Middle East
“Our planes are bringing the caves down on the terrorists’ heads,” says Turkish defense minister.
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.
Dramatic footage shows soldier charging into a group of Israeli youths attacking 31-year-old Ibrahim Bader in Hebron • Arab residents reportedly hurl stones, firebombs at Israelis.
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.”
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki clarifies P.A. “annulment” of Oslo Accords, stating the accords remain in effect until “Israel proceeds with annexation.”
Following recent backlash against the Trump Mideast peace plan, settlement leaders meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back Israel’s “unimaginable” sovereignty bid.
“While we share concerns over the details of the plan and how it will affect our day to day lives, we are cautiously optimistic about the application of sovereignty,” said a group of activists and leaders in Judea and Samaria.
“It is regrettable that instead of showing gratitude, there are those who are denying Trump’s friendship,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat: Trump peace plan “the most biased plan in the political history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”
Settler leaders ramp up objections to Mideast peace plan, as Yamina leader Naftali Bennett warns of “existential disaster” of a Palestinian state.
