Israeli Foreign Policy
Kazakhstan premier Askar Mamin expressed hopes for expanding bilateral trade between the two countries.
The treaty consisted of the normalization of relations and ended the state of war begun in 1948, when Israel declared its independence.
Among economic and other incentives, the Saudi offer apparently also includes the founding of a Palestinian embassy in the West Bank town of Abu Dis, located on Jerusalem’s eastern outskirts.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said the strategy focuses on “how do we make life for Palestinians better?” and “how do we make Israel safer?”
Fatah vice chair Mahmoud Aloul claims that if the current situation continues, the P.A. will cease its security cooperation with Israel and retract its recognition of the Jewish state.
According to an Arab media report, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt are putting heavy pressure on the Palestinian Authority leadership not to resist Trump’s “deal of the century.”
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner reportedly told a group of ambassadors that the highly anticipated Mideast peace plan will be released after Israel forms a new government and after the Islamic holiday of Ramadan.
It has agreed to sell some of the gas to Israeli power producer I.P.M. Beer Tuvia in a 19-year deal expected to earn Energean $900 million.
“We will never give a hand to those who deny the truth or try to cause it to be forgotten. Not by individuals nor organizations, not by head of parties nor by heads of states,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
Sources told ABC News that just four administration members have seen the entire plan, which U.S. officials told the outlet has yet to be shared with allies, including Israel.
The questions now focus on whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will follow through on his campaign pledge to annex parts of Judea and Samaria, as well as what his election win means for U.S. President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated “deal of the century” to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
King Abdullah might be expected to help resolve the Palestinian problem in ways that could change his country’s character and demography, such as naturalizing refugees, forming a confederacy with the Palestinian Authority or becoming an alternative homeland for the Palestinian people.
