Going off the script in remarks to the press Thursday in Davos, President Trump announced that the US will no longer provide any monetary aid to the Palestinians in any form, unless the Palestinian leadership agrees to enter peace talks with Israel.
Though there was no sign peace talks were about to resume at any rate, President Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital led Palestinian leadership to reject the idea of any US-mediated talks being possible.
Trump, however, is presenting the Jerusalem declaration as making things simpler, in that Jerusalem is now “off the table,” and that reduced the amount of important issues yet to be resolved.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley also issued a statement condemning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, saying that he lacks the “courage” to seek a lasting peace with Israel.
And the American government’s infatuation with Zionism rolls on.
Peace talks? Yea right! And if these “peace talks” finally resume and Israel AGAIN breaks their part of the deal, then what? Will that be blamed on Palestinians too? get this through your stubborn head Mr. President- Israel does not want peace- it wants its neighbors’ lands! If a sitting President cannot AT LEAST acknowledge this, then how can there be “peace talks” that are doomed from the start because of an uneven playing field. Grow some balls Mr. President. I’m not talking about lobbing bombs on defenseless innocent people, but standing up to the elephant in the room , Israel!
Pretty pathetic negotiating if you ask me. Palestinians have been resisting for over 50 years and Trump thinks they are going to roll over on threats about aid money?
Well, he does say, repeatedly, that he is the greatest negotiator ever born in the world, or universe. Just ask him.
Nope. But when it doesn’t work, his script is ready on who to blame and stuck in a violent, unreasonable mindset for no conceivable reason.
Longer than that. I believe the first anti Zionist demo was in Jerusalem in 1895.
Somehow, I think that even a total idiot like Trump realizes that Israel is an evil country and the Palestinians are their favorite victims. It shows in his quickness in giving the Israelis what they want and then wanting to getting the whole nasty business out of view. “Yeah, we sold the poor bastards out to the racist, land-thieving crooks, and we got our thirty shekels for it, now we never need to talk about the crappy deal ever again.”
US taxpayers had to pay (at least $3.8 billion just this year) to sell the poor bastards out to the racist, land-thieving crooks.
Gotta love how we negotiate. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Off the table. Next issue.
There may be some unintended consequences if the world sees Palestinians looking like concentration camp inmates.
You may regret them.
A “lasting peace” for Nikki Haley means all Palestinians dropping dead at once, so Israel can take over the remaining bits of Palestine.
We’re gonna starve them to death-like we did 500,000 Iraqi kids-with Madeline Albright’s’ approval as I recall.
Nikki Haley, from Sikh Nation, is A Traitor to her Own Nation, and An Agent of India’s Criminal Terrorists RSS, BJP NAZI Hindus is Crucifying her own People for Small Rewards from RSS, BJP Nazi Hindus, then, how, she can be faithful to U.S.A. She is also bring Shame on American Citizens through her Idiotic Policies for the world. Please, be careful from Nazi Hindu Agent; Nicki Haley.
This won’t be much of bargaining chip since there other actors that are more than happy to fill the void.
To be fair should there be no more aid to Israel either ?
No aid to anybody. Anywhere.
Zionism emerged concurrently with other European nationalisms in the 19th century. Your assertions are rather a stretch. Oh, and there are only victims on planet earth…
frump proves who his master is,
Cut all aid to Israel for the same reason