G.O.P. Pressures Trump to Take Tough Stance With Mahmoud Abbas
"It’s a good test of Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership of how serious they are about wanting peace and not wanting terrorism." The legislation underscored the complexity of the peace effort
that Mr. Trump is embarking on as he seeks to negotiate a durable resolution to the generations-old dispute between Israelis and Palestinians that, so far, has eluded every American president.
We want them to move towards peace." In an Op-Ed piece Monday in The New York Times, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s minister of public security
and strategic affairs, called the payments "the most insidious form of encouragement to violence," one effectively subsidized by American taxpayers and other countries that finance the Palestinian Authority.
"President Trump stands with Israel for the same reason that every freedom-loving American stands with Israel — because her cause is our cause.
A host of Republican senators are lobbying Mr. Trump to use his meeting with Mr. Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, to
demand the cessation of financial payments to the families of Palestinians who commit violence against Israelis or Americans.
By PETER BAKERMAY 2, 2017
WASHINGTON — As President Trump hosts the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, at the White House on Wednesday for the first time, he faces enormous
obstacles to his new peacemaking venture — including pressure from his own party to take a tougher stance on Palestinian terrorism.
that The president should raise this with Mahmoud Abbas and he should push for its passage,
