Judea and Samaria
A senior White House official told multiple outlets that the meetings were “productive,” but “there is yet no final decision on next steps for implementing the Trump plan.”
If implemented, Israel’s plan for parts of Judea and Samaria will lead to “a new dark reality” for the region, says Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
U.S. secretary of state criticizes the Palestinians’ decision to “threaten, to bluster,” instead of participating in the process, calling it “dangerous.”
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.
It also slams U.S. support for U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 in December 2016 that denounces Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
“The soldier’s military boots are preferable to Abu Mazen [P.A. head Mahmoud Abbas] on my head,” said a Palestinian man interviewed about national preferences.
“It’s hell in the E.U. to try to get a common position on this,” says one diplomat.
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.”
According to the article, the “fact” that Fatah has “a full quorum in Paradise” is proof that it is focused on the right “national path.”
In a letter signed by 116 of 198 Republicans in the House, the lawmakers state that “Israel has the right to make sovereign decisions independent of outside pressure.”
A report out by the Kohelet Policy Forum insists that sovereignty is a historic opportunity not to be missed; however, others debate the response by Arab countries and world bodies, and even the amount of U.S. support at present.
