The Trump administration contends that the bans are for security reasons, that the countries in question cannot or will not provide adequate information about the people wanting to come in. This is entirely reasonable, but for the Left, concern for national security is “racist” and must be done away with. “Democrats attack Trump as racist […]
Palestinians Are “Disappointed” In Initial Arab Response — Arab League Then Rejects the Trump Plan (Part 1)
There was deep disappointment among the Palestinian leaders with the initial response of the Arabs to the Trump peace-and-prosperity plan. Their complaint can be read here. A senior official in the Palestinian Authority has spoken of Ramallah’s disappointment in Arab nations’ muted and sometimes-supportive response to the contentious US proposal for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, […]
Erdogan Calls Arab States “Treasonous” For Not Denouncing Trump’s Peace Initiative
Recep Tayyip Erdogan fancies himself, not quite accurately I’m afraid, as the leader of the Muslim world – a kind of successor to the Ottoman sultan or parishah. He sees Turkey not as just one more member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (O.I.C.), but rather, given the centuries of Ottoman rule over so […]
“Palestinians” demonstrate against Trump peace plan, Muslims in Gaza fire rockets into Israel
A state and fifty billion dollars, and it’s not good enough. Find out why in The Palestinian Delusion. “Palestinians Protest Trump Plan, Gaza Militants Fire Rockets,” Associated Press, January 31, 2020: JERUSALEM — Palestinians held demonstrations across the region Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s Middle East initiative, while militants in the Gaza Strip fired […]
Hamas top dog writes to all Islamic heads of state, urging them to reject Trump peace plan
Once again, the heads of Muslim countries would have no interest in this matter were it not for Islamic theological imperatives that lead to calls for the destruction of Israel. For Ismail Haniyeh, this is all about Islam, the one aspect of the conflict that Western analysts refuse to examine. “Hamas urges Islamic, Arab worlds […]
First Thoughts On the Trump Plan and How Mahmoud Abbas Will Save the Day
“The Deal of the Century” turned out to be remarkably generous to the “Palestinians,” giving them far more than they had any right to expect. It promises them a state – the state of Palestine. It doubles the size of the territory under Palestinian control. The Palestinians will under the plan possess nearly 80% of […]
Trump: “It’s time for the Muslim world to fix the mistake of 1948 and recognize Israel”
Plain truth from Trump: The Muslim world must correct an historic error and finally recognize the Jewish state, President Donald Trump said Tuesday as he unveiled his long-anticipated “deal of the century” for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “It’s time for the Muslim world to fix the mistake of 1948 and recognize Israel,” Trump said. The […]
Turkey: Demonstrators protest Trump peace plan, hold signs saying “Jerusalem belongs to Islam”
Once again, supporters of the “Palestinians” invoke Islam. Yet mainstream Western analysts continue to ignore Islam in examining the Israeli/ “Palestinian” conflict. This is to the severe detriment of their peace plans, as The Palestinian Delusion shows in detail. “‘Jerusalem belongs to Islam’: Thousands across Turkey protest Trump’s Mideast plan,” Yeni Şafak, January 29, 2020: […]
PLO calls for jihad terror against Trump’s peace plan: “Escalate the resistance and the jihad”
A state and $50 billion won’t do it. Maybe a state and $100 billion? Two states? Three states? Find out why no “Palestinian” peace plan will ever be acceptable to the “Palestinians” unless it helps pave the way for the total destruction of Israel in The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East […]
Iran’s Parliament speaker calls on counterparts in Islamic states to counter Trump peace plan
“Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wed., in a letter sent to the Parliament speakers of the Islamic states, urged Islamic countries to counter US-proposed so-called ‘Deal of Century.’” Those who hate Israel and wish to destroy it constantly couch their hatred in Islamic terms. Yet this is the one aspect of the conflict that […]