Middle East
The senior adviser and presidential son-in-law said those who want a state “don’t call for days of rage and encourage their people to pursue violence if they’re not getting what they want.”
The congressional members said the proposal will push the two sides towards additional conflict.
“The Israeli birth rate is strong and is growing because sadly, anti-Semitism in Europe and other places around the world is encouraging more Jews to return to Israel. The settlements are going to continue to expand,” said U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien.
E.U. foreign policy chief issues his own statement after six E.U. member states, including Italy, Hungary and the Czech Republic, oppose a resolution condemning the new U.S. peace deal.
Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner will present the U.S. administration’s peace plan to the U.N. Security Council in New York, just days before Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is expected to visit the United Nations.
Supreme Sharia Judge Mahmoud al-Habbash calls on Islamic preachers to use Friday sermons to attack U.S. peace plan • Says martyrdom fighting plan is preferable to accepting it.
It banned the import of vegetables, fruits, soft drinks and water from Israel into the Palestinian territories.
“Trump doesn’t know first thing” about own plan, which is “Netanyahu’s ideas” put to paper, says P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas • Arab League announces rejection of U.S. peace proposal.
Tehran files complaint over Saudi Arabia refusal to issue visas to Iranian delegation • Iran: No bilateral talks with US • Leaked recording shows Tehran knew immediately of downed Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752.
If the Palestinians are unable to meet the conditions of the new peace plan, Israel should not take “the risk to recognize them as a state,” senior White House adviser Jared Kushner says in a series of interviews over the weekend.
The reaction of the Palestinians and a number of Arab states to the Trump peace proposal “raises doubts over its viability,” says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
While some media outlets reported “muted” responses and even loud objections from the Arab world, the reality seems to be the opposite.
