Israeli Foreign Policy
U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss extending the U.N. arms embargo on Iran.
July 1 isn’t “a holy date” to begin implementing the sovereignty, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz tells U.S. special envoy Avi Berkowitz.
Similar dire predictions were made over the U.S. embassy move and the decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, says White House adviser.
“His constituents apparently concluded that he had lost touch with them, and that is, of course, wholly their decision to make,” said Democratic Majority for Israel president Mark Mellman.
António Guterres calls on Israel to drop its sovereignty plan, calling it a “most serious” violation of international law.
This includes “Israel’s exercising its sovereignty over portions of Judea and Samaria and once again offering the Palestinians an opportunity to have a prosperous and independent existence.”
The Russians have already stated their intention of resuming such trade to the Islamic regime.
Foreign diplomats join thousands of Palestinian protesters at an anti-sovereignty rally in Jericho.
“By shattering the two-state illusion and advancing a two-state solution, Israel hopes it will open up a realistic path to peace,” says Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
“He was enough of a politician not to oppose the idea publicly, but like much of the world, he wondered why [Jared] Kushner thought he would succeed where the likes of [Henry] Kissinger had failed,” wrote former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton in his 592-page tome.
The “Ramadan Martyrs” military exercise follows statements from Washington that the United States is seeking to extend the arms embargo on Tehran indefinitely.
The California legislator acknowledges that “the prospects for a two-state solution in the near-term appear dim.” Even so, she believes that “peace is possible only through direct negotiations and an agreement that results in two states for two peoples.”
