David Singer

Trump can broker Israel-Jordan deal but no Israel-PLO agreement

President Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations--Jason Greenblatt--has returned from his wide-ranging meetings in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Amman and Jericho with zero prospects of Trump brokering a deal between Israel and the PLO.

Palestine--Netanyahu sends clear message to Trump, Putin, May and UN

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has had a busy week meeting with UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in Jerusalem, President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and then back to Jerusalem for a five hour meeting with President Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations--Jason Greenblatt.

Palestine: PLO humiliated for denying free speech and elections

Organisers established a new political entity to represent Palestinian Arab diaspora communities

Trump and Putin must co-operate to defeat Islamic State

Palestine: Netanyahu Needs To Expose PLO Hoax

Bush, Obama, Russia, EU and UN buried under Trump Landslide

Trump and Congress can Make America Great Again

President Trump and Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders this week have the last opportunity to resuscitate the two-state solution laid out in President Bush's 2003 Roadmap adopted by the Quartet--America, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations ("Bush-Quartet Roadmap").

Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Set To Expose Obama’s Collusion On Resolution 2334

One of the intriguing aspects of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on 15 February will be the evidence he produces to President Trump to establish former President Obama’s collusion in promoting Security Council Resolution 2334.

Australia and Israel: Concerning Trump and Obama Honouring Predecessors' Commitments

Yet the media never attacked Obama for disgracefully betraying his predecessor's commitment to a close ally.

Netanyahu needs Trump answer on Bush-Congress Commitments to Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will be meeting America's President Trump on 15 February under very different circumstances to those when Netanyahu met President Obama on 20 May 2011.

Trump and May must circumvent Security Council Resolution 2334

President Trump's meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May this coming Friday affords them a perfect opportunity to discuss reaffirming their countries commitments to the Jewish People made by America in 2004 and Great Britain in 1922--which were seriously undermined when neither country vetoed Security Council Resolution 2334 on 23 December 2016.

UN Security Council Members Trash Quartet Roadmap and Two-State Solution

Twelve of the fifteen members of the United Nations Security Council have apparently had a major rethink on the terms of Resolution 2334 which they approved 14-0 on 23 December 2016 with only America abstaining.

Paris Buries Palestine and UN Security Council Resolution 2334

72 States and Organizations meeting in Paris on 15 January have repudiated Security Council Resolution 2334 (“UNSCR 2334”) - just three weeks after it was passed on 23 December 2016.

Palestine: Paris Conference Challenges UN Security Council Resolution 2334

Seventy countries flocking to Paris on January 15 seem set to challenge Security Council Resolution 2334 before the ink has hardly dried. America's House of Representatives voting 342-80 has already declared that it:

Congress rebuffs Obama and Kerry for abandoning American Policy on Israel

The US Congress has swiftly moved to rebuff the efforts by President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to reverse long-standing American policy in relation to Israel.

Palestine - Anti-Israel Security Council Resolution 2334 Violates UN Charter

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 violates article 80 of the United Nations Charter and accordingly is illegal in international law. Any attempt by the Security Council to enforce Resolution 2334 or to pass any new Resolutions based on Resolution 2334 will also be illegal.

Obama and Kerry open door for Palestine Mandate Solution

US Secretary of State John Kerry – perhaps unwittingly – has now opened the door to reviving the solution contained in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine – one homeland for the Jews and one homeland for the Arabs (“Palestine Mandate Solution”)

Palestine: Correcting Canards Concerning Israel and Vested Jewish Legal Rights

Australia's former Foreign Minister and former head of Labor Friends of Israel--Bob Carr - has entered the debate concerning Security Council Resolution 2334 passed on 23 December with his article in the Sydney Morning Herald "The Genius of the UN's Resolution on Israeli settlements" (December 27)

UN Security Council and Obama Revive Palestine Mandate Solution

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 passed on 23 December 2016 has buried any lingering hopes for the creation of a second Arab State in former Palestine in addition to Jordan (”the two-state solution”).

Palestine: Britain rebuffs Abbas call to apologise for Balfour Declaration

Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's demand that Britain apologise for the Balfour Declaration has been rebuffed by British Prime Minister Theresa May. Addressing the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) on 12 December--May responded: