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As Boris Johnson and Donald Trump know, winning gives you the ability not just to pass laws but to make the weather You take comfort where you can. Especially at a time like this, when the side of progress is beleaguered, when left or liberal values are taking a hammering on every front, apparently losing […] More
Kushner hopes Palestinians ‘read’ the Middle East peace plan Mahmoud Abbas cuts ties with US and Israel after rejecting plan Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser, at a joint news conference by Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a new Middle East peace plan on 28 January. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters Though the Palestinian […] More
Mahmoud Abbas addresses Arab League in Cairo Trump and Netanyahu presented peace plan last month Mahmoud Abbas attends the Arab League’s foreign ministers meeting in Cairo. Photograph: Mohamed Elbendary/EPA The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the US and Israel, including those relating to security, after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented by […] More
Trump’s ‘peace’ deal flagrantly tramples on Palestinian rights and freedoms Yara Hawari This plan is simply a continuation of US-Israel policy. Palestinians have heard it all before and won’t accept it Palestinians in Rafah protest against the Middle East peace plan. ‘The White House never expected the Palestinian leadership to accept this plan.’ Photograph: APA […] More
Play Video 2:16 The US president launches his plan for peace in the Middle East, saying the 80-page proposal offers a ‘realistic two-state solution’ that has already been agreed to by Israel as the basis for negotiations. Despite the absence of a Palestinian presence at the launch, Trump says the US will support Palestine if […] More
Trump calls his son-in-law’s proposals – which will be presented Tuesday – the ‘ultimate deal’ for Israel and Palestine The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, shakes hands with Jared Kushner during their meeting in Jerusalem, 30 May 2019. Photograph: Handout/Reuters When Jared Kushner took on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alongside his many other official duties – […] More
