{"id":177165,"date":"2018-10-03T04:14:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T04:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=177165"},"modified":"2018-10-05T05:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T05:55:47","slug":"forget-putin-trump-is-acting-in-every-way-like-netanyahus-manchurian-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=177165","title":{"rendered":"Forget Putin, Trump is Acting Like Netanyahu\u2019s Manchurian Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miko Peled — Mint Press Sept 15, 2018<\/h1>\n
\"President<\/a>

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at the White House, Monday, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the months leading up to the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the U.S. has colluded with Israel in a string of policies and decisions that completely undermine the legitimacy of the agreement, not to mention Palestinian claims to justice, freedom and ultimately peace. As these policies unfold, one cannot help recalling the words of the great Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, who said that talking with the Israelis is \u201ca conversation between the sword and the neck.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a clear common thread that binds several of the U.S. policies enacted by President Donald Trump since last December. Moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; pulling out of the Iran agreement; defunding UNRWA, and closing the PLO mission in D.C. all satisfy the objectives of the Israeli government while not benefiting the United States in the least. One might imagine that the United States is executing Israel\u2019s policy, reading as it were from a menu that was provided by Benjamin Netanyahu. In fact, the Trump administration is every Israeli prime minister\u2019s dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerusalem<\/h2>\n

Moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was reckless, dangerous and absurd. The occupation and annexation of Jerusalem by Israel was in violation of UN resolution 181 from November 1947, which states in \u201cPart III, City of Jerusalem\u201d that:<\/span><\/p>\n

The City of Jerusalem shall be established as a corpus separatum under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations. The Trusteeship Council shall be designated to discharge the responsibilities of the Administering Authority on behalf of the United Nations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Resolution 194 from December 1948 \u2014 in other words, more than a year after Resolution 181 was passed and the eastern half of Jerusalem was occupied and subjected to a total full ethnic cleansing, where not one Palestinian was permitted to remain \u2014 reiterates this:<\/span><\/p>\n

8 | Resolves that, in view of its association with three world religions, the Jerusalem area, including the present municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns, the most eastern of which shall be Abu Dis; the most southern, Bethlehem; the most western, Ein Karim (including also the built-up area of Motsa); and the most northern, Shu\u2019fat, should be accorded special and separate treatment from the rest of Palestine and should be placed under effective United Nations control \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, all diplomatic missions to Israel are situated in Tel Aviv and not Jerusalem. The diplomatic missions in Jerusalem mostly pre-date the establishment of the State of Israel and are considered sovereign and independent of their countries\u2019 embassies in Tel Aviv. Even the U.S. consulate until recently reported directly to Washington, and the consul general was, in fact, an ambassador. This was not unlike placing the U.S. embassy to France in Berlin and \u2014 according to sources I spoke to at the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem \u2014 now that the ambassador\u2019s office was moved to Jerusalem, the place is in a state of confusion and it is not at all clear who is responsible for what.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to all of the above, the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel legitimizes the crime of ethnic cleansing and destruction which Israel has perpetrated in Jerusalem since 1948. This move did not benefit the U.S. in any way but it boosted Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s political power and can be viewed as nothing less than a personal political gift from the president of the United States to Netanyahu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trump and Netanyahu. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Iran Deal<\/h2>\n

Israel, and Netanyahu, in particular, have been against the nuclear deal with Iran from the very beginning. Needing a diversion from its own war crimes and violations of international law, Israel has for many years pointed to Iran as a threat to itself and the rest of the world. This was a point of serious disagreement between the Obama administration and Israel and then Donald Trump put the disagreement to rest and the U.S. withdrew from the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a piece<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in Rand.com, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement \u201cdespite a lack of evidence that Iran is violating the agreement. To the contrary, the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified Iran\u2019s compliance numerous times.\u201d The article continues by saying, \u201cthe implications of this decision could be disastrous for the Middle East under any conceivable scenario.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cartoon<\/a>A piece<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the British Independent<\/em> bluntly claims that:<\/span><\/p>\n

The president\u2019s foreign policy has so far been marked by a significant ratcheting of tensions with Iran, driven by his administration\u2019s noted friendliness towards Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which opposes the [Iran nuclear] deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from August 2018 by the IAEA<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the International Atomic Energy Agency:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSince Implementation Day, the Agency has been verifying and monitoring the implementation by Iran of its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA.\u201d The report states that among other things:<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 16 January 2016 [JCPOA Implementation Day], the Agency has verified and monitored Iran\u2019s implementation of its nuclear-related commitments in accordance with the modalities set out in the JCPOA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The report states clearly that Iran was and continues to be compliant in all areas of the agreement. All the other countries that are signatories to the agreement remain committed to it, and they all insisted that a U.S. withdrawal was a mistake. Only one person insisted the U.S. must withdraw, and that is Benjamin Netanyahu, and he is the one person whose claims<\/a><\/strong><\/span> President Trump decided to accept. Once again, the United States had nothing to gain and everything to lose from the withdrawal and once again Netanyahu personally gained political strength as the sole voice to which the president of the United States listens.<\/span><\/p>\n

UNRWA<\/h2>\n

The United States can see no benefit whatsoever in denying UNRWA funding, yet this is what the Trump administration decided<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to do. The very agency responsible for providing relief, albeit inadequate, to the refugees of Palestine was receiving $300 million per year, which is a drop in the bucket in terms of relief and of course in terms of the U.S. government\u2019s total budget. In an open letter<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to Palestine refugees and UNRWA staff, dated September 1, 2018, Pierre Kr\u00e4henb\u00fchl, UNRWA Commissioner-General, writes,<\/span><\/p>\n

The need for humanitarian action \u2026 in the case of Palestine refugees, was caused by forced displacement, dispossession, loss of homes and livelihoods, as well as by statelessness and occupation. \u2026 [T]he undeniable fact remains that they have rights under international law and represent a community of 5.4 million men, women and children who cannot simply be wished away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe attempt to make UNRWA somehow responsible for perpetuating the crisis is disingenuous at best,\u201d the commissioner said, responding to claims<\/a><\/strong><\/span> made by Netanyahu that \u201cUNRWA is an organization that perpetuates the problem of the Palestinian refugees.\u201d Netanyahu also stated that UNRWA \u201cperpetuates the narrative of the so-called \u2018right of return,\u2019\u201d which the state of Israel fears \u2014 and therefore, according to Netanyahu, \u201cUNRWA must disappear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to The New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, this move was pushed hard by Jared Kushner, Trump\u2019s son-in-law, \u201cas part of a plan to compel Palestinian politicians to drop demands for many of those refugees to return.\u201d \u00a0The right of the refugees to return is enshrined in UN Resolution 194<\/a><\/strong>, and one wonders why the U.S. should object to Palestinian demand for return of the refugees to their homes? Once again this is a gift to Netanyahu, who wants to see the refugee issue disappear.<\/span><\/p>\n

PLO Mission<\/h2>\n

A product of the Oslo Accords, the PLO mission in Washington is the de-facto embassy of Palestine, the face and the voice of the Palestinian Authority in the U.S. Now, almost exactly on the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Accords, the Trump administration announces the closing of the mission. It could have come as no surprise when Netanyahu, who fiercely opposed the Accords, applauded<\/a><\/strong><\/span> the U.S. administration decision. This was yet one more insignificant step for the U.S., and one giant gift to Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Photo |\u00a0President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at the White House, March 5, 2018. Evan Vucci | AP<\/span><\/p>\n

Miko Peled<\/em><\/strong> is an author and human rights activist born in Jerusalem. He is the author of \u201cThe General\u2019s Son. Journey of an Israeli in Palestine<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u201d and \u201cInjustice, the Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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