Will Khashoggi’s Murder Foil the Saudi-Israeli Thaw? These burgeoning ties, marked by resistance to Iran, depend on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ability to stay in power By Amos Harel and Yarden Michaeli Apr 17, 2019 The Saudi-Israeli relationship is one of the less-talked-about axes in the Middle East, […]
Abbas calls for Arab solidarity despite shift towards Israel normalisation Date of publication: 22 April, 2019. The New Arab. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Arab states to show solidarity with his embattled country, despite growing move towards normalising ties with Israel. Abbas addressed the Arab League in Cairo on […]
IS THERE AN UNPRECEDENTED BUILD-UP OF US NAVAL POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST? A massive amount of air power and US naval assets were suddenly in the same place at the same time. BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN. APRIL 25, 2019 Two US aircraft carrier strike groups operated in the […]
‘DEAL OF THE CENTURY’ WILL SET NEW BASELINE FOR MIDEAST DIPLOMACY The Trump peace plan may be less about reaching a final settlement now, and more about setting down new parameters for a changed reality. BY HERB KEINON. APRIL 25, 2019. Jerusalem Post. In a twist to the “after-the-hagim […]
HUGE Diplomatic Development by the Trump Administration that is Making the Palestinian Authority Go Barking Mad! April 25 2019. PNW. This is seriously huge, a total gamechanger and possible hint at the direction of the upcoming Trump “Deal of the Century” that we are all waiting to see. […]
Trump pressures Arabs to pay for peace in stealth build-up to Middle East ‘deal of the century’ By Guy Taylor – The Washington Times – Tuesday, April 23, 2019 JERUSALEM — For an administration not exactly famed for strategic patience and deliberative policymaking, President Trump’s push for an impending Middle East “deal […]
FRIEDMAN TO POST: U.S. THINKING ‘OUT OF THE BOX’ WITH TRUMP PEACE PLAN Envoy says Palestinian people deserve ‘meaningful alternative’ to status quo even if leaders reaction is initially negative. BY HERB KEINON, YAAKOV KATZ. APRIL 24, 2019. Jerusalem post. The Trump administration peace plan is an effort to “think […]
JARED KUSHNER: TWO-STATE SOLUTION WAS ‘A GOOD ATTEMPT’ “But if that would’ve worked, we would’ve made peace a long time ago on that basis,” he said. BY OMRI NAHMIAS. APRIL 24, 2019. Jerusalem post. WASHINGTON – White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, discussed the upcoming “deal of the century” […]
Report: Saudis leading the way and already pressuring Abbas to accept Trump’s Mideast plan. The covenant of ‘peace and security’ that will be ‘confirmed’ by the Beast, for seven years, among the many MENA nations. Then sudden destruction will come, and they will not escape. According to an […]
Anticipating Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ JNS.org . April 22, 2019. – Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict surfaced two years ago, and to this day — remarkably — only he and a handful of aides know its precise details. A stream of leaks, however, contains enough internal […]
