Tag: Peace Process
What the Trump peace plan cannot accomplish
When the Trump administration released the economic portion of its Middle East peace plan last week, the avalanche of criticism was immediate and harsh. Even though the president’s foreign-policy team couched the plan as...
What progress can be made in Bahrain without the Israelis and Palestinians?
As part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for movement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the upcoming economic summit in Bahrain at the end of June promised to be the first step in the administration’s...
If elected, Buttigieg won’t move US embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, said that if elected, he would not move the U.S. embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv.
“What’s...
An ill-deserved assault on Ambassador David Friedman
Palestinian and leftist Jewish leaders called for America’s Israel ambassador to be fired for telling The New York Times in a recent interview that the Jewish state has, “under certain circumstances, the right to retain some, but unlikely all,...
White House invites Trump business allies to Bahrain summit
The White House has invited some of President Donald Trump’s business allies to the economic summit scheduled for June 25-26 in Bahrain for the first part of the Trump administration’s highly-anticipated Mideast peace plan for the...
Ahead of peace plan, Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Hebron over kosher Iftar...
In the context of the Trump administration’s plan to roll out a Middle East peace proposal after the end of Ramadan on June 4, businessman and aspiring politician Sheikh Ashraf Al Jabari has sent...
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about this one day
Much of the discussion about Israel and the Palestinians revolves around one question: Why does the conflict continue? Most of those who offer answers, especially veteran Middle East “experts” who have been advocating for...
In Warsaw, even the group seating shows how much has changed in Israel-Arab relations
A scene that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago took place this past week in Warsaw at the U.S.-led peace and security summit with 60 countries in attendance, including the United...
Pompeo to Netanyahu: No stability, no Mideast peace ‘without confronting Iran’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that there cannot be Middle East peace without combating Iran.
“You can’t achieve stability in the Middle East without confronting Iran,” Pompeo said to reporters alongside...
Greenblatt slams Palestinian leadership for attack on US credibility on Mideast peace
U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt slammed the Palestinian leadership on Sunday after a key official criticized the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and accused it of bias towards Israel.
Hanan Ashrawi,...