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PA President Abbas and US President Donald Trump. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Palestinian children gather with national flags during a demonstration against the construction of Jewish settlements and the confiscation of Palestinian land in the West Bank on March 31, 2017/AFP
Return of Settlements to West Bank Test for Trump
Tel Aviv – The Israeli decision to construct new settlements in the Western Bank for the first time since 1992 would test the efforts of the new US administration to revive peace talks. While several condemnations to the Israeli decision had emerged from the UN,...Caption:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at Monday’s AIPAC conference, said his planned speech to Congress on Tuesday is part of a “moral obligation” to try to avert the “dangers” of a potential Iran-U.S. nuclear deal. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters , March 2, 2015
Netanyahu Vows to Work with Trump on Palestine Peace Efforts
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was committed to working with United States President Donald Trump to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians. Netanyahu made the pledge in a speech to AIPAC, the largest US pro-Israel lobbying group....Caption:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
US Credits Palestinian Demands, Shifts towards Agreement on Freezing Settlements
Ramallah, Tel Aviv- Head of the Palestine National Authority Mahmoud Abbas has convened in a central meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt, Palestine-based sources reported. They said the...Caption:
The Marines will join the approximately 500 US troops already in Syria. Delil Souleiman /AFP