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“The biggest falsehood the US needs to expose is that there exists “Palestinian territory” that Israel refuses to “give back””

BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES A Truth-Telling Strategy to Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace by Dr. Max Singer January 29, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The US is usually thought to be biased in favor of Israel, even after its recent acceptance of UNSC … Continue reading

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US State Department to Ramallah: Funds are delayed

TIMES OF ISRAEL Palestinians say Obama’s last-minute $221 million payout frozen by Trump by Avi Issacharoff and AP January 25, 2017 The Trump administration has informed the Palestinian Authority that it is freezing the transfer of $221 million which was … Continue reading

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Obama sent Palestinians blocked funds on his way out the door

WASHINGTON POST US sent $221 million to Palestinians in Obama’s last hours by Matthew Lee and Richard Lardner January 23, 2017 Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the … Continue reading

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Palestinians (and Liberal American Jewish women) march against Trump

JERUSALEM POST Where do the Palestinians Stand on Trump? by Adam Rasgon January 21, 2017 Palestinian Authority police blocked traffic through downtown Ramallah’s Manara Square on Thursday to allow for hundreds of Palestinians and Palestinian leaders to protest President Donald … Continue reading

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Israelis and Palestinians CAN make deals

TOWER MAG Israel, Palestinian Authority Sign Water Cooperation Agreement by Staff January 17, 2017 Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed a water cooperation agreement on Sunday, the fourth major infrastructure deal agreed to in the past year and a half. … Continue reading

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Palestinians: WE MEAN IT NOW –we won’t recognize Israel if US embassy moves to #Jerusalem (and if we get REALLY angry, we’ll stop cashing Israel’s checks)

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH Abbas threatens to cancel claimed PA recognition of Israel by Itamar Marcus January 16, 2017 …”President Abbas said that he wrote to Trump and warned him of the consequences of the transfer of the embassy, and noted … Continue reading

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#Palestinian outrage over US embassy move to #Jerusalem recalls the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna: “If it ain’t one thing, it’s another.”

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH Palestinian religious leaders threaten religious war over Jerusalem by Itamar Marcus January 8, 2017 In recent days, PA leaders have repeatedly threatened war and violence in response to the US potential recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by … Continue reading

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“If there was ever an occupation of Palestinian territory under international law, it happened between 1948 and 1967, when two of the invading Arab armies, Jordan (West Bank) and Egypt (Gaza Strip) occupied territory that they had taken through aggressive action”

CNN Obama administration was hypocritical on UN’s Israeli settlements vote by Mark Goldfeder December 27, 2016 …Apart from the hypocrisy, the president’s decision was also wrong, as a matter of law. Some brief history is in order. In 1922 the … Continue reading

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The defeat of #Palestinians will “free them to improve their own lives. Unleashed from a genocidal obsession against Israel, Palestinians can become a normal people and develop their polity, economy, society and culture”

JEWISH NEWS SERVICE A Palestinian Defeat is Good for All by Daniel Pipes December 28, 2016 …Israel has just one option to win Palestinian acceptance: a return to its old policy of deterrence, punishing Palestinians when they aggress. Deterrence amounts … Continue reading

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Your fact-of-the-day: “Not ALL of Judea and Samaria are currently disputed territories, as Israel ceded parts of these areas to the #Palestinians in the context of the Oslo process”

JEWISH PRESS U.S. Policy on Israel and the Obama-Trump Transition by Dr Ken Levin December 15, 2016 In a speech to the UN General Assembly on September 20, President Obama declared that Israel should recognize “it cannot permanently occupy and … Continue reading

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