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ANALYSIS: Absence of Palestinian involvement will doom plan to failure

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Published: 29 January 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Critics says proposal fulfils a wishlist for Israelis, is dangerously one-side and a recipe for war, not peace – but may have enduring legacy over settlements

All that's missing from Trump's 'overly good' Middle East plan is Palestinians (Guardian)
CHRIS MCGREAL: The unusually detailed 80-page proposal fulfils a wishlist of Israeli demands while abandoning longstanding tenets of US diplomacy

Trump’s peace plan will fail – but its vision could still endure (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: Netanyahu finally has his lifelong goal within his grasp: the end of any rival claim to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea

Trump's Mideast plan is a recipe for war, not peace (Haaretz)
DIANA BUTTU: Trump’s 'peace plan' endorses the Netanyahu doctrine that, for Israel, might is always right. Palestinians must refuse to engage with these fictional negotiations, with this US administration – and with a bullying Israel

The Trump administration’s new Mideast ‘peace’ plan is absurd (Washington Post)

How Trump's Mideast peace plan could actually matter (Politico)
Few Middle East analysts expect an Israeli-Palestinian deal anytime soon. But the Trump plan could have long-lasting consequences.

SHMUEL ROSNER: Five comments on Trump’s revolutionary peace plan

Trump’s peace plan is ludicrous, dangerous and one-sided
CHEMI SHALEV: The US 'vision' seeks to sideline and humiliate Palestinians to submission, as the prime minister has long advised

Image: US map of proposed Palestinian state
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