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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Is a Master Class in Negotiating Strategy
Townhall.com ^ | February 2, 2020 | Yechezkel Moskowitz

Posted on 02/03/2020 3:08:54 PM PST by Kaslin

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He is appealing directly to the people over the heads of their leaders and militias

Like using Twitter rather than the media. Though in this case the peoples ability to replace their leadership, which any peace plan would require, may not be great. Still, a start. It does hold out a carrot, to the future of the populace rather than leadership.

21 posted on 02/04/2020 4:32:26 PM PST by SJackson (blow in a dogÂ’s face, he gets mad at you, car ride; he sticks his head out the window)
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I wonder what the next act will be, now that the Palis have decided to go whole hog bad.


22 posted on 02/04/2020 5:02:28 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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Yes, a lot like that indeed.

But more than that. It’s an invitation for the world to step up and even step in. They will negotiate. I am sure they hate that map Trump unveiled, and in some ways I empathize. But contrast it to how Oslo was handled. They negotiated for years in private only for Arafat to scuttle it at the last minute - though “officially” we don’t know the terms of that last and final offer plenty of details have been leaked. But it allowed Arafat to say whatever he wanted. Doing it more openly influences not just Palestinian & Israeli but all opinions all over the world - and ultimately I think that will result in more countries chipping in on the negotiation and the financial cost.


23 posted on 02/04/2020 7:12:33 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Jewish law enforcement is the end game. The Palestinians are going to be be shocked to see that they will have been effectively under the rule of Israel. The Oslo has also been rejected going forward by Abbas.


24 posted on 02/04/2020 8:12:20 PM PST by Jumper
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Jewish law enforcement is the end game. The Palestinians are going to be be shocked to see that they will have been effectively under the rule of Israel. The Oslo has also been rejected going forward by Abbas.


25 posted on 02/04/2020 8:12:20 PM PST by Jumper
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Jewish law enforcement is the end game. The Palestinians are going to be be shocked to see that they will have been effectively under the rule of Israel. The Oslo has also been rejected going forward by Abbas.


26 posted on 02/04/2020 8:12:24 PM PST by Jumper
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Four years from now the laws of Israel will Trump Gaza/W Bank and Islamic.


27 posted on 02/04/2020 8:16:40 PM PST by Jumper
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I was talking to the Lord about this peace treaty this morning. I was wondering what Trump’s attempt had to do with the timeline of Messiah Yeshua’s return/the rapture. I found this article:
https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/editorial/trumps-peace-treaty/2020/01/30/
...and the following quote:

The Yerushalmi (Brachot 1:1 and Yoma 3:2) relates a story about Rabbi Hiyya the Elder and Rabbi Shimon ben Halafta who were walking through the Arbel Valley at daybreak. Upon witnessing dawn, the former said to the latter: “Beribbi (Great one)! Such is Israel’s redemption. It starts slowly, slowly, but as time goes by, the illumination grows greater and greater.”

The Talmud proceeds to ask why this must be so. Why must it be slow and gradual? Couldn’t the sun just come up at once? The Talmud responds with a verse from Michah (7:8), “Ki eshev ba’choshech Hashem ohr Li – If one is in the dark, it is painful if it becomes light suddenly.”


28 posted on 04/20/2020 4:02:11 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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