"Because the United States is never going to impose an agreement.
WASHINGTON — When President Obama reopened face-to-face talks between the Israelis and Palestinians last month, he pledged that his administration would hold their hands but warned, "The United States cannot impose an agreement, and we cannot want it more than the parties themselves".
The U.S. won't impose an agreement, Kerry said.
The deadline was imposed under an agreement among seven Western states, including Nevada and California, that was meant to wean California from its dependence on the surpluses over 15 years.
Omar Barghouti (no relation), a Palestinian activist and co-founder of the "Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions" movement against Israel, told VICE News, "Israel and the US are trying to impose a surrender agreement on a weak, unprincipled, and unrepresentative Palestinian leadership that lacks the necessary democratic mandate to legally sign anything on behalf of the Palestinian people.
Back then, the Oslo agreements reached a dead end (a leaked video recently revealed PM Netanyahu boasting on how he managed to stop Oslo), hostility and mistrust were on the rise, and an Israeli leadership, with the help of an American administration eager for immediate success, tried to impose a final agreement".
Simply put, it is illegal for anyone in the Trump administration to impose a nondisclosure agreement on a member of the federal government that in any way limits that person's ability to communicate with Congress and expose waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement.
The Oslo agreement imposed a comprehensive ban on the use, production, stockpiling and sale of cluster munitions.
Al Lundeen of No on the Unfair Gambling Deals (the chief opposition group) points out that an earlier round of agreements imposed a fee for each new slot machine above a certain level.
The companies are still trying to reach an agreement and have imposed a deadline of July 15.
