By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--August 24, 2016
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"The Russian president has informed me that he has invited Palestinian President [Abbas] and Prime Minister Netanyahu for a meeting in Moscow.
"We will never recognize the Jewishness of the state of Israel."
"Jewish state' was resolved in 1947 in Resolution 181 where there are more than 40-30 mentions of 'Jewish state'. In addition, chairman Arafat in 1988 and again in 2004 confirmed that he agreed it would be a Jewish state. And there are any other number of mentions."Any Arafat declarations are meaningless - having been replaced with statements of outright rejection by Abbas. Arafat cannot rule from the grave.
"I am deeply committed to Israel's future as a secure and democratic Jewish state,"Donald Trump stated on 26 March 2016:
"Basically I support a two-state solution on Israel. But the Palestinian Authority has to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. Have to do that."France's attempt to convene an international conference later this year has been apparently undertaken without first attempting to get Abbas to moderate his stance by finally acknowledging and accepting the decisions of the international community expressed in the Mandate for Palestine and article 80 of the United Nations Charter. Indeed Abbas's threat to sue Britain is a diplomatic kick below the belt for France's efforts to broker a solution. Putin would be politically naïve if he failed to sound out Abbas before facilitating any Moscow meeting. Laying on the vodka, caviar and a Kremlin guard of honour whilst hosting talks that must inevitably lead to nowhere is the last photo-op Putin surely needs. Strong man being derided with egg on face is not a pretty sight.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com