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A Gulf diplomatic source, who declined to be named or disclose his position, told The Media Line, "President Donald Trump will issue a declaration regarding the State of Palestine and American recognition of it, and that there will be the establishment of a Palestinian state without the presence of Hamas."

The articleSaudi Arabia will host a Gulf-US summit in mid-May, part of US President Donald Trump's first visit to Saudi Arabia during his second term. This follows the summit held on May 21, 2017, during Trump's first term.

The summit, hosted by Saudi Arabia in its capital, Riyadh, was preceded by numerous predictions regarding the announcement that Trump referred to, describing it as a "very important announcement" during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House on Tuesday, May 6.

In addition to what Trump intends to announce, the summit's agenda and the deals and agreements expected to take place have become the talk of the town, ranging from security and military deals to technology deals and artificial intelligence deals.

All Gulf leaders are scheduled to participate in the Gulf-US summit, with the exception of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who has not participated in public events or meetings for a long time due to his health conditions.

Will Donald Trump recognize a Palestinian state?

A Gulf diplomatic source, who declined to be named or disclose his position, told The Media Line, "President Donald Trump will issue a declaration regarding the State of Palestine and American recognition of it, and that there will be the establishment of a Palestinian state without the presence of Hamas."

The source also added, "If an announcement of American recognition of the State of Palestine is made, it will be the most important declaration that will change the balance of power in the Middle East, and more countries will join the Abraham Accords."

The source confirmed that economic agreements will certainly be present, but many of them have already been announced, and we may witness the Gulf states being exempted from tariffs.

Ahmed Al-Ibrahim, a former Gulf diplomat, told The Media Line, "I don't expect it to be about Palestine. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan have not been invited. They are the two countries closest to Palestine, and it would be important for them to be present at any event like this."

Al-Ibrahim also said, "There will be major deals coming, perhaps similar to what happened at the 2017 Gulf-US summit, with Saudi deals worth more than $400 billion. Let's not forget that the UAE announced investments in the US worth more than $1 trillion, and Saudi Arabia announced investments worth more than $600 billion."

He continued, "This is clear because President Donald Trump intends to visit the UAE and Qatar after concluding his visit to Saudi Arabia. These are two important economies with significant financial resources and major investments in the United States."

Ahmed Boushouki, a Saudi political analyst, told The Media Line, "This is about major economic deals that will take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Perhaps US President Donald Trump hinted at this when he told the American people to 'buy stocks now, before his big announcement in the next two days.'"

Regarding the news of a peaceful US-Saudi nuclear cooperation to generate electricity in Saudi Arabia, Boushouki said, "Saudi Arabia has had a program announced since 2010, and it has been discussed several times before. International companies are now working to implement these projects in Saudi Arabia."

Plans are currently underway in Saudi Arabia to build the kingdom's first nuclear reactor, with several international companies competing to design and build the reactor. Meanwhile, the neighboring Gulf country, the United Arab Emirates, already owns the Barakah reactor and is the only Arab country with a four-reactor nuclear power plant, in collaboration with a Korean company.

Update: I deleted this post because the source is unreliable.

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[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Without Hamas"

So, in fantasy land?

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

They're afraid of the hamas-red-triangle

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bullshit, I'll believe it when I see it.

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is the same guy that officially recognized Jerusalem as the Zionist capital we're talking about

[–] ComRed2@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

What, after completely destroying it?

[–] Bruja@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

It’s going to be officially from the river to the sea, right? anakin-padme-2
anakin-padme-3

[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

US recognition of Palestinian state... without the state

so basically no recognition is happening here

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He's not interested in Palestinian emancipation. Maybe he's doubling down on not enabling Netanyahu unless he gets something in return, unlike Biden

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah I feel like this might just be Trump leaking this as a threat because Bibi isn't kneeling in front of him.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Trump anarchist arch lets go

[–] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am ready to recognize the American state but without the American government

[–] sodium_nitride@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

At least it's a step up from

The existence of a Palestinian state or people is anti-semetic

[–] eyyImwalkin@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's gonna be a province called Palestine that belongs to Israel

or a new nation called Palestine that's repopulated with Israelis who call themselves Palestinians and act as a puppet state of Israel

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably just renaming Gaza to Palestine because "without the presence of Hamas" is unenforceable if Palestine has autonomy. They didn't say anything about independence or autonomy, so his goal might be to turn Gaza into another 2-state solution like the West Bank.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Wtf is going on

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Good news... what's the catch?

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

"Without Hamas" makes this worthless

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

he's 100% demarcating Gaza as "Israeli" land and getting exclusive construction rights

[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

That'd be something. I can see it if only because trump is so all over the place

[–] Seasonal_Peace@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

It’ll be like the Gulf of America, soon they’ll be renaming Jordan to ‘Palestine’.

[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

If I will say this for trump, he always manges to consistently surprise me with his decisions. That said I'll be amazed if this goes through.

[–] darkcalling@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

a-little-trolling "Palestine, it exists folks. Lots of people are saying this and we're recognizing it. It exists somewhere in the middle east, maybe near Egypt and Syria. We are officially recognizing that fact. That somewhere in that region exists this place, Palestine, that is not ruled by the Hamas radical terrorists. It's capital, I guess we'll find out someday maybe also we'll find out eventually the exact borders. It's not Jerusalem I can tell you that, I can tell you that. That belongs to Israel who I am the strongest supporter of, no one is a better supporter than I am. They love me there."

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

So he will recognize Palestine only if they subject themselves to Zionazi control. It wouldn't be much of an independent state if it does not have the right to autonomy or self defense.

what the fuck?

[–] durruticore@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

JDPON Don will surely liberate the Palestinian people from the imperialist claws of the Israeli state

[–] dead@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why would you trust the Jerusalem Post? It is not a reliable source. It's a Zionist news website. They're probably exaggerating or lying.

Zionists are just mad at Trump for stopping US attacks on Yemen and now they're claiming that he's Hamas. It's the most expected Zionist lying. Zionists have been saying everything they don't like is Hamas for the past 18 months. Trump stopped the attacks on Yemen not because he likes Yemen, he did it because the US was losing too much money from destroyed equipment. He's meeting with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is an enemy of Ansarallah. Trump is also meeting with UAE next week. In his first term, Trump worked with the UAE to create the Abraham accords which would allow Israel to annex 30% of the West Bank and Palestine was not allowed to be part of the negotiations.

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

That's true. I cross-posted from r/Hasan_Piker, but I should have been more critical of the source. I'll delete it now