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2017-05-04 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Trump Plays Peacemaker, Hosting Abbas at the White House

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Posted by Fred 2017-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top
File under: Palestinian Authority

#1 Why does every flippin' president take on this intractable problem? Seriously, the guys who live in the neighborhood clearly don't mind the status quo, so why waste our time and clout trying to impose our idealistic will? We've got bigger fish to fry.

Posted by Whitch Turkeyneck3879 2017-05-04 11:22|| 2017-05-04 11:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Because, at least the people who run the World, find the idea of Jewish state deeply unnatural?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-05-04 12:19|| 2017-05-04 12:19|| Front Page Top

#3 It looks to me like grooming. First President Trump adamantly refused to have any contact with Mr. Abbas or his people, while having long, cozy phone conversations with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and meetings and phone conversations with everyone else. Then, although President Trump's envoy went on a listening tour, and at some point afterward an appointment with the White House was made, nothing really happened until President Abbas announced the reduction of salaries to PA staff in Gaza, reducing Hamas cash flow, and then that the PA would no longer pay the Gaza electric bill, further reducing Hamas's cash flow. While the public part of the meeting was all flattery stroking the Palestinian ego, according to The Times of Israel today, in private he was slapped around a bit:

During the Wednesday meeting, Trump urged Abbas to stop incitement, crack down on terrorism, and “resolve” his West Bank government’s policy of making payments to families of Israeli-held security prisoners.

“President Trump raised his concerns about payments to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have committed terrorist acts, and to their families, and emphasized the need to resolve this issue,” the White House said in a readout of the two leaders’ first face-to-face meeting.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-05-04 19:49|| 2017-05-04 19:49|| Front Page Top

#4 In fairness, he invited Marwan Barghouti to the same White House dinner, but he was ...unavailable

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-04 22:47|| 2017-05-04 22:47|| Front Page Top

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