Federation Internationale de Football Association envoy seeks deal on Israeli settlement clubs

Israelis worry that just as Obama became a wedge issue for them, so might Trump. He even suggested that other countries can decide where Israel’s capital is by where they choose to locate their embassies – which are now located in Tel Aviv to avoid upsetting Arabs who desire East Jerusalem as part of a Palestinian state.

What do the USA elections mean for Palestine and Israel?

Kushner tried to arrange a trip to Israel for Donald Trump previous year, according to Reuters.

The Palestinian side is in contact with France in this regard, he said.

Nearly all U.S. presidents have, in the past, tried their hands at brokering peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis – unsuccessfully.

In the West Bank, he reported, the pace of demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian property by the Israeli authorities has far exceeded previous years on record – more than double this year compared to 2015.

Families say assailants acted out of desperation, frustrated by the lack of progress towards peace and Israel’s continued building of settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want for their own state.

On Tuesday afternoon, President-elect Donald Trump sat down with representatives from The New York Times to discuss a variety of topics related to his upcoming administration.

Mick Napier, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said on Wednesday that the victory of Donald Trump who encouraged the Israeli regime to go ahead with their settlement constructions is a bad news for the Palestinian people.

It is unclear if the USA would join the conference or not, while Israel opposes it in principle.

According to official Palestinian figures, more than 7,000 Palestinians – including 350 minors – are now languishing in prisons throughout Israel.

“A lot of people tell me, really great people tell me that it’s impossible – you can’t do it”, Mr. Trump added.

But asked if he expected any new initiative from Obama before his term ends, Lieberman said: “I don’t think so”.

Federation Internationale de Football Association says its monitoring committee chairman, Tokyo Sexwale of South Africa, held separate talks in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday and Tuesday.

This change can be witnessed “not necessarily in formal government statements” but in blogs coming out of Arabic-speaking countries, Netanyahu said.

The Jerusalem municipality downplayed the significance of the new housing units, saying the plans were “not new and were approved years ago”.

Yet some are naively hoping that Obama will seek recognition for the state of Palestine by the United Nations security council in his remaining weeks in the Oval office.