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:

Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu - is to announce a new peace plan in May

Ian McEwan --Those listening to him are equally entitled to consider his reliance on factual inaccuracies in the formation of such opinion as sufficient reason to dismiss that opinion as irrelevant and of little value.

Philadelphi Corridor - Flashpoint For Potential Conflict

Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

Gush Katif Museum

In many respects Abbas and Haniyeh share much in common with Mubarak and Ben Ali

The current push for recognition of “Palestine” as an independent State is becoming an exercise in creating yet another State whose citizens will continue to be denied the basic freedoms and civil liberties

Failed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

Plight - and flight - of Christians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem

The keystone comedy in Brasilia

Whitbeck’s conclusions on the international recognition of the State of Palestine are not worth the paper they are written on.

Hark the Herald Devil Sings December 23, 2010
Inaccuracies, innuendo, amateur analysis and comment designed to mislead or misinform.

Deliberately denigrating Israel

Brazil and Argentina have some serious explaining to do to justify their decision in endorsing an outcome in the West Bank and East Jerusalem that requires both areas to be completely cleared of Jews

What Abbas hoped to achieve by slapping Obama in the face in this manner is difficult to grasp.

Jewish underminers and their errant media publishers will not go away

The Foreign Affairs Council appears to be totally lacking in any basic understanding of the facts that have resulted in the 130 years old conflict between Jews and Arabs still remaining unresolved .

The President’s belief that the PA will agree to abandon Gaza is hardly likely to be accepted by the PA in any renewed negotiations between them

Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem

The President is now paying the price for his off the cuff remark


Playing the name game - or the shame game - will surely end the current standoff in the stalled negotiations.

Hyperbole and rhetoric are part and parcel of PA negotiating tactics

President Obama is engaging with the PA in a fruitless exercise that has no chance of being achieved

That solution involves the division of sovereignty of the West Bank between Israel and Jordan.

Suspension of direct negotiations is realistically the only option available to Israel

The Quartet has shown it in its latest statement that it has learned nothing from its failed performances over the past eight years

Continuing to deal with Abbas whilst he wears three hats has proved to be - and will continue to be - a recipe for disaster

Recognition of Israel as the Jewish State by the Palestinian Authority