Monday, May 22, 2017

Shalom and Salaam

Angel of Peace in Donetsk (Ukraine)

Shalom... Salaam... Peace.

The trip of president #45 to Saudi Arabia and Israel has at least a few people talking about peace again.

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-trump-israel-peace-20170522-story.html

Trump's vitriol against Iran has the Saudis trying to interest Israel in their 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/middleeast/trump-trip-saudi-arabia-palestinians.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fben-hubbard&action=click&contentCollection=undefined&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

For anything to come of this, the Saudis would have to publicly own up to their increasing interest in Israeli products, influence, and military might.

The Israelis would have to agree to a Palestinian state.

Thus the odds are on the side of the status quo.


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