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State of Palestine Palestine, officially the State of
Palestine[i]
is a
de jure sovereign state[16][17]
in
Western Asia claiming the
West Bank
(bordering Israel
and Jordan)
and Gaza
Strip (bordering Israel and Egypt)[3]
with
Jerusalem as the designated capital, although its administrative center is
currently located in
Ramallah.[ii][4][5]
The entirety of territory claimed by the State of Palestine has been
occupied by Israel since the
Six-Day
War in 1967.[8][not
in citation given] Palestine has a population of 4,816,503
as of 2016, ranked 123rd in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine
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February 18:
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would remain
“neutral” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if he became U.S. president and
pledged to give finding a solution between the two sides “one hell of a shot.”
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-will-remain-neutral-israeli-palestinian-conflict-if-428000
March 10: Thursday-night Republican
presidential debate once again touched on frontrunner Donald Trump's statement
that he
would take a more "neutral" approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"I'm a negotiator," Trump said when pressed on whether the US should continue to
support the Palestinian Authority, which is accused of inciting terrorism after
a Palestinian attacker allegedly killed a
US Army veteran in Israel earlier this week.
"I would like to at least have the other side think I'm somewhat neutral as to
them so that we can maybe get a deal done," he said of a possible
Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-israel-palestinian-conflict-2016-3
November 15: Trump could kill off what's
left of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
https://www.vox.com/world/2016/11/15/13629690/trump-israel-palestine-peace-process-settlements-jerusalem
December 16:
President Trump and the Art of the ‘Ultimate’ Israel-Palestine
Peace Deal ... The two-state solution is not lost
for the incoming administration. But Trump will have to pick his battles on
settlements wisely.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/04/president-trump-and-the-art-of-the-ultimate-israel-palestine-peace-deal/
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December 17: A senior Palestinian politician
has condemned US President-elect Donald Trump's choice of ambassador to Israel,
David Friedman, a right-wing lawyer who has vowed to move the US embassy to
Jerusalem.
Along with other Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese territories, Israel has
occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 war and has
built Jewish-only settlements throughout the territory in contravention of
international law.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/palestinians-decry-trump-choice-israel-ambassador-161217050117312.html
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January 27: Palestine CONFIRMS it received
$221m from Obama despite LAST DITCH block attempt by Trump
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/759427/palestine-obama-israel-trump-jerusalem-tel-aviv-embassy
February 15: Meeting Israel's Netanyahu,
Trump backs away from commitment to Palestinian state
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-israel/meeting-israels-netanyahu-trump-backs-away-from-commitment-to-palestinian-state-idUSKBN15U0GB
February 15:
Donald Trump questions the "two-state" solution
Trump’s new stance on Palestine and Israel reverses two decades of US policy
https://qz.com/911804/donald-trump-doesnt-back-the-two-state-solution-for-palestine-and-israel-reversing-two-decades-of-us-policy/
February 21: Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal’
Leaves Out One Vital Player: Palestinians. ... In plotting a decidedly lopsided
“one-state solution,” Trump and Netanyahu are following an old and exclusionary
script.
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-middle-east-deal-leaves-out-one-vital-player-palestinians/
October 11: 'Here we go again': Israel and
Palestine may doom Trump's Middle East peace push before it even starts
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-israel-palestine-peace-plan-2017-10
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November 18: The Trump administration put
the Palestine Liberation Organization on notice Friday that it will close the
group's office in Washington if the Palestinians don't get serious about peace
talks with Israel, State Department officials said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/18/politics/state-department-palestinians-washington-mission-israel/index.html
November 18: Trump administration threatens
to shutter Palestinians' D.C. office
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-threatens-to-shutter-palestinians-d-c-office/
November 18: The Palestinians threatened on
Saturday to cease communication with the United States if the White House closes
its diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C., lodging a potential thorn in
President Trump's plans for Mideast peace.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/18/565084773/palestinians-threaten-to-suspend-talks-if-u-s-closes-plo-mission
December 5: Palestinian protesters burn
images of Trump and the U.S. flag ahead of his controversial promise to
officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5146653/Abbas-aide-warns-Jerusalem-harm-US-Mideast.html
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December 7: Trump’s Jerusalem Gambit Will
Speed the Colonization of Palestinian Lands ... But Palestinians will continue
to seek ways to secure their rights to freedom and equality.
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-jerusalem-gambit-will-speed-the-colonization-of-palestinian-lands/
December 9: More than 100 people rallied at
San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza on Saturday to condemn President Donald
Trump’s decision to
recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his plan to move the U.S.
embassy there.
https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/09/supporters-of-palestine-rally-in-s-f-to-condemn-trumps-move-on-jerusalem/
December 11: Jerusalem: Exhausted and
adrift, Palestinians offer muted response to Trump ... When Trump recognized
Jerusalem as Israel's capital, analysts warned it could bring a wave of
violence. But the response of outraged and distrustful Palestinians has been
muted, and some are ready to abandon the two-state solution for peace.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2017/1211/Jerusalem-Exhausted-and-adrift-Palestinians-offer-muted-response-to-Trump
December 13: The Palestinian president just
said he won’t work with Trump ... Mahmoud Abbas’s last stand.
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/12/13/16772590/abbas-trump-jerusalem-capital-israel-palestine-peace
December 17: What Trump’s declaration on
Jerusalem means to Palestinians
With Jerusalem off the table as a shared territory, a two-state solution to the
Middle East has become impossible
https://www.salon.com/2017/12/17/what-trumps-declaration-on-jerusalem-means-to-palestinians_partner/
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January 3: Palestinians condemn Trump's
threat to halt aid payments; mixed reaction in Israel
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/03/palestinians-condemn-trumps-threat-to-halt-aid-payments-mixed-reaction-in-israel.html
January 4: What would Donald Trump ending US
aid mean for Palestinians? ... Donald Trump is threatening to cut off US aid to
the Palestinian territories. The move, which follows his recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel's capital, could have dire consequences for people in Gaza
and the West Bank.
http://www.dw.com/en/what-would-donald-trump-ending-us-aid-mean-for-palestinians/a-42033259
January 8: Trump’s peace deal: A
Gaza-centered Palestine
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/01/israel-palestinians-us-egypt-saudi-arabia-mahmoud-abbas.html
January 14: The Palestinian president railed
at President Donald Trump in a fiery, two-hour-long speech on Sunday, saying
“shame on you” for his treatment of the Palestinians and warning that he would
have no problem rejecting what he suggested would be an unacceptable peace plan.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/14/abbas-trump-palestinians-slap-340489
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January 14: Palestinian Authority president
Abbas calls Trump peace offer 'slap of the century'
http://www.france24.com/en/20180114-palestinian-authority-president-abbas-israel-trump-middle-east-peace-offer-slap-century
January 17: Abbas: Jerusalem at the gate of peace and war, Trump must choose
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-Jerusalem-at-the-gate-of-peace-and-war-Trump-must-choose-536996
January 18: Palestinians fear isolation over
Arab support for Trump peace plan
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/abbas-palestinian-authority-trump-peace-plan-1434319764
January 21: Secretary-General of the
Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and chief
negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has revealed details of the US peace plan to resolve
the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
The report included 13 items which outline US President Donald Trump’s plan.
According to the report, the first item recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel and provides for transferring the US embassy to it. According to the
report, this means “the end of the issue of Jerusalem”, because no Israeli
government will negotiate over Jerusalem after the US administration recognizes
it as its capital.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180122-palestine-chief-negotiator-reveals-details-of-trump-peace-plan/
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January 22: Slovenia is preparing to
recognize Palestine as a sovereign state next month as Palestinian leader
Mahmoud Abbas urged European Union countries to do so, reflecting concerns about
U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital.
Slovenia would join Sweden as the second EU member to recognize Palestine among
the bloc’s 28 states ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/slovenia-readies-to-recognize-palestine-after-trump-embassy-move
January 23: 'Trump - he wants us to die':
Palestinians fear US aid cuts could ignite Gaza tinderbox ... Aid workers have
stark warnings for the US President, after he slashed American funding for the
UN agency here. 'They have seen the peace efforts fall apart and their own
leadership divided. But nobody has ever taken away their bread'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-israel-palestine-mike-pence-us-aid-cuts-gaza-strip-violence-war-palestinian-authority-a8172811.html
January 23: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence
said on Tuesday the timing of a long-awaited U.S. Middle East peace initiative
depended on the return of Palestinians to negotiations.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-pence/timing-of-trump-peace-plan-depends-on-palestinians-pence-idUSKBN1FC1A9
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January 23:
Trump cuts aid to Palestinian
refugees – and throws their future into doubt
The Trump administration has announced that it
will
drastically cut its donations to the UN Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Instead of the US$125m expected, UNRWA will now receive only US$60m from the US
to fund its services for Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Syria,
Lebanon and Jordan.
https://theconversation.com/trump-cuts-aid-to-palestinian-refugees-and-throws-their-future-into-doubt-90282
January 24: ... former US secretary of state
John Kerry met in London with a close associate of PA President Mahmoud Abbas,
Hussein Agha, for a long and open conversation about a variety of topics.
During the conversation, according to the report, Kerry asked Agha to convey a
message to Abbas and ask him to “hold on and be strong.” Tell him, he told Agha,
“that he should stay strong in his spirit and play for time, that he will not
break and will not yield to President [Donald] Trump’s demands.”
According to Kerry, Trump will not remain in office for a long time. It was
reported that Kerry said that within a year there was a good chance that Trump
would not be in the White House.
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Kerry-to-Abbas-confidante-Stay-strong-and-do-not-give-in-to-Trump-539643
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January 25: Trump again threatens to cut off
aid to Palestinians ...
President Donald Trump threatened to
cut off aid to the Palestinians on Thursday if their leaders don't agree to
peace talks with Israel ...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics/trump-small-embassy-jerusalem/index.html
January 25: Trump threatens to cut aid to
Palestinians for 'disrespecting' Pence ...
Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to the Palestinian Authority on Thursday,
saying that Palestinians had “disrespected” Vice-President Mike Pence on his
visit to the region.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/25/trump-threatens-to-cut-aid-to-palestinians-for-disrespecting-pence
January 25:
Palestinians Respond to Trump: If
Jerusalem Off Table, Then U.S. No Longer Has Seat at the Table
Trump can buy many things with his money, but he won’t be able to buy the
dignity of our nation,' Palestinians say after Trump threatens to cut aid if
Palestinians refuse to return to peace talk
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/palestinians-to-trump-if-jerusalem-off-table-then-so-is-u-s-1.5766591
January 26: Palestinians are taking a huge
risk by ignoring Trump's threat to cut off US aid ... President Donald Trump
threatened Thursday to cut off as much as $700 million in annual U.S. aid to
the Palestinians if their leaders don’t begin serious peace negotiations with
Israel, but the Palestinian leadership remained defiant.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/26/palestinians-are-taking-huge-risk-by-ignoring-trumps-threat-to-cut-off-us-aid.html
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January 30: Germany and other donors speed
up funding for Palestinians after US aid cut
Following President Donald Trump's move to cut aid to the UN agency for
Palestinians, 11 nations have rushed to deliver their funds early. The agency
appealed for $800 million to provide aid to Palestinian refugees.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-other-donors-speed-up-funding-for-palestinians-after-us-aid-cut/a-42373586
February 8:
Trump Envoy Tells
Palestinians to Stop Denying Jewish History
On Tuesday, Abbas addressed a Palestinian youth
festival and repeatedly told the young Arabs that Jerusalem is and always has
been a city for Muslims and Christians. No mention of Jews.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/Default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=33348
February 9: Trump's Palestine deal is a real
estate transaction
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trump-palestine-deal-real-estate-transaction-180208103112105.html
February 9:
Trump-Linked Extremist Settlers Try to Kidnap Palestinian Kids
... Extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank
attempted to kidnap two Palestinian children aged 10 and 14 from a West Bank
village during the presence of Israeli occupation forces, local news outlets
reported Thursday.
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Trump-Linked-Extremist-Settlers-Try-to-Kidnap-Palestinian-Kids-20180209-0006.html
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February 11: Trump: Neither Israelis nor
Palestinians looking to make peace
http://myfox8.com/2018/02/11/president-trump-neither-israelis-nor-palestinians-looking-to-make-peace/
February 11: Severe Humanitarian Crisis in
Occupied Palestine looms with Trump Cuts
https://www.juancole.com/2018/02/humanitarian-occupied-palestine.html
February 11:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
pledged India's commitment to the Palestinian people's interests during a visit
to the West Bank, the first by an Indian premier.
"I have once again assured President Abbas that
India is bound by a promise to take care of the Palestinian people's interests,"
Modi said following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in
Ramallah on Saturday.
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/02/11/551981/Palestine-India-Narendra-Modi
February 11: House Democrats urge Trump to
back aid for Palestinian refugees
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/house-democrats-urge-trump-back-aid-palestinian-refugees
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February 20: "The United States knows the
Palestinian leadership was very unhappy with the decision to move our embassy to
Jerusalem," [Ambassador Nikki] Haley said.
"You don't have to like that decision. You don't have to praise it. You don't
even have to accept it. But know this: that decision will not change," she
added.
... her message at the UN Security Council went unheard by Palestinian leader
Mahmoud Abbas, who opted to leave the chamber prior to Haley's remarks.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/politics/haley-un-speech-abbas/index.html
May 29: Gaza militants launch mortars,
rockets at Israel, which responds with airstrikes
There have been no reports of any fatalities or injuries arising from Israel's
airstrikes from either the Palestinian Ministry of Health or from the militant
groups themselves.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/29/middleeast/gaza-israel-airstrikes-intl/
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September 7: A State Department official
told NPR the administration is pulling $25 million it had planned to give to the
East Jerusalem Hospital Network, a group of six hospitals, some church-run,
providing care primarily to Palestinians.
In past years, U.S. funding covered medical costs for Palestinians to go to
these hospitals for treatment unavailable in the West Bank and Gaza — from
cardiac and eye surgeries to neonatal intensive care and children's dialysis,
according to the World Health Organization.
President Trump said he's cut aid for the Palestinians to pressure them on a
peace deal with Israel.
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645682793/new-cuts-in-medical-aid-to-palestinians-by-trump-administration
September 10: There’s a lot unsaid in the
State Department statement about closing the Palestinian office in D.C.
The announcement says that the Palestinian Liberation Organization has "refused
to engage with the U.S." on peace efforts.
https://thinkprogress.org/state-dept-close-palestinian-office-condemning-trumps-peace-plan-a1a0eab58168/
September 26: President Donald Trump on
Wednesday said he wanted a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, the clearest expression yet of his administration's support for such
an outcome.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-explicitly-backs-two-state-solution-palestinian-israeli-conflict-n913261
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December 10: Friedman disappointed with
reactions of some US Jews to Trump
"We don't give money to the Palestinians any more, and we won't until there is
change," he said.
US Ambassador David Friedman is disappointed with the reactions of some American
Jews to what President Donald Trump is doing vis-à-vis Israel.
Friedman has found such reactions “frustrating, disappointing and hurtful,” but
at the same time is unwilling to give up on American Jews. “Some are misguided
but they mean well,” he said on Monday at the annual fall luncheon of the
Na’avah Tehilla Emunah chapter in Jerusalem.
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Friedman-disappointed-in-reactions-of-some-American-Jews-to-Trump-573961
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March 4:
Trump’s Cuts To Aid For Palestinians Have
Totally Disrupted Women’s Breast Cancer Treatments
More than 1,000 women who had mammograms done through a US-funded program and
were flagged for follow-ups have had to seek other treatment options.
Women confronting breast cancer are being hit hard after the Trump
administration stopped USAID programs benefiting Palestinians, say aid groups,
doctors, health care workers, and patients.
The US effectively stopped government aid programs benefiting Palestinians in
February, and humanitarian aid groups and hospital administrators in Gaza and
Jerusalem say aid cuts are doing serious harm to vulnerable patients at a time
when health care systems used by Palestinians are already heavily strained.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/palestinian-women-breast-cancer-trump-usaid-aid-cuts-gaza
-- 2020 --
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