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    NEW DIPLOMATIC RECORD: Trump Mideast peace initiative pronounced dead after ONE meeting.

    So much WINNING


    Jerusalem Post Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Reports that Trump considering pulling out of peace talks 'nonsense,' US official says
    ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA, JPOST.COM STAFF June 24, 2017 20:08
    A Palestinian official claims Abbas is furious at American demands, accuses the US of taking sides.
    http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Co...meeting-497795

    So, it turns out the way to get concessions from the Palestinians was NOT for zhe USG to take the Likud line more strongly.

    Like, who knew?


    Abbas was supposedly furious with the president's son-in-law after Kushner relayed Israeli demands to the 81-year-old Palestinian leader which included the immediate halt of payments to terrorists and their families.

    Abbas angrily accused Kushner and Trump's lead international negotiator, Jason Greenblatt, of taking Israel's side and refused to commit to the request.

    The report claims that the Trump administration was equally upset with Abbas after he failed to denounce the latest stabbing attack in Jerusalem, leaving 23-year-old St.-Sgt. Maj. Hadas Malka brutally stabbed to death in a terror attack last week. Ties were further strained after Abbas reportedly refused to meet# American ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

    The Palestinian official also told the paper that the Americans demanded Palestinian officials curb inflammatory statements regarding Israel.

    "(Kushner) will submit his report to the president and, after it is submitted, Trump will decide if there's a chance for negotiations or it might be preferable to pull out peace talks," the official said.

    Abbas claimed that Israel is using the issue of payments to terrorists and their families as a pretext to avoid entering peace-talks, saying that the payments are a part of the Palestinian government's "social responsibility."
    Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 06-24-2017 at 08:53 PM.

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