Why are Arab states ‘divided’ in the face of Trump’s plan?
Farah Najjar
Al-Jazeera / January 31, 2020
Several countries facing social and economic upheaval and a perceived threat from Iran fail to challenge Trump's plan.
The divided reaction from Arab states to US President Donald Trump's so-called Middle East plan has come as no surprise, analysts say, noting that the main reason for support...
Jadaliyya co-editor Noura Erakat discusses ‘Deal of the Century’ on CNN
Jadaliyya / January 29, 2020
In this CNN interview, which aired on 28 January 2020, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat discusses the plan announced jointly by President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu on 28 January 2020. In it, she speaks about the unilateral concessions in grants to Israel over increasing its dominion over Palestinian lands, the fact...
The apartheid deal of the century
Jeff Halper
Middle East Monitor / January 31, 2020
The Trump “deal of the century” is nothing if not predictable. The product of a small group of Orthodox Jewish Americans willingly adopting the long-standing plans of the Israeli right, it merely reaffirms what Israeli policy has in fact done “on the...
Legal rights centre slams Trump plan’s proposed ‘forced transfer’ of Israel’s Palestinian citizens
Middle East Monitor / January 31, 2020
Legal rights centre Adalah has slammed the Trump administration’s “peace plan” for its endorsement of the “forced transfer” of 260,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel.
“Trump’s deal…is no more than an attempt to bypass international legal barriers and to ignore Palestinians’ right to self-determination, as well...
Israel official: Only disagreement with US over annexation regards timing
Middle East Monitor / January 31, 2020
A senior Israeli official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed reports of disagreements between the US and Israeli governments over the application of the Trump plan, claiming that the only diversion relates to the timetable for annexation of West Bank territory.
According...
Israel NGO urges international community to protect Palestinians from settler attacks
Middle East Monitor / January 31, 2020
An Israeli human rights organisation has called on the international community to “intervene” to protect Palestinians from attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
In a statement published yesterday, Yesh Din slammed “the systematic failure of Israeli law enforcement to protect Palestinians” from “criminal...
