March 7, 2016
By Avaneesh Pandey
Indonesia (click here) is ready to take “concrete steps” to end Israel’s “colonization of Palestine,” Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Monday in opening remarks during a special summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jakarta. Indonesia is one of the few countries that do not recognize Israel as a nation.
By Avaneesh Pandey
Indonesia (click here) is ready to take “concrete steps” to end Israel’s “colonization of Palestine,” Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Monday in opening remarks during a special summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jakarta. Indonesia is one of the few countries that do not recognize Israel as a nation.
“As part of the international community, Israel must immediately stop its illegal activities and policies in occupied territories,” Widodo reportedly said. “As long as the independence of the Palestinians has not been handed over to the Palestinians, Indonesia will stand against the Israeli occupation.”
The two-day OIC summit, organized at the request of the Palestinian Authority, is being attended by representatives from 57 nations. Additionally, the Middle East quartet — the United Nations, Russia, the United States and the European Union — are also present at the meeting.
No one can deliver Natanyahu to the peace table. If an Israeli Prime Minister won't come to the table, why would Palestine?
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (click here) turned down a U.S. peace initiative presented to him during a West Bank meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, a Palestinian newspaper reported on Thursday.
The report in the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds cited a “source familiar with the details” from Wednesday’s meeting in Ramallah, the seat of the PA.
The new American initiative to restart peace talks included designating East Jerusalem as the capital of the future Palestinian state, halting settlement construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish nation-state and giving up the demand for a Palestinian right of return....
Reporting services like Haaretz doesn't come better. Haaertz always has leaned into peace with the Palestinians. If this is what is occurring there are problems. Netanyahu has become impossible to deal with and the rest of the world is tired of the tensions that give radicals reasons to carry out their violence.
The two-day OIC summit, organized at the request of the Palestinian Authority, is being attended by representatives from 57 nations. Additionally, the Middle East quartet — the United Nations, Russia, the United States and the European Union — are also present at the meeting.
No one can deliver Natanyahu to the peace table. If an Israeli Prime Minister won't come to the table, why would Palestine?
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (click here) turned down a U.S. peace initiative presented to him during a West Bank meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, a Palestinian newspaper reported on Thursday.
The report in the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds cited a “source familiar with the details” from Wednesday’s meeting in Ramallah, the seat of the PA.
The new American initiative to restart peace talks included designating East Jerusalem as the capital of the future Palestinian state, halting settlement construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem, Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish nation-state and giving up the demand for a Palestinian right of return....
Reporting services like Haaretz doesn't come better. Haaertz always has leaned into peace with the Palestinians. If this is what is occurring there are problems. Netanyahu has become impossible to deal with and the rest of the world is tired of the tensions that give radicals reasons to carry out their violence.
