T. Belman. Greenblatt warned the PA, if you are not part of the solution “others will fill the void”. Both the PA and Hamas are obstructionists and are dedicated to destroying Israel. In the past they only had the power the US allowed them to have. Trump has dramatically alterred that formula. From now on they have to kiss our ass rather than us having to kiss theirs.  They are not about to do this so they are being phased out. Jordan under Zahran will fill the void created by ending the PA and UNRWA. Greenblatt is putting the world on notice.

Abbas spokesman rejects Jason Greenblatt’s comments on others filling the void if the PA isn’t part of the solution in Gaza.

By Dalit Halevy, INN

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, says that the “Palestinian people” alone will determine their future and choose their legitimate leadership, not the United States or any other entity.

His comments on Thursday came in response to Jason Greenblatt, the White House Special Representative for International Negotiations, who on Wednesday warned that if the PA is not part of the solution for Palestinian Arabs, “others will fill that void.”

Abu Rudeineh said in response that said there is no alternative to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the only legitimate representative of the “Palestinian people.”
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Jurists believe courts can interpret the ruling on the Mitzpeh Kramim outpost to enable legalizing hundreds of housing units in the settlements

Yotam Berger, HAARETZ

A boy walks near houses in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Kramim , near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on August 29, 2018AFP

The main question raised by the Jerusalem District Court’s verdict, that the Mitzpeh Kramim outpost in the West Bank can be legalized despite being built on private Palestinian land, pertains to its future implications.

Although this is a singular case, jurists specializing in property law in Israel and the West Bank believe that courts can interpret the ruling to enable legalizing hundreds of housing units in the settlements.
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By Ted Belman

Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Guardian, argues that Siding with the Palestinian struggle is not antisemitic. He writes,

“Jeremy Corbyn has no need to apologise for being the first Labour leader to oppose Zionism on moral grounds. Jeremy Corbyn’s choice of words about Zionists may be open to criticism. But his, and anyone else’s, right to oppose Zionism is not.

“Zionism is the assertion of the primacy of the Jewish claim to Palestine over the expressed will of the 70% Arab majority before 1948, and at its continued expense since. Israel, as a Jewish majority state, could not have been established other than on the debris of Arab Palestine, the destruction of its society and the dispossession and disenfranchisement of its indigenous population.”

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Yahya Sinwar says no deal reached yet, but talks continue; reportedly warns terror group can make alarm sirens wail in the Tel Aviv region for six months straight

By TOI STAFF

Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, speaks during a protest east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 6, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Wednesday said there was no concrete ceasefire agreement yet with Israel, but warned that if hostilities resume the terror group could launch hundreds of rockets deep into the Jewish state.

“Until now, there is no final text for a ceasefire. What is being circulated is proposals and ideas,” Sinwar told Palestinian writers and analysts in Gaza, according to the Hamas-linked Shehab news agency. “We decided to end the siege on our people, who have the right to live a dignified life.”
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[ I WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF SARAH PALIN ]

By Monica Showalter, AMERICAN THINKER

I can’t think of anything more spiteful or “mean-spirited” than the exclusion of former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin from the funeral of the late Sen. John McCain.

According to Breitbart News, not only was she asked not to come to any of the numerous McCain events where she could have been present, she was actually asked to stay away.

Who the hell did that?
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Billionaire globalist George Soros is planning to eliminate the majority of Trump supporters from social media before the 2020 election, according to a leaked document

https://www.mm24info.com/2018/08/28/soros-online-trump-supporters-will-be-entirely-silenced-by-2020/

The 49 page document outlines plans by Soros to exert his influence, via his immense personal wealth, to pressure Big Tech to censor and purge pro-Trump journalists, citizens and outlets ahead of the next Presidential election.

“A confidential, 49-page memo for defeating Trump by working with the major social-media platforms to eliminate “right wing propaganda and fake news” was presented in January 2017  by Media Matters founder David Brock at a retreat in Florida with about 100 donors, the Washington Free Beacon reported at the time.
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By Lt. Col. (ret.) Meir Indor, ISRAEL HAYOM

Surprise! In the middle of the night, after being asked to revisit the issue, the High Court of Justice was convinced to change its ruling from earlier this week to allow five females relatives of Hamas members into Israel for urgent medical treatment.

A full High Court panel heard the arguments from the defense establishment and ruled that the women were not to be allowed into Israel. They noted that while they sympathized with the women, “the decision on the questions arising from the case before us, which combines considerations of security, morality, and values, is essentially in the hands of the executive branch – the elected government. There were political and security-related reasons for the defense establishment’s decision [not to allow the women into Israel]. This court does not intervene in [government] decisions, mainly because of the type of authority that rests with the executive branch in this matter. The government decision falls squarely within its prerogative, as both the entity responsible for the country’s defense and foreign relations, and as such, has latitude to make decisions, whereas judicial oversight is very limited.”
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DEBKA

Jerusalem finally responded on Tuesday, Aug. 28, to the signing of a new Iranian-Syrian military pact two days earlier in Damascus by the visiting Iranian Defense Minsiter Amir Hatami and Bashar Assad. After ignoring this development, which turned the military equation in Syria on its head, for two days, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledged that the IDF “will continue to act with all possible resolve against Iran’s efforts to transfer military strength and weapons systems into Syria.” He stressed that the struggle against Iran establishing a military presence in Syria was his main objective, “and it would be achieved, just like the cancellation of the Iranian nuclear deal, which, too, was judged an impossibility.”

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T. Belman. I don’t understand this one bit. On the one hand they are trying to destroy UNRWA and the PA and on the other hand they are becoming more dependant on them.

White House envoy supports Egypt’s efforts for ceasefire, says Palestinian Authority “cannot criticize from the sidelines.”

By Elad Benari, INN

In a statement, Greenblatt also said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) should assume responsibilities in Gaza.

“The Trump administration strongly supports the efforts of President Al-Sisi and the Egyptian government ?to help facilitate an agreement to restore calm in Gaza and bring about the conditions for the Palestinian Authority to fully assume its responsibilities in Gaza,” he said.

“The Palestinian Authority cannot criticize from the sidelines. The Palestinian Authority should be part of the solution for the Palestinians of Gaza and Palestinians as a whole. If not, others will fill that void,” continued Greenblatt.
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From Wikipedia, 

The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan after independence in 1946), Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined on 5 May 1945.

By Yoram Ettinger May 13th, 2016

According to the first US Ambassador to Israel, James McDonald’s My Mission in Israel (published in 1951, pp 174-76): “The refugees were on [Arab leaders’] hands as a result of a war, which they had begun and lost…. Most Arab governments show no real concern for the refugees….”

The Cyprus-based British Near East (Arab) Broadcasting reported on April 3, 1949: “The Arab Higher Committee encouraged the refugees’ flight from their homes.” The Commander-in-Chief of the invading Arab military force, Fawzi el-Kaukji, a known Nazi collaborator, threatened in August, 1947: “Should the UN vote the wrong way [to establish a Jewish state], we will initiate a total war… murder, wreck and ruin….” On November 24, 1947, the Acting Chairman of the Palestinian Arab Higher Committee, Jamal Al-Husseini threatened: “Palestine shall be consumed with fire and blood if the Jews get any part of it.”
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MEMRI

Former Jordanian Prime Minister Abdelsalam Al-Majali defended the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty, saying: “My mentality is a mentality of peace,” and talking about the fundamental issues that Jordan had achieved through the treaty. Jordan, he said, had got its land and water back and had restored its economy. “Israeli continues to give us more water than we are due,” he explained to the Jordan Today TV interviewer. “As for the Palestinian quota – we don’t intervene.” On the question of the Palestinians’ Right of Return, he said: “The Arabs do not have any power. If we ever have military power, will we let them keep Haifa? We’ll take it. If tomorrow, we become stronger and can take Haifa by force, will we really decline just because we have an agreement with them?” The interview aired on August 18, 2018.

To view the clip of Abdelsalam Al-Majali on MEMRI TV, click here or below.

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By Ted Belman

Most people accept the idea that there were about 700,000 to begin with. There is talk that they now total 5.5 million due to the fact that Palestinian refugee status is inherited and due to the fact that Palestinians are immortal.

Trump now says that there are only 500,000, He intends to release the caluculations by the State Department. I totally reject this number based on UNCHAR guidelines. I also don’t trust the State Department to give an honest report free of bias.
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By Victor Davis Hanson, NATIONAL REVIEW

Removing him would only make things worse — for his opponents & the nation.It has been quite a ride since Inauguration Day — or, rather, from Michael Wolff to Omarosa and Michael Cohen, or from the Emoluments Clause to the 25th Amendment, or from talk of decapitating Trump to talk of blowing up the White House.

Yet what might happen should Trump be removed from office, either by impeachment leading to conviction or resignation or by federal indictment from Robert Mueller?
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