The Times of Israel is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he will be welcoming Jared Kushner and his team to Jerusalem soon for further peace talks.
PM welcomes Trump envoys’ visit to revive Mideast peace talks
Excerpt:
"He (Trump) believes that the restoration of calm and the stabilized situation in Jerusalem after the recent crisis on the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif has created an opportunity to continue discussions and the pursuit of peace that began early in his administration," the official told the Times of Israel.
We have seen this before as regular readers of this blog know. It seems that events seem to occur in tandem when the US attempts to push Israel and the Palestinians into peace talks. It is interesting to note that The Times of Israel is noting that President Trump apparently believes that now might be the time to push the talks since things have calmed down in Jerusalem after the 'recent crisis.'
Which crisis?
Clashes.
And what did we have over the weekend here in America?
Clashes.
Basically, white nationalists (mostly neo-Nazis and KKK) and black protestors (mostly Black Lives Matter and Antifa) clashed over the removal of a Confederate war statute. BLM wants pretty much all symbols of the Confederacy gone because they find that period of American history offensive. White nationalists want the symbols to stay because, as offensive as they are, they are still part of American history.
Here we are, 152 years after the Civil War ended, and we are still fighting.
Here is the screenshot from Drudge this morning:
Rioting calming down in Israel, heating up here in America.
And that's not all that's heating up.
China:
Trump Warns Xi: Trade War With China Begins Monday
Excerpt:
The trade investigation will immediately strain relations between the U.S. and China as the two countries wrestle with the unpredictable situation over North Korea. Should Trump follow through, the move will lay the groundwork for Trump to impose tariffs against Chinese imports, which will mark a significant escalation in his efforts to reshape the trade relationship between the world's two largest economies. In other words, even if there is now conventional war announced with either North Korea or Venezuela, Trump's next step is to launch a trade war against China.
Volcanoes:
And there's this . . .
Today, there is the first meeting of scientists since 1989, to discuss what is going on with a series of volcanoes in California. Eight need to be monitored.
USGS Warns California Needs Close Monitoring Of 8 Active Volcanoes
Potential hurricane:
Oh yeah, a tropical storm and a tropical wave formed in the Atlantic on Sunday. Yes, the same day Kushner's visit was announced.
Severe weather and hurricanes forming have certainly occurred in the past when the President of the United States has involved himself with Israel and the peace process. Hurricane Katrina is a prime example, and I've written about Katrina several times. Katrina formed in August 2005, and followed when George W. Bush pushed the Israelis to give up Gush Katif to the Palestinians.
HURRICANE KATRINA POSTS
BPEarthwatch has a YouTube on this current storm that formed on Sunday.
Superstorm could be forming of unprecedented size
Eclipse:
The exact date of Kushner's visit to Israel has not been announced. JPost is saying it will be before the end of the month. Let's just hope it's not next Monday, when the eclipse will be occurring.
BTW, Friday's post will be devoted to numerous links about the eclipse and earthquakes. Tune in.
