Ambassador Friedman to "Israel Today": "Palestinians on the Wrong Side of History" • The White House declined to comment on reports of Corona infections
"There will be more breakthroughs."
Ambassador David Friedman
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Eric Sultan
"We have reached the beginning of the end of the Israeli-Arab conflict
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This is what the US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, says on the Prime Minister's plane that returned to Israel.
As in the quiet after a battle, Friedman and the rest of the passengers took a rest.
Like Trump's other advisers, Friedman has spent endless hours on the move.
He, Jared Kushner, Avi Berkowitz and the rest of the peace team worked days and nights to add more countries to the move.
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Is the Israeli-Arab conflict over?
"We have reached the beginning of the end of the Israeli-Arab conflict and we are not far from the end of the conflict, because many nations will join soon," Friedman said. "We broke the ice and made peace with two important countries in the region. And as the president said, I know it will be more "When the dust settles, within months or a year, we will reach the end of the Israeli-Arab conflict."
What are the implications of the developments regarding the Palestinians?
"The people are not getting the right service from their leadership," Ambassador Friedman criticizes the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah. "I believe the people living in Judea and Samaria want a better life.
It should be clear to them that this is possible for the Palestinian people.
Their leadership clings to old-fashioned complaints, which I do not think are relevant.
They need to join the 21st century.
They are on the wrong side of history right now. "
Since Muhammad Dahlan lives in the Emirates - are you thinking about the possibility of appointing him as the next Palestinian leader?
"We are thinking about it. We have no interest in engineering the Palestinian leadership."
What about sovereignty?
"I believe this will happen. We had obstacles due to the corona and diplomatic difficulties in motivating sovereignty, and then the opportunity arose with the United Arab Emirates. And according to our vision for peace, they will continue to wave there - so even if sovereignty is good, peace is above all. "
He said, "Peace is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. The opportunity arose and we thought we should take it and the one that comes after it, and those that will come later. It should also be mentioned in the overall summary, that we are the first government to declare settlement as such that does not violate international law, and we are the only government that has published a peace plan that denies the eviction of Jews from their homes throughout Judea and Samaria.
Finally, we are on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, what would you like to wish the citizens of Israel?
"I wish all the people of Israel, the Jewish people and all the citizens of the world that the plague will not harm them and that their health will be preserved, and that we will all have a good and sweet year."
Meanwhile, senior White House officials declined to comment on reports of Corona being infected with White House staff.
The chief of staff, Mark Medos, and the president's spokeswoman, Kylie McKinney, declined to comment on the issue, saying they did not want to provide medical information about the workers.
The White House reporters' daily check-in reportedly began late when one of the journalists, Brazilian Raquel Carhinbol, tried to find out the reason for the delay and was told that "we had a very busy morning, we had a number of positive cases".
"We will impose additional sanctions"
At the same time, in light of the imminent end of the arms embargo imposed on Iran by the Security Council, the Trump administration has pledged to impose sanctions on arms manufacturers planning to make deals with the Islamic Republic.
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