David Singer

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

Most Recent Articles by David Singer:

EU policy and its conduct since July 2014 has exacerbated the Jewish-Arab conflict rather than playing a constructive role in its resolution.

Obama got it wrong from the start and nothing was going to save him from failure in the end

European Union continues to backtrack on these internationally- binding commitments to the Jewish people made by the overwhelming majority of EU members 94 years ago

“Popular resistance” in the West Bank and Gaza demanding long-overdue elections can achieve far better results than the spate of utterly futile and senseless acts of self-destruction directed against Jews during the last three months

Although there are some 200 areas of disputed territory around the world – the EU has seen fit to only require special labelling laws for Jewish goods originating from territories disputed between Jews and Arabs.

No amount of doublespeak will enable the EU to escape the charges that labelling requirements are racist and discriminate against Jews; Trample on Jewish vested legal rights to reconstitute the Jewish National Home in Judea Samaria, East Jerusalem

The demise of the PLO as Israel’s negotiating partner is long overdue

The EU now faces swallowing a poison pill of its own making

How many more atrocities and military misadventures must occur before the Security Council gets really serious on destroying Islamic State with its own UN-authorized global military force?

The EU has opened a can of worms

Any international coalition to fight the Islamic State can only be achieved through a UN Security Council Resolution

Negotiations between partners-in-peace Israel and Jordan on the allocation of sovereignty in the West Bank still remains the key to ending the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict.

Hopefully they will agree on pursuing the long-awaited and elusive Security Council Resolution authorising armed action

Rabin never offered any such two-state compromise

Safeguarding this “two-state solution” – code words for creating a second Arab State in Mandatory Palestine in addition to Jordan – is a lost cause

Australians were still trying to come to terms with the shooting murder of a 58- year-old police department accountant by a 15-year-old Muslim youth dressed in black robes shouting "Allahu Akbar"

Obama's failure to test Putin's sincerity could risk America's Middle East policy being seriously compromised

Time the United Nations woke up and restored its own credibility.

With Russian airstrikes seriously escalating the conflict in Syria - Obama and Putin need to urgently sponsor that Security Council resolution before the Syrian sinkhole opens even wider

Kerry continues to tie the fate of the Islamic State to the fate of Assad--which will assuredly fall on deaf Russian ears

Russia and America now need to solely focus on defeating Islamic State - whilst putting their support for Assad or his overthrow on the backburner until Islamic State is defeated

John Kerry pledging Obama's "rock solid" diplomatic support and increased military assistance for Israel

Who has Obama conned - the Rabbis or the Generals? Congress--and the world - need to know

Negotiations based on shaky foundations without real substance can only guarantee their eventual death-throes

Western democracies supporting this disingenuous state of affairs should hang their heads in shame. Unless they engage in more straight talking and less doublespeak-- any negotiated two-state solution will remain pure fantasy

Kurdish Statehood: Turkey seems set to pay a huge price for Erdogan's hypocritical double standards

Hopefully Obama's giant gamble pays this huge dividend

"Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; --the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!"

A lack of genuine international will to stop Islamic State--and its threat to international peace and security - dead in its tracks

"Palestine"--not a State--is recognised as a State. "Islamic State"--a State--is not recognised as a State. No wonder the world is in such a state of turmoil and confusion