Posted on 05/22/2017 3:05:33 AM PDT by blueplum
A silence fell on Arab media outlets after publication of a report about the Gulf States’ plan for partial normalization with Israel. No official response by Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States or Qatar was heard. The regular pundits preferred to deal with other matters, as if they had neither heard nor seen the scoop in the Wall Street Journal. The usual government spokespeople in Israel were also apparently struck by a condition affecting the vocal chords.
When similar reports emerged in the past, official spokesmen, Arab and Israeli alike, would quickly issue a denial. But this time there were no denials either. That suggests that there is a solid foundation to the principles of the proposal – at least between Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
On Tuesday, the last details were apparently hammered out between the U.A.E.’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and U.S. President Donald Trump in their meeting in Washington after Trump's earlier meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, the 31-year-old son of the Saudi king and the de facto ruler of the kingdom.
The three anchors of the new agreement rest on the granting of permits to Israeli businesses to open branches in the Gulf States, for Israeli aircraft to fly through U.A.E. airspace, and for the installation of direct telephone lines between the two countries. This is still not the full normalization that was promised in the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative or its detailed ratification at the Arab summit in April in Jordan.
But if an official declaration comes from Riyadh on this initiative, it will be worthy of the title “historic,” because for the first time, total withdrawal from all occupied territories is no longer a requirement for full normalization and the end of the conflict. Instead, this proposal...
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This is worth watching. It seems that everyone in the Mid East is happy to see a new administration after the Obama-Clinton-Kerry nonsense.
No such thing as occupied territories - not since Jordan got kicked out of them.
Talk about in your face to the media here . . . imagine the egg on their face and on the Lame Dems if he actually brokers the peace that all those beat males yearned for their side . . .
beat males
sorry, meant Beta males
Revelations is shaping up nicely
Saudi is in a difficult position - threatened by internal Shiites, locked into the Yemen war, their watercut is up to 98% on their biggest well - and they are (apparently) unable to access any of their treasury wealth. While else would they be selling shares in Aramco?
If it were any other country, I would be sorry for them.
I am not sorry for them.
Just what I was thinking!
If the deal comes together, would it surprise anyone if (a) the media ignores it, (b) the establishment downplays it, and (c) Obama gets a Nobel Peace Prize for laying the groundwork for making the deal possible (with a claim that Trump has stolen credit for the hard work of Obama, Kerry, and Hillary)?
The Muslims have proven their evil murderous intentions over and over and over again They indeed do need to totally withdraw from all Israeli territories - starting with Judaea, Samaria, gaza. Muslims and their thousands of terrorist murder gangsters like plo pa Abbas hamas Farah hezbellah no more belong in Israel than they do in USA Repatriation now! Send them all home to their own Muslim countries —
If Israel normalized relations with the Palestinians in a land for peace swap, the Democrats would blame Trump for selling out Israel.
This would be amazing if Trump was able to succeed in such a sort period of time in getting the Saudis to start reconciling with Israel. Trump is showing in person how the art of the deal is done, while the lefties can only whine about Russia and their nutty fantasies of impeachment.
I’ll betcha old Salman’s on the phone right now with Queen Elizabeth, trying to tap the Windsors’ genius for keeping fanny and throne together.
The happenings in the very secret rooms are being outed albeit slowly.
Iran is the existential enemy and open cooperation is required.
I am certain there has been very secret collaboration for a long time
Prayers offered up that the region can move forward. Jobs for the people of all their nations. An economic miracle to occur. Please, God.
Which would be correct (but it won’t happen so nothing to worry about, the so-called palis have turned that down several times already and it won’t be offered again because of all their terrorist murders and bombing of innocent Jews and Christians. -—for any eventual peace, they’ll need to back off trying to kill people and steal more of their land and go home
Israel is desalinating water for $500@acre foot.
This is a big deal in the middle east.
Nor is it a one off. Singapore is also desalinating sea water for $500@acre foot. Lately they have claimed to have the price down to $450@acre foot.
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