Law and Society
Middle EastBy david 2000
2 months ago
Propaganda can be a very effective ploy in promoting false viewpoints and opinions and has been used by the Arabs with great success in the Israel-Arab conflict.
No more has this been evident than in their concerted and continuing efforts to mislead and confuse world opinion in relation to the location of the geographical entity once called “Palestine” and the allocation of sovereignty that has taken place within that territory between Jews and Arabs over the last 90 years.
These are not esoteric statements but have real practical consequences for any lasting solution – be it “the two state solution”, “the one state solution” or any other solution that might be proposed for ending the territorial claims by both Arabs and Jews to the territory once called “Palestine”.
Arab propaganda has created the impression that Israel is located on 78% of Palestine whilst the West Bank and Gaza comprise the remaining 22% of Palestine - thereby claiming that the Jews possess sovereignty in the major part of Palestine.
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Law and SocietyMiddle EastBy IsraelMatzav
4 months ago
 With President Obama scheduled to meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday night - after agreeing to the meeting only at the last minute - the Wall Street Journal discusses what may be a change in 'Palestinian' tactics. Many Middle East analysts voiced skepticism over what Mr. Netanyahu could announce that would lend support to the stalled peace process. But Palestinian officials have told Mrs. Clinton and other U.S. diplomats in recent weeks that they were concerned they could be drawn into negotiations with Israel that fell short of establishing an independent state. Mr. Netanyahu in the past has described granting Palestinians broad autonomy, but without total control of their defenses and foreign policy.
Some U.S. officials said they believe the administration took too confrontational an approach toward Mr. Netanyahu soon after Mr. Obama took office, insisting early on a total settlement freeze and turning Israeli public opinion strongly against the U.S.
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Law and SocietyMiddle EastBy david 2000
4 months ago
The Palestinian Authority is quickly sinking into quicksand of its own making - and has no one but itself to blame for its fall from grace as a partner with Israel to resolve the allocation of sovereignty between Jews and Arabs in the West Bank.
The announcement that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does not intend to run as President when elections are supposedly held next January is shrouded in uncertainty.
Yasser Abed-Rabbo, the Secretary General of the PLO’s Executive Committee denied that Abbas had threatened to quit during a telephone call with President Obama on 3 November.
Abed-Rabbo is reported to have told Maan News Agency that he:
“witnessed the phone call between President Abbas and President Obama and the talks did not have anything to do to with Abbas resigning.”
The following report however rebuts Abed-Rabbo’s claim maintaining that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Ms Clinton has accepted Abbas’s resignation stating:
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