Significant shifts in Israel-Palestine realities make peace harder to reach By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz There is a world of difference between peace-making and pacification. The former is a participatory process and the latter is an act of imposition. To facilitate peace, Jared Kushner, President Trump’s advisor and son-in-law, wants to make a financial deal with…
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Arab News, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordancriticism , economic benefits , failed Palestinian leadership , Jared Kushner , Palestine , Peace to Prosperity , political agreement. Israel Some perspectives and notes from Kushner’s Peace to Prosperity Confab An Overview of the Bahrain Peace to Prosperity Conference, June 25-26, 2019. Here is a series of Op-Eds, segments of important comments, and links toi interesting information. What you will find below in this post: Op-Ed by Ray Hanania: Empowering Palestinians means delivering the promises…
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Significant shifts in Israel-Palestine realities make peace harder to reach
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Significant shifts in Israel-Palestine realities make peace harder to reach By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz There is a world of difference between peace-making and pacification. The former is a participatory process and the latter is an act of imposition. To facilitate peace, Jared Kushner, President Trump’s advisor and son-in-law, wants to make a financial deal with…
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