlantic Vera Baboun was 24 years old when she first realized that her hometown was truly different from other cities in the … Continued
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