White House: Recognition of Palestinian state is reward for Hamas

“US President Donald Trump believes that the designation of a Palestinian authorities is simply a “reward for Hamas,” said White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt.

According to the spokeswoman, Trump volition code the UN General Assembly time astir this determination taken by respective countries, including France, to pass them that these are “just words and not factual actions.”

Guardian: Diplomatic upheaval from planetary enactment for Palestine

“Recognition of the Palestinian authorities by the UK, Canada and Australia volition origin a planetary diplomatic upheaval arsenic Israel considers retaliating with annexation of the West Bank, a determination that volition intensify the confrontation with Europe, widen the rift with Arab states and further region the US from its allies astir the satellite arsenic the Trump medication maintains its enactment for Netanyahu and Israel successful the Gaza war,” columnist Andrew Roth successful an investigation successful the Guardian.

The aforesaid investigation noted that Washington had warned its allies earlier Sunday’s announcement that Israel would retaliate “symbolically” and that elder officials knew that Israel’s absorption could jeopardize cardinal Trump medication initiatives, including the Abraham Accords, aimed astatine normalizing Israel-Arab relations, which are present successful collapse.