Israeli Foreign Policy
The alert advised to be aware of surroundings, “avoid demonstrations,” “monitor local media” and “follow the instructions of local authorities.”
“It is now essential that Palestinians forego the path of violence, boycotts and the criminalization of differences at international forums and return to peace talks with Israel,” stated AIPAC.
The Israeli prime minister is now banking that all eyes are on the newly released Mideast initiative, and that the public sees him as the only one who can lead the country to the historic opportunities presented by the peace plan.
“For too long, the heart of Israel has been outrageously branded as illegally occupied territory,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Today, Mr. President, you are puncturing this big lie.”
“The Palestinians are still angry at the State of Israel, but they’re also looking at Gaza; they see the conditions there, and they do not want to reach that. They fear closures and disorder disrupting their lives,” Moshe Elad, founder of security coordination between the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Authority, tells JNS.
After refusing to answer a phone call from Washington, Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas instructs P.A. security forces not to interfere with rioters, says “resistance must be escalated.”
Senior religious Zionist rabbis that penned a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of the dangers of the Trump peace plan are “squandering the moment.”
The announcement of the details of the “deal of the century” represents a crisis for the Palestinian Authority, which will have no choice but to respond, but has limited options available to do so.
“And it’s a very big plan. It will be a suggestion between Israel and the Palestinians; it’s the closest it’s ever come,” said U.S. President Donald Trump while sitting alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside the Oval Office.
“There were attempts by Trump to hold a phone call with Abbas, but the latter refused,” an unnamed high-ranking Palestinian official told the state-run Turkish outlet “Anadolu.”
Ahead of the official events in Poland marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz talks about Russia, Poland, Israel and the dangers of politicizing history.
P.A. foreign ministry: U.S. peace proposal is “the plot of the century to liquidate the Palestinian cause.”
