Only 10% think plan will bring peace

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Poll-finds-only-10-percent-think-Trump-plan-will-bring-peace-615867

 Only 10% of Israelis are optimistic that US President Donald Trump’s new “Deal of the Century” diplomatic plan will bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians, a Kantar poll taken for KAN found on Wednesday.

The poll found that 61% of the 553 respondents, representing a statistical sample of the Israeli population, did not believe the plan would lead to peace, and 29% said they did not know.

 

How the Middle East Is Reacting to Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

https://www.newsweek.com/middle-east-react-trump-peace-plan-1484491

Both Netanyahu and his upcoming elections rival Benny Gantz endorsed the proposal, but it was received less warmly in the Middle East.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas roundly rejected the Trump administration's strategy even before it was released. Following Trump's reveal on Tuesday, Abbas held a press conference at which he responded to the plan "with a thousand no's," especially to the U.S. proposal for an "undivided" Israeli capital in Jerusalem and a separate Palestinian capital somewhere on the eastern outskirts of the holy city.

Abbas: 1,000 ‘no’s to the Trump plan

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Peace-group-Joint-List-slam-Deal-of-the-Century-615711

 Referring to the plan as “the slap of the century,” Abbas said he did not find anything new in Trump’s announcement.

 

Birth of another terrorist nation

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/25099

 

Yes, a two-state solution.

What does Israel get? Not much. Nothing really, except that Arafat will grudgingly stop murdering Israelis, at least not as often. 

Actually, to keep Clinton and the Arabs happy, Israel had to release 500 Arab terrorists from its prisons.

But quite a ceremony it was back then, and it was, yes it was a deal of the century in lowercase. Now it’s in uppercase, and so what’s new? Nothing.

Trump praises Pompeo for berating NPR reporter

Trump plan won’t bring peace, helps Netanyahu, raises risk of binational state

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-plan-wont-bring-peace-helps-netanyahu-raises-risk-of-binational-state/

On one of the darkest days of Benjamin Netanyahu’s long and lively career, Donald Trump handed him one of his greatest victories.

On Tuesday morning, the prime minister abandoned his doomed bid to secure parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three graft cases against him, and shortly afterwards, the attorney-general formally filed the charges at the Jerusalem District Court — giving Netanyahu the unhappy distinction of becoming the first Israeli premier to be indicted while in office.

First a government

https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/First-a-government-615726

 This “Deal of the Century” should be welcomed, but it must be welcomed with a caveat: Israel first needs a government coalition before it can begin to implement it.
 

White House plan is a seal of approval for Netanyahu’s longtime vision

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/White-House-plan-is-a-seal-of-approval-for-Netanyahus-longtime-vision-615756

 Hearing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describe the contours of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, one could easily feel a sense of deja vu.

The broader ideas of the plan are similar to ones Netanyahu has long touted. But there are key differences, most importantly of all that the White House is behind his vision this time.

McConnell Tells Senators He Doesn't Have Enough Votes to Block New Witnesses After Trump Team's Closing Arguments

https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnell-tells-senators-he-doesnt-have-enough-votes-block-new-witnesses-after-trump-teams-1484493

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday privately told his colleagues in the Senate that he doesn't have enough votes yet to block new witness testimonies in the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

After Trump's legal defense team made their closing arguments earlier this afternoon, McConnell reportedly told people in a closed-door meeting that he can't yet block witnesses, GOP sources familiar with the conversation told AP and Fox Business.

 

'Why Not Trust the American People With This Decision?' Trump Defense Team Finishes Impeachment Arguments

https://time.com/5773233/trump-defense-impeachment-trial/

They argued that in seeking to remove President Trump less than a year before the national polls, Democrats were effectively denying voters their chance to weigh in on his performance.

in other words as long as economy hasn't collapsed Trump can do anything without concern for be held accountable - even murder!

and contrary to Constitution he can not be impeached

 

Tucker Carlson: Republicans shouldn't be surprised Bolton betrayed Trump. He's like a snake - always has been

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-republicans-bolton-betrayed-trump-impeach

All of which somehow reminds us of disgraced former National Security Adviser John Bolton. Republicans in Washington might seem shocked to discover that Bolton has turned and betrayed his former boss, Donald Trump, but they shouldn't be shocked. That's who John Bolton is. That's who John Bolton has always been. That's what John Bolton does. And not to brag, but we called it long ago.

On Sunday, The New York Times reported that Bolton's new book contains sections designed to help the Democratic case for impeachment. Bolton accuses the president of delaying military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure its government into investigating Hunter Biden.

Again, people in Washington are stunned by this -- or claimed to be. If Bolton disliked Trump so much, they wonder, why did he join the administration?

Joe: A 'Confederacy Of Dunces' Defends President Donald Trump | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Trump peace plan: Palestinian state, Israeli control of settlements

https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/US-President-Donald-Trump-presents-his-Deal-of-the-Century-615690
 

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump unveiled his “Deal of the Century” peace plan on Tuesday in the White House, giving Israel full control of the settlements and Jerusalem as its undivided capital. The plan also established a Palestinian state.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Peace-to-Prosperity-0120.pdf

Judge Napolitano: Mitch McConnell was blindsided, should have been told about Bolton 'bombshell'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/judge-andrew-napolitano-mcconnell-bolton-book-impeachment

The Trump administration should have told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., about the "bombshell" allegations contained in former National Security Adviser John Bolton's new book, Judge Andrew Napolitano said Tuesday.

This weekend, a report in The New York Times revealed an excerpt from the forthcoming book titled "The Room Where it Happened" – an apparent reference to the Broadway musical "Hamilton" – that could prove pivotal in the impeachment trial against President Trump.

In it, Bolton wrote that the president told him in August that he wanted to continue to freeze almost $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats, including the Biden family.

Appearing on "Fox & Friends" with hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade, Napolitano said since the release of part of the manuscript, the issue has become whether or not Bolton will testify before House managers and the Senate in the impeachment trial.