"Peace Talks Drama" and Occupation of Palestinians continue decade after decade

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But US politicians get some good photo ops out of the exercise of pretending to support liberation of Palestinians from open-ended US funded occupation of 4 decades.

Brief photo essay on recent US-Mideast events history


Terrorist kill the one on the left, one in the middle is tied up with impeachment over romance and one on the right dies in mysterious circumstances.











Road map for peace

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roadmap for peace or road map for peace was a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict proposed by the Quartet on the Middle East: the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations. The principles of the plan, originally drafted by U.S. Foreign Service Officer Donald Blome, were first outlined by U.S. President George W. Bush in a speech on 24 June 2002, in which he called for an independent Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace.
Described as a "performance-based and goal-driven roadmap", the Roadmap is built on goals without going into details. It may be summarized as: end the violence; halt settlement activity; reform Palestinian institutions; accept Israel’s right to exist; establish a viable, sovereign Palestinian state; and reach a final settlement on all issues by 2005.

Sharon's rejection of a settlement freeze
On 12 May 2003 it was reported that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had stated that a settlement freeze, a main Road Map commitment, would be "impossible" due to the need to build new houses for settlers who start families. Ariel Sharon asked, then US Secretary of State, Colin Powell "What do you want, for a pregnant woman to have an abortion just because she is a settler?".

Hostilities after publication
The publication of the Roadmap could not stop the violence of the Second Intifada. Hamas rejected it, saying that "Abu Mazen is betraying the Palestinian people's struggle and jihad in order to appease the USA and to avoid angering Israel".^[11] From 1 to 17 May 2003, 43 Palestinian civilians were killed;^[15] from 5 to 17 May, 4 Israeli civilians.^[16] After a suicide attack on 18 May, which killed 6 Israeli's, the hostilities went on with more deaths. In May, the army carried out 35 punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes.
















Here we are today:



‘You seem to be on both sides of this legitimate/illegitimate kind of a thing’
State Dept. spox says neither Israeli settlements, nor settlement boycotts, are legitimate



During all these UN resolutions and US led "Peace Talks" drama, Palestinian population and territories under US funded occupation continue to dwindle and Americans continues to pay heavy wars and police state costs.

NY ads exposing Palestinian land-loss









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U.S. aid to Israel totals $233.7b over six decades



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1bm2GPoFfg


Iraq/Afghanistan wars disabled 624,000 US troops , Divorces up 42%, Foreclosures up 217%

One 9/11 Tally: $3.3 Trillion - NYTimes.com

Iraq, Afghan wars will cost $4 trillion to $6 - Washington Post

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Trump backtracks: I prefer 2 states, 1 state is OK too, as long as there’s deal

‘It takes two groups of people to be happy,’ he tells reporters in New York, promises peace deal being crafted by Jared Kushner will be very ‘fair’ and says it could come soon

By Eric Cortellessa and Agencies 27 September 2018,


US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, September 26, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON — Hours after US President Donald Trump declared his unequivocal support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Wednesday, he backtracked during a frenzied news conference on the sidelines of UN General Assembly, saying that the actual solution was less important to him, so long as there was a peace deal in the end.
“Bottom line: If the Israelis and Palestinians want one state, that’s okay with me,” he said. “If they want two states, that’s okay with me. I’m happy, if they’re happy.”

He also promised that the long-awaited peace plan that was being crafted by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, who has been working on the Middle East portfolio, would be “very fair.”




Team of Architects of Trump's top-priority "Peace Plan" has 100% Zionist Jewish representation, 0% Palestinian/Arab Representation?

The Trump administration has started to prepare for the rollout of their Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. The plan's architects -- Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and Ambassador to Israel David Friedman -- are building up their team, according to US officials.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-t...ce-plan-staff/