By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--December 24, 2017
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"The United States has done more than any other country to assist the Palestinian people. By far. Since 1994, we have given over $5 billion to the Palestinians in bilateral economic assistance, security assistance, and humanitarian assistance. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees operates schools and medical facilities throughout the region. It is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. Last year, the United States voluntarily funded almost 30 percent of UNRWA's budget. That's more than the next two largest donors combined. And it's vastly more than some of the members of this Council that have considerable financial resources of their own. I'll be blunt: When the American people see a group of countries whose total contributions to the Palestinian people is less than one percent of UNRWA's budget--when they see these countries accuse the United States of being insufficiently committed to peace--the American people lose their patience."
"The United States has proven to be a dishonest mediator in the peace process and we will no longer accept any plan from the United States,"Abbas's outburst has effectively consigned the two-state solution to the dustbin of history. Abbas has once again demonstrated the unerring ability of the Palestinian Arabs to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory--as happened in 1922, 1937, 1947, between 1948 and 1967, 2000-2001 and 2008. Trump's ultimate deal must now be seriously struggling to see the light of day.
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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