Middle East
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said: “The United States is ... send[ing] a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”
Former Iraqi Parliament member Mithal Al-Alusi said on Asia TV (Iraq) that he has no problem visiting Israel, and putting “an end to the great Arab and Islamist lie” surrounding Jerusalem, which he said he does not view as an Arab capital plundered by the Zionist entity.
“The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or regular Iranian forces,” said U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton.
“If we relinquish full control of Judea and Samaria, Judea and Samaria will become Gaza, and rockets will then be launched at the State of Israel,” said Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan.
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.
Twenty working mothers from the local Bedouin population who work in the SodaStream factory are participating in a new workshop that covers subjects related to the daily struggles that Bedouin women in the Negev face at home and at work.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes participation as “another expression of Israel’s rising status in the world and the region.”
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.”
Following U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, many in the Arab world call for a re-evaluation of the Palestinian approach to the conflict with Israel.
Muhanna’s channel has more than 13,000 subscribers; the 47-minute-long video at issue has already been viewed nearly 25,000 times.
