Showing posts with label Middle East conflict. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East conflict. Show all posts

Monday, July 22, 2019

TRUMP EGO - 'Deal of the Century?'

Again, this 'never-ending-war' will not be resolved by outsiders.  It can only be resolved when the people of Palestine, AND the people of Israel, demand that their governments stop the tit-for-tat war.

"Why Trump thinks this is the moment to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict" PBS NewsHour 7/17/2019

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SUMMARY:  U.S. presidents have long tried, and failed, to resolve the decades-old [40 yrs] Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  In June, President Trump’s team unveiled the first part of its peace plan, an economic proposal.  The plan’s all-important political component is yet to come.  Judy Woodruff speaks with Jason Greenblatt, a former Trump real estate lawyer helping lead the U.S. effort, about what’s at stake.

Monday, May 27, 2019

COMEDY - Stand-Up for Peace

"This Jewish-Palestinian couple offers a comedic cure for Middle East conflict" PBS NewsHour 5/22/2019

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SUMMARY:  Jess Salomon and Eman El-husseini, a Jewish-Palestinian lesbian married couple who perform standup comedy together, have gained new audiences at a moment when the political debate in Washington over U.S. support for Israel has heated up.  Hari Sreenivasan reports on how this couple is using humor to tackle conflict.