{"id":3756,"date":"2019-09-20T02:37:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2019-09-20T02:37:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:37:59","slug":"plo-expects-less-overt-racism-from-a-gantz-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2019\/09\/20\/plo-expects-less-overt-racism-from-a-gantz-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"PLO expects less overt racism from a Gantz administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Retired general Benny Gantz is contesting the Israeli leadership from PM Benjamin Netanyahu<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMMAN, Jordan: A senior PLO official told Arab News that no substantive difference will occur with a possible Benny Gantz administration in Israel but \u201cit will most likely have less overt racism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLO executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi noted that the head of the Blue and White party in Israel has not shown any significant interest in a major change of policy toward Palestinians. \u201cGiven the fact that he competed with (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu on who has been tougher with Palestinians and he didn\u2019t oppose Netanyahu\u2019s threat to annex the Jordan Valley, I don\u2019t expect any serious change on the ground and for sure no change in regards to Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, Riyad Al-Maliki the Palestinian foreign minister called on the world community to engage with the \u201cgolden opportunity\u201d for peace being offered by Palestinians saying president Mahmoud Abbas offers to negotiate with any new head of state in Israel. \u201cWe respect the results of Israel\u2019s democratic elections and we are willing to sit with whoever establishes a new government to renew peace negotiations,\u201d<br>Al-Maliki said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of Palestinian diplomacy continued in a statement issued in Oslo on behalf of the Palestinian president saying that \u201cthis is a strong and clear statement to the Israeli society and the international community that the Palestinian leadership is ready for talks with the other side and that this is a reassurance that we have never rejected any chance for negotiations, a position that president Abbas assured US President Donald Trump in his four meetings with the American leader.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPEEDREAD<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the Blue and White party in Israel has not shown any significant interest in a major change of policy toward Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While awaiting the Israeli response to this Palestinian peace overture, Ashrawi predicted, that a Benny Gantz administration might have a softer public stand regarding Palestinians.&nbsp; \u201cI expect less overt racism and violent military rhetoric from him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senior Palestinian official at the same time also expected that some small \u201cliving conditions\u201d changes could occur if the opponent of Netanyahu became prime minister. \u201cWe are realistic and therefore we don\u2019t expect an epiphany or an about-turn, nor do we expect a full commitment to a just peace, but it is possible that a different government in Israel might carry certain steps to ease pressure on Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent period has seen a major escalation by the Netanyahu government both verbally and in policy toward Palestinians and the Palestinian government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashrawi expects that the Israeli policymakers are aware of how \u201cvolatile\u201d the situation has become under Netanyahu in recent years. Ashrawi told Arab News that a new Israeli government might want \u201cto defuse this volatility\u201d and make certain improvements on various levels, including the Gaza siege or on the movement of people and goods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut we will not ask for such improvements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired general Benny Gantz is contesting the Israeli leadership from PM Benjamin Netanyahu AMMAN, Jordan: A senior PLO official told Arab News that no substantive difference will occur with a possible Benny Gantz administration in Israel but \u201cit will most likely have less overt racism.\u201d PLO executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi noted that the head of the Blue and White&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2019\/09\/20\/plo-expects-less-overt-racism-from-a-gantz-administration\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3757,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions\/3757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}