Published: 3 June 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Bilateral negotiations, without a defined framework, were a recipe for failure and for escalation to violence. Trump needs to quickly present a blueprint for a permanent agreement between Israel and the Palestinians rather than simply working to renew direct negotiations between them.
US mulls formulating a principles paper on core issues of Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Barak Ravid, Chaim Levinson, Jack Khoury, Amir Tibon – Haaretz 01.06.17
Israel getting ready for possibility that US would use such a document as basis for talks. Netanyahu in closed meeting: Trump administration fervently wishes to put something on the table.
Does Trump booster Netanyahu have buyer’s remorse? – J.J. Goldberg – The Forward 30.05.17
Netanyahu just got the US president he was hoping for, the un-Obama who he thought would ease up on the pressure and give him free rein. He’s found instead that he didn’t know what pressure was.
And see: The real story behind Trump’s meetings with Abbas and Netanyahu – Ben Caspit – Al-Monitor 31.05.17
Neither side will accept the other’s position about payments to families of Palestinian prisoners. To restart negotiations in a way that has any chance of progress, Trump’s people will have to mediate between two nations that speak different languages and hold completely different value systems.
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