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Trying to negotiate with Hamas is like banging your head against a brick wall.
We have enough problems her in USA. Since the times of Jimmy Carter we have been negotiating in that region. Even the peace of Israel with Egypt is fragile.
The US can't be unbiased. The award for that goes first directly to Jimmy Carter for penning the US into the Treaty between Israel and Egypt and the second award goes to Bill Clinton who penned the US into the Treaty with Israel and Jordan.
Both of those were decades ago, our latest actions were extremist and at odds with the world. The last two actions that were recommended by Kushner put us on the outside, why is he even dictating policy.
But I agree the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement was one for the history books and I give the leaders of both countries credit as much as Carter.
The US has taken sides, $ millions in aid to Palestine but $ billions in aid to Israel.
And Trump is not mediating - and not backing out - he has taken sides and his policy is screw Palestine and help Israel take over the West Bank.
The USA has been so blatantly pro Israel for the last 60 years that no one takes the USA seriously in regard to Israel. Trump didn't do that. He may be continuing the practice, but he certainly didn't start it or continue it for over 6 decades.
The US doesn't need to do squat. The UN might, Israel and Palestine absolutely do, but last time I checked Israel is not a US state, territory or protectorate.
What the USA needs to do is end foreign aid to Israel, Egypt,and Palestine. Jordan is the only country in that general area that is trying to make a difference.
The US has only been blatantly pro-Israel only since the 1970's. They saw Israel to have a value for the US to get a foothold in the Middle East. Hence the Treaties that places Israel, Egypt and Jordan under it's wings. The UN? Worthless.
Israel, Egypt and Jordan are not funded by USAID. Their checks are directly connected to the Treaties that the US penned itself to be part of. As long as those Treaties are in place and all participants are getting their parts then forget about ever making those funds go away.
And as to to Jordan, they are only giving lip service. They want no common border with any future Palestinian State.
Both of those were decades ago, our latest actions were extremist and at odds with the world. The last two actions that were recommended by Kushner put us on the outside, why is he even dictating policy.
But I agree the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement was one for the history books and I give the leaders of both countries credit as much as Carter.
Doesn't matter if the actions are decades old, they are still in play. Every administration has tried different variations to resolve a issue that is not resolvable by any outside force. Carter in one year actually gave more funds to Israel than any other sitting POTUS (1980, $5.1B) which was followed by Clinton (2000, $4.1B).
Doesn't matter if the actions are decades old, they are still in play. Every administration has tried different variations to resolve a issue that is not resolvable by any outside force. Carter in one year actually gave more funds to Israel than any other sitting POTUS (1980, $5.1B) which was followed by Clinton (2000, $4.1B).
We have always given aid to Israel but the actions by this administration against Palestine put us on a different level. Every prior administration has been critical of Israel's actions while this administration is silent.
We have always given aid to Israel but the actions by this administration against Palestine put us on a different level. Every prior administration has been critical of Israel's actions while this administration is silent.
The Trump administration is extremely different than any past administration do to the mere fact Trump has no fear in what he's doing as he has no political aspirations past being the POTUS. He scares both sides of the aisle. What he's doing is not against Palestinians, it's an attempt to push the Palestinian Authority towards the table in order for them to talk to the Israeli Administration w/o any preconditions to do so. Arafat came so close to cutting a deal with Israel that IMHO the PLO killed him for doing so. Abbas has done nothing since Arafat's death except to widen the rift with Israel.
I work in Defense and have worked on programs that jointly benefit US/Israel. The programs are a net gain for both countries and when and if we get into a shooting war we will be at an advantage against any of of our enemies.
Mankind has never been peaceful, as evidenced by our never ending history of wars. Until our advesaries magically become peace loving I see no benefit of giving up our technology advancing relationships with Israel and other countries.
Does the "net gain" include the 4+ trillion that the current wars will end up costing us....or the tens of thousands of coalition troops gravely injured.
That's MY money. And, please, don't tell us all the ME conflicts have nothing to do with Israel. They play us like a fiddle....and, of course, many here want to be played since there is a lot of money in it.
. Arafat came so close to cutting a deal with Israel that IMHO the PLO killed him for doing so. Abbas has done nothing since Arafat's death except to widen the rift with Israel.
It is generally accepted that the Israelis killed Arafat and they also have MUCH more favorable feelings toward Abbas...or at least they did at the time.
They didn't..and don't....think much of Arafat.
"Israel attempted to assassinate Arafat on a number of occasions"
"The Israeli government had tried for decades to assassinate Arafat, including attempting to intercept and to shoot down private aircraft and commercial airliners on which he was believed to be traveling."
"the Swiss forensic team had found levels of polonium in Arafat's ribs and pelvis 18 to 36 times the average."
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