Palestinian leaders have convinced their people that Trump is the worst person on the face of the earth and that no one should be doing business with him.
'It doesn’t control defined boundaries. It doesn’t fulfill normal functions of government. There are a whole host of reasons why it’s not a state.' said US National Security Advisor John Bolton.
'All [Palestinians have] done is have their hand out asking for money, badmouth the United States, not come to the table on the peace deal — why would we have a PLO office? Why would we continue to fund the Palestinians?' asked Haley.
'Our enemies know very well what Israel is capable of doing. They are familiar with our policy. Whoever tries to hurt us – we hurt them,' Netanyahu stated.
After the embassy move to Jerusalem, 'Israel will have to pay a higher price... The Palestinians will get something very good, because it’s their turn next.'
While Israelis desire peace, they don't perceived it as achievable, nor do they view unilateral disengagement as a viable option, according to a recent poll.
'American ideas or deals that bypass the Palestinian leadership’s position on Jerusalem, statehood and refugees will only lead to a dead end,' Abu Rudeineh said of Trump's peace plan.
Palestinian refugees number only several thousand, and not the millions claimed by the Palestinians, according to a classified State Department document.
'The time has come for President Abbas to choose between hateful rhetoric and concrete and practical efforts to improve the quality of life of his people,' Greenblatt stated.
When Palestinians and some of their supporters in the international community say that they want an end to the 'occupation,' they mean they want to see an end to Israel's existence.
'We are the descendants of the Canaanites that lived in the land of Palestine 5,000 years ago and continuously remained there to this day,' claimed Abbas improbably at the UN.
'Let us not delude ourselves about the chances of signing a peace agreement with the Palestinians in the near future,' Edelstein told a gathering of foreign diplomats.