Posted on 10/27/2018 11:55:10 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Any lingering thought that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) would have any role to play in President Trump’s soon to-be-released peace plan has vanished - after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that $165 million had been deducted from funding to the PLO because of its continuing “pay for slay” policy in breach of the Taylor Force Act. Jordan has now signalled its preparedness to replace the PLO by publically supporting Trump in an article written in the Jordan Times by Walid Sadi – a retired Jordanian diplomat with over 35 years’ experience and himself a former editor of the Jordan Times.
The Jordan Times is published by the Jordan Press Foundation – in which the government-owned Social Security Investment Fund has a majority stake. Sadi’s endorsement of Trump could only have been published with the knowledge and approval of Jordan’s King Abdullah. Sadi makes no bones in airing his reasons for Trump’s success world stage:
“World leaders fear him because they know he “No matter what Trump's opponents or enemies throw at him, populist support for him remains solid and unwavering. It was the populist wave that brought Trump to power and this wave remains as strong as ever. It is almost a love or hate narrative when it comes to Trump and he is riding high on the love tsunami that won him the election in the first place.”
Given these fundamentals in the Trump persona – Jordan would be foolhardy indeed to reject Trump’s invitation to enter into direct negotiations with Israel to resolve the allocation of sovereignty in the “West Bank“ – ...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Backing the Strong Horse.
The newspapers in Jordan support Israel, while America’s newspapers support the PLO.
It’s no secret that Trump and the King of Jordan have reached a major agreement behind the scenes on the future of the former Palestine. I saw the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as the first of several dominoes to fall.
The newspapers in Jordan support Israel, while America’s newspapers support the PLO.
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Strange times.
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