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:

Palestine - Obama Confronts Embarrassing About-Face November 7, 2014

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

Palestine Wallows With Sweden In Ikea La-La-Land November 2, 2014

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 Putin Can Help Eradicate Islamic State Crisis October 22, 2014

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

Eradicating Ebola Outbreak And Islamic State Scourge Require Same Prescription October 12, 2014

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

Unscrambling Mandates Omelette Guarantees More Egg On Obama’s Face October 5, 2014

Obama's poor political judgment calls

Obama, Putin And Rouhani Can Do Deal On Destroying ISIL September 26, 2014

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.

Syria Hysteria Dooms Obama’s Plan To Destroy ISIL September 21, 2014

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

Palestine—Goodbye Land Swaps - Hello Land Grants September 12, 2014

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

Israel—Media Imbalance Incites Jew-hatred September 5, 2014

"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

Palestine—Unearthing Past Remains Key To Resolving Future August 29, 2014

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

Gaza—Australian Politicians Duped By Dud Declaration August 22, 2014

Canberra Declaration on Gaza

Gaza—Hamas Humiliates and Manipulates World Media August 15, 2014

Foreign Press Association slams Hamas

Gaza—Hamas Evil Must Be Confronted And Defeated August 10, 2014

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

Jews Condemned Whilst Christians Are Decimated And Dispersed August 1, 2014

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

Gaza - Hamas Exploits Death Over Life July 26, 2014

Respect for life has become the real victim

Palestine—Israel Takes Off The Gloves July 19, 2014

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

Palestine—Abbas Facing Prosecution For Aiding And Abetting War Crimes July 13, 2014

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

Palestine - PLO And Hamas Threaten Split Over Islamic State July 6, 2014

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

Palestine—Jordan Faces Looming Crisis With ISIS June 30, 2014

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

Palestine—Islamic and Arab Countries Fiddle While Syria Burns June 23, 2014

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

Palestine—Negotiating Semantic Minefield Becomes Pressing Necessity June 16, 2014

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

Palestine - Australia Rejects Fiction To Recognise Reality June 8, 2014

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

Palestine - Imminent Breakthrough Or Lost Opportunity? May 26, 2014

A Palestinian State - Not A Priority

Palestine—Former Aussie PM Must Tell The Naked Truth May 19, 2014

Pro-Israel Australian Jewish community wielded too much power

Palestine - Obama Betrayal Demands Abbas Boycott May 11, 2014

The White House or the mad house

Palestine Mandate Legally Triumphs Over Discredited PLO Charter May 2, 2014

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

Palestine - Abbas Unilaterally Resurrects Palestinian Authority April 23, 2014

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

Palestine - Historical Amnesia Causes Kerry’s Downfall April 13, 2014

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

Palestine—Kerry Can’t Keep Kidding Himself April 6, 2014

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

Palestine—Kerry’s Credibility Crashes As Abbas’s Intransigence Increases March 28, 2014

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