Israeli Foreign Policy
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However, says U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, “the door for diplomacy on our side is wide open.”
Momentum created by the Trump peace plan can be used to “start a joint international effort on the basis of existing internationally agreed parameters,” says E.U. foreign policy chief.
“Turkey is welcome to give up its imperial pipe-dreams and become part of our area of cooperation,” says Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
While there may be minor rumblings from some Arab states, experts on the right agree that there will be no major backlash and Trump’s peace plan will be recognized as diverging from the tried-and-failed approaches to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“We are happy to share knowledge with medical entities around the world for the sake of saving human lives,” says Magen David Adom director general Eli Bin.
“Standing against bad actors is at the core of America’s values,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells AJC Virtual Global Forum 2020.
Failure to implement Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria now “will be a missed opportunity of historic proportions, and only the settlement leaders will be responsible,” says a Likud official.
UAE Ambassador to the United States Yousef Al Otaiba claims that annexation will harm warming relations with the Arab world.
German Foreign Office: “Annexation would be contrary to international law.”
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz tells visiting German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who rejects Jeruslaem’s annexation plans, that all moves “should be promoted in dialogue with global players.”
The RSC plan also includes policy recommendations to combat other U.S. adversaries, including Russia and China.