Future Saudi King Says Palestinian Leadership is Main Obstacle to Peace - Israel Today

Future Saudi King Says Palestinian Leadership is Main Obstacle to Peace

Monday, April 30, 2018 |  Israel Today Staff

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Saudi Arabia's future king, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, apparently sees the Palestinian leadership as the primary obstacle to peace in the Holy Land.

That according to an Israel Channel 10 News report on the prince's meeting with Jewish leaders in New York last month.

According to remarks attributed to the Saudi leader, he mercilessly criticized the Palestinian Authority for failing to make peace with Israel over the 40 years of the current peace process.

"For the past 40 years, the Palestinian leadership has missed opportunities again and again, and rejected all the offers it was given," bin Salman reportedly said. "It’s about time that the Palestinians accept the offers, and agree to come to the negotiating table — or they should shut up and stop complaining."

The prince's remarks partially echoed the famous quote by legendary former Israeli diplomat Abba Eben that the Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity."

The report is also further evidence that the mainstream Arab world is losing its patience with the Palestinian leadership and certainly no longer views the "Palestinian cause" as central to the wider Arab agenda.

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Skeptical of Peace Process, Israelis Support Annexation - ISRAEL TODAY

Skeptical of Peace Process, Israelis Support Annexation

Sunday, February 07, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

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Most Israelis want genuine and productive peace talks, but skepticism over the diplomatic process with the current Palestinian leadership has resulted in growing support for simply annexing Judea and Samaria, the so-called “West Bank.”

That according to the results of Israel’s monthly “Peace Index” survey published last Tuesday.

Asked if they are in favor of a renewal of peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, nearly 62 percent of all Israelis answered in the affirmative.

At the same time, nearly 68 percent believed such talks would fail to reach a solution in the short term, and only 29 percent felt peace process in its current incarnation would ever be successful.

The poll further revealed that a 45.3 percent plurality of Israelis now support annexing Judea and Samaria, thus ending the “dream” of a Palestinian state, while 44.8 percent oppose such a move.

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ISRAEL TODAY: VIDEO: Israel Highlights Ongoing Palestinian Incitement

VIDEO: Israel Highlights Ongoing Palestinian Incitement

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan presented ministers with an index of Palestinian Authority-sanctioned incitement against Israel over the past year.

This incitement is not only ongoing, but actually escalating despite the Palestinian leadership’s commitment in various signed agreements to halt all glorification of violence against Israel and its Jewish population.

This gross violation of the so-called “Oslo” accords, seen by Israel as one of the key reasons peace has been so elusive, is routinely ignored by Western power brokers.

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