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:

America's honour and credibility--and any hope of ending the Jewish-Arab conflict--demand this happens very soon

Trying to hide behind the veil of "international law" to justify Sweden's decision without fully examining the facts and the applicable law is disgraceful

“Skirt-fronting” could well become the new buzz word in international diplomacy

The sooner the Security Council so acts--the sooner this blight on humanity will be contained and ultimately eradicated.

Obama's poor political judgment calls

Obama, Putin and Rouhani have their problems with other pressing issues--Ukraine and nuclear weapons. On ISIL and Al-Nusrah Front their national interests are identical.

Assad and his backers--Russia, Iran and Hezbollah--helping Obama by destroying ISIL in Syria - is a pipe dream. Syria hysteria destined to entrap Obama in yet another political quagmire

The idea of land grants by Egypt - and also Jordan--now remain the last route to peacefully creating the two-state solution

"Jews are always good for news" needs an urgent media rethink and policy overhaul--if increasing Jew-hatred world-wide is to be effectively silenced

The PLO (founded in 1964) and Hamas (founded in 1987) both seek to unravel the decisions made at San Remo in 1920

Canberra Declaration on Gaza

Foreign Press Association slams Hamas

Not a battle of Jew vs Arab or Israeli vs Palestinian. Rather, it is a battle between those who celebrate life and those who champion death. It is a battle of civilization versus barbarism

Iraq and Syria: Millions of Christians, whose ancestral presence there predates current Muslim majorities by centuries, being wiped out

Respect for life has become the real victim

The current war of rockets and tunnels seems set to be replaced with an equally confrontational labyrinthine war of words

The silence presently coming from the United Nations condemning Abbas is deafening

Hamas and the PLO have always been perfectly up front and transparent in their declared aims and objectives. The problem has always been the inability of the West to believe them

Jordan risks suffering the same political and humanitarian disasters currently embroiling Syria and Iraq. Israel could be Jordan's lifeline in preventing this happening

Creating a second Arab State in Mandatory Palestine-- in addition to Jordan - for the first time ever in recorded history - remains an illusion after fruitless negotiations spanning the last 20 years

A pathway through this semantic minefield needs to be found which leads to the parties using commonly agreed and understood language

Australia will no longer be referring to East Jerusalem and the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) as "occupied territories"

A Palestinian State - Not A Priority

Pro-Israel Australian Jewish community wielded too much power

The White House or the mad house

Lecturing to Israel on international law whilst allowing the PLO to reject international law was breathtaking hypocrisy on the United Nations part

Abbas's pathetic bluff and bluster should for once be exposed and rejected by America and Israel

Kerry's mission impossible not unsurprisingly turned out to be an ignominious diplomatic failure

Negotiations between Jordan and Israel have now become the only answer to avoiding renewed conflict and violence between Jews and Arabs

As Kerry's credibility crashes - Abbas's intransigence in refusing to recognize Israel as the Jewish State increases--a certain recipe for diplomatic disaster