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Israel and the Middle East News Update Israel and the Middle East News Update Friday, February 14 Headlines: • U.S. Jewish Group Sends Delegation to Saudi Arabia • Senior Saudi Diplomat: ‘Positive Elements’ in Trump Peace Plan • Settlers to Netanyahu: If You Want Our Vote, Apply Sovereignty Now • Liberman Won’t Rule Out a Coalition with Labor-Gesher-Meretz • Blue and White Maintains Lead Over Likud, Election Poll Shows • No IDF Representatives on Annexation Mapping Team • Netanyahu said to Zuckerberg that FB is Undermining his Campaign • Congresswoman Calls AIPAC a ‘Hate Group’ After it Attacks Her in Ad Commentary: • Jerusalem Post: “Why I Met with Mahmoud Abbas” − By Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel • Ha’aretz: “A 4th Election is Growing More Likely by the Day” − By Yossi Verter S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20004 The Hon. Robert Wexler, President ● Yoni Komorov, Editor ● Yehuda Greenfield-Gilat, Associate Editor News Excerpts February 14, 2020 Times of Israel In First, US Jewish Group Sends Delegation to Saudi Arabia A delegation of members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations visited Saudi Arabia this week, a first for the umbrella body for US Jews, and a move believed to be the first official visit to the kingdom by an American Jewish organization since 1993. The visit included meetings with senior Saudi officials as well as with Mohammed al-Issa, the secretary- general of the Muslim World League who recently led a delegation to Auschwitz. Al-Issa is seen as close to Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince. The visit signals what could be an increasing warmness between some mainstream US Jewish groups and Saudi Arabia. Times of Israel Senior Saudi Diplomat: ‘Positive Elements’ in Trump Peace Plan A top Saudi diplomat on Thursday said there were “positive elements” in the Trump administration’s peace plan that could be the basis of renewed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. “There are positive elements in Trump’s peace plan,” Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, said during a visit to Romania. “These elements may establish the basis for negotiation between the two sides.” See also, “Poll: 94% of Palestinians reject Trump plan” (Jerusalem Post) Jerusalem Post Settlers to Netanyahu: If You Want Our Vote, Apply Sovereignty Settlers and right-wing activists warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would lose votes for the March 2 election unless he applied sovereignty to the West Bank settlements now. "If you want the support of the Right – act like you are the leader of the Right,” Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan said as he addressed a rally of several thousand that was held on the street outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence. The crowd chanted “sovereignty now” and sang, “the Jewish people live.” At the rally, settles urged Netanyahu to ignore Washington and focus on his voters at home. See also, “In Jerusalem, settlement leaders protest Netanyahu annexation delay” (Times of Israel) Channel 12 News Liberman Won’t Rule Out a Coalition with Labor-Gesher-Meretz Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Liberman said this morning in an interview to Army Radio that he would not rule out membership in a coalition alongside Labor-Gesher-Meretz, provided an agreement was reached on government guidelines. “I sat in a government with Amir Peretz and I didn’t have any problem getting along. It all depends on the government guidelines,” he said. Liberman also fiercely attacked Netanyahu personally, saying: “More than half of the Likud faction is dreaming of electing a new chairman. They’re dreaming about the day that this nightmare ends.” Liberman went on to say that that he could not foresee Blue and White and the Likud cooperating in the next Knesset, adding: “It’s clear that a unity government isn’t going to be formed.” See also, “Liberman appears to drop unity coalition demand, is willing to partner with left” (Times of Israel) 2 Ha’aretz Blue White Maintains Lead Over Likud, Election Poll Shows Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan party is projected to receive 35 Knesset seats, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud is lagging slightly behind with 33 seats in the run-up to Israel's March 2 general election, a poll released on Thursday by Channel 12 News showed. The number of Knesset seats each political bloc would control remained unchanged from previous polls that showed the center-left bloc gaining ground over the right. Walla News No IDF Representatives on Annexation Mapping Team The team that is working on mapping out the territories in the West Bank that Israel is to annex in keeping with US President Donald Trump’s plan does not include a single IDF representative. In response to a question, the Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement saying that the mapping team for the Jordan Valley and for the settlements consists of Minister Yariv Levin and Israeli Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer, and is to be overseen by Prime Minister’s Office Director General Ronen Peretz. The National Security Council has a representative on the team as well. During the Oslo process in the 1990s, including in Netanyahu’s first government, the Planning Directorate of the IDF played a central role in the Israeli team’s work with the Palestinian and American teams. Times of Israel PM said to Zuckerberg that FB is Undermining his Campaign Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly phoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday to complain that the social media giant was taking action against his supporters in Israel’s recent elections. Citing sources familiar with the phone call, Haaretz reported that Netanyahu called Zuckerberg to ask that he “ensure the fairness of the election and to act reasonably and fairly.” “We constantly speak to leaders all around the world and Mark reiterated that we are an open platform for all ideas,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The company has sparred with Netanyahu in the past. Days before last September’s elections, Facebook temporarily suspended a chatbot operated by Netanyahu’s official account for saying Arab Israeli lawmakers “want to annihilate us all,” a violation of its hate speech policies. See also, “Meet the Judges Who Will Try Netanyahu for Bribery, Fraud and Breach of Trust” (Ha’aretz) JTA Congresswoman Calls AIPAC a Hate Group After it Attacks Her A Minnesota congresswoman called AIPAC a “hate group” inciting against her after the Israel lobby featured her in an attack ad. “AIPAC claims to be a bipartisan organization, but its use of hate speech actually makes it a hate group,” US Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat, said Wednesday in a statement. “By weaponizing anti-Semitism and hate to silence debate, AIPAC is taunting Democrats and mocking our core values.” The American Israel Public Affairs Committee declined to comment. The lobby removed and apologized last week for at least two Facebook ads that slammed “radical” Democrats in Congress, and altered an online petition that said Israel’s harshest critics in Congress pose a threat “maybe more sinister” than ISIS and other terror groups. “This is not a call to action, it is incitement,” McCollum said. 3 Jerusalem Post – February 14, 2020 Why I Met with Mahmoud Abbas Netanyahu never really planned to implement Trump’s peace plan. By EHUD OLMERT • Last week, many people asked me why I decided that meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, was the right thing to do. I met with him following my trip to the United States, during which I expected to hear the official Palestinian stance regarding President Donald Trump’s peace “Deal of the Century” between Israel and the Palestinians. • Admittedly, until very recently, the view most commonly held in Israel and around the world was that Trump’s “Deal of the Century” was really just a pact between Israel and the US. The public gala that took place in the East Room of the White House, starring Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, featured only two countries: Israel and the US. This impression is, however, not just misleading, but could potentially be disastrous. (…) • Now that the initial enthusiasm from the glamorous ball at the White House has dissipated a little, an unsolved mystery still remains: How does the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians fit into this exciting scenario? And are the talks to implement Trump’s ideas actually on our agenda? Does anyone even believe that actual negotiations will take place? • Netanyahu never really planned to implement Trump’s peace plan. This was just another one of his famous stunts. From his point of view, why should we make peace with the Palestinians if instead we can just unilaterally annex the Jordan Valley and thereafter be able to apply Israeli law to all of the settlements in Judea and Samaria – and take control of the rest of the land that theoretically belonged to the PA. • According to Bibi, this should put a stop to terrorist attacks and would bring about a period of calm. The Palestinian problem would just disappear from our lives. It turns out, however, that an administration that feels a deep responsibility to Israel is not willing to get carried away with the prime minister’s antics. Netanyahu and his posse still hold out hope that the American president will tear up his “Deal of the Century” and accept Israel’s unilateral annexation, which is likely to fan the flames of terror and even undermine the shaky peace we have with Jordan and Egypt. (…) • Apparently, the second section of the deal, which states that there should be two states for two nations, was not just an empty slogan, but a requirement that the US thinks should be the foundation of the long-awaited deal.
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