By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--February 11, 2020
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"The Arab League rejects the deal as it does not satisfy the minimum rights and ambitions of the Palestinians and violates international law and United Nations resolutions,"
"We really don't have a view until we understand how much, on what terms, why does it make sense, why is it good for Israel, why is it good for the region, why does it not create more problems than it solves. These are all things that we'd want to understand, and I don't want to prejudge."
"The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law"Pompeo stressed that this decision was:
"based on the unique facts, history, and circumstances presented by the establishment of civilian settlements in the West Bank."Pompeo however added a warning caveat:
"…we are not addressing or prejudging the ultimate status of the West Bank. This is for the Israelis and the Palestinians to negotiate."Outright rejection by the PLO and the Arab League of Trump's Deal has removed Pompeo's caveat
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".. the application of Israeli law to the territory which the Plan provides to be part of Israel is subject to the completion of a mapping process by a joint Israeli-American committee."The PLO and the Arab League had committed political suicide in rebuffing Trump – ensuring that part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) will soon come under Israeli sovereignty whilst the Arabs correspondingly miss out.Another golden opportunity to end the Jewish-Arab conflict has been lost by continuing Arab intransigency. Trump's strategy will see new boundaries being determined for Israel incorporating part of the Jewish People's biblical, historic and ancestral heartland in Judea and Samaria. The area will be small in size but massively significant for the psyche of the Jewish People--who have been waiting for this day to arrive for 3,000 years. President Trump is bringing that very long wait to an end. Author's note: The cartoon—commissioned exclusively for this article—is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators—whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog
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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