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
Abbas and the PLO could suffer the same fate if they show no genuine commitment to resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict after 50 years of relentless rejectionism
This fetid swamp urgently needs draining - Israel and Jordan are the parties that can make it happen. President Trump--over to you to weave your proven negotiating skills
Embracing the two-State Vedanta Solution-- with Modi as a possible interlocutor-- could be the Trojan Horse President Trump needs to broker a deal to end the Arab-Jewish conflict.
Trump – the consummate deal maker – must involve Jordan in any further negotiations to avoid following in the footsteps of his failed predecessors. In the case of “Palestine” size can really make a big difference
Either the Palestinian Authority was absorbed and replaced in 2013 or it still exists in 2017. Flirting with phantoms is the height of folly and extremely foolish
Commuting Pollard's sentence at this particular moment in Trump's presidency will help cement the blossoming post-Obama relationship between the United States and one of its staunchest allies - Israel
The damage has been done, minds and opinions have been poisoned but the United Nations cannot continue to lend its name to this Study in its current form
If Trump wants to do a deal--he needs Jordan to come to the party and enter into direct negotiations with Israel to allocate sovereignty in the West Bank between Jordan and Israel
Netanyahu should never tire of telling world leaders that the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict will not be resolved until the Arabs recognise the right of the Jewish people to their own independent State
Defeating Islamic State is a shared interest of Trump and Putin. Co-operation in the United Nations Security Council will materially advance that objective.
The idea of two Arab states in the area covered by the Mandate for Palestine has been offered to – and rejected by - the Arabs on many occasions since 1922