Israeli Foreign Policy
It is tasked with mapping the areas to which Israel will extend its sovereignty under the newly revealed Mideast peace plan.
“The proposals tabled two weeks ago challenge internationally agreed parameters,” said European Union diplomat Josep Borrell. “It is difficult to see how this initiative can bring both parties back to the table.”
Sudan’s leadership said it would hand over longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges for fighting in the western Darfur.
Israel’s embassy in Japan has been working to ensure that the Israelis receive needed medications and kosher food.
The first Palestinian public-opinion survey conducted since the release of proposal finds plummeting support for the two-state solution and nearly two-thirds of Palestinians supporting violence against Israel.
The Trump peace plan is to be followed by a non-aggression agreement between Israel, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Egypt and Jordan, and possibly also Morocco.
Despite the significant achievements of the Egyptian security forces, the Sinai affiliate of ISIS is still very much a force to be reckoned with; its threats should be taken seriously.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas was joined at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who called Abbas a “man of peace” and the “only partner” Israel has in peace negotiations.
“Jerusalem is no longer under the sovereignty of the state of Palestine,” said Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at the Unite Nations. “Jerusalem is occupied land. Who has the right to give this as a gift to one state or another? We came before you.”
The postponement of the Palestinian resolution is “nothing to celebrate right now,” and that the real “victory or a success will be when we have real negotiations and a peace treaty signed,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
American support for Israeli sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria, and over the Jordan Valley “is pertinent to our ability to settle the heart of our land without restrictions,” says the Israeli prime minister.
The newest draft, released ahead of Tuesday’s U.N. Security Council vote, no longer mentions the U.S. by name and uses less confrontational language than in the original • P.A. leader Abbas to hold a press conference with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
