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Israel News Actually, this peace deal IS different from all other peace deals
President Trump is set to announce his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan at the White House on Tuesday, and while details at this point are scarce, it will probably to differ in several key aspects from past American presidents’ proposals. Here’s a brief history of recent American involvement in Israeli-Palestinian peace. Bill Clinton’s peace plan, part 1…
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Israel News Netanyahu, Gantz to meet with Trump on shadowy ‘deal of the century’ peace plan
The Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that will be unveiled at the White House on Tuesday, hailed by President Trump as the “Deal of the Century,” will allow Israel to extend sovereignty over most of its West Bank settlements in return for limited Palestinian autonomy, Haaretz reported. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz…
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Fast Forward Palestinians warn of violence over Trump plan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Trump Administration’s peace plan is an attempt to destroy the Palestinian cause and could lead to violence on the part of the Palestinian public, Palestinian Authority officials warned. In addition, a senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Ynet that the decision to release the plan now is a…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Is The Only Presidential Candidate Who Truly Cares About Palestinian Lives
The 2019 J Street Conference, held last week in Washington, was the first time in recent memory that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was openly discussed and critically assessed in the mainstream American public sphere. Historically, presidential candidates on both sides of the political spectrum have been deaf to Palestinian grievances, blind to Israel’s injustices and defensive…
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Fast Forward Even State Department’s Top Mideast Official In Dark About Kushner’s Peace Plan
The State Department’s top official overseeing Middle East policy admitted on Tuesday that he didn’t know the contents of White House senior advisor Jared Kushner’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan — other than what he’d seen Kushner tell the media. In a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary of State…
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Opinion I’m Israeli. Netanyahu Is Wrong. He Should Let Ilhan Omar And Rashida Tlaib Visit
This morning, it was reported that Israel would be denying entry to two U.S. Congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who sought to visit the West Bank and Jerusalem — this after Ambassador Ron Dermer said that they would be allowed entry. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently bowed to pressure by President Trump…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Ditches Meeting With Visiting Republicans
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declined to meet with a Republican congressional delegation only a week after meeting with a Democratic group on a visit to Israel. Abbas dropped out of a scheduled meeting in Ramallah with the delegation of 31 Republicans, according to Jewish Insider, leaving the lawmakers to meet with…
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Opinion This Tisha B’Av, We Mourn Injustice In Israel – And Commit To The Fight To End It.
Many progressive Jews struggle with whether Tisha B’av still has resonance when Judaism has evolved so far beyond Temple service. We wonder whether a full day of mourning for Jewish destruction and exile is still called for when we have a sovereign State of Israel and the accompanying reality of national power. But the sages…
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