Tag: Middle East Peace Plan
Trump administration to release Mideast peace plan ‘as early as this month’
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election on Tuesday, the Trump administration could release its peace proposal for the Israelis and the Palestinians “as early as this month,” according to ABC News, citing sources knowledgeable...
US envoy hints at peace deal with Israeli security control in Judea and Samaria
The Trump administration understands the need for Israel to have “overriding security control” in the West Bank in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Tuesday.
Friedman...
Israelis shrug as America intervenes in their election
When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Israel this week, it won’t be interpreted as just another routine stop as America’s chief diplomat seeks to reaffirm ties with an ally or to...
Report: Former Israeli defense minister reveals part of ‘deal of the century’
Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman shared with Palestinian officials key details of emerging U.S. peace plan and its vision for a two-state solution, the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported on Wednesday.
Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) served as...
Netanyahu: Trump won’t roll out Mideast peace plan before Israeli election
The Trump administration will not present its long-awaited Middle East peace plan before the Israeli election, set for April 9, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
The rollout for the plan,...
US poised to present Middle East peace plan ‘soon,’ says senior adviser Kushner
Following months of having to focus on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its subsequent fallout, the White House is now ready to move its attention in the Middle East back to...
Report: US postpones unveiling Mideast peace plan amid Israeli political crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to postpone the long-awaited unveiling of his Middle East peace plan at least until February, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds reported Wednesday, citing the recent political crisis in Israel as...
Trump voices favoring two-state solution, seeks Mideast peace before end of first term
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to endorse the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in...
Mr. President: The Palestinians already got ‘their turn’
President Donald Trump said this week that following the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, now the Palestinian Arabs “will get something very good because it’s their turn next.”
Somebody ought to explain to...
A tale of two princes
For all of its economic, military and cultural strength that has made it a regional superpower, the State of Israel remains a little insecure. After having its legitimacy denied by so much of the...