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Pres. Trump Unveils Mideast Peace Vision






On Tuesday, President Donald Trump released his long-awaited plan – what he is calling his “Vision” – for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The plan includes detailed proposals on the major areas of contention such as borders, land swaps, Jerusalem, security arrangements, refugees, conditions for Palestinian statehood, and the status of Jewish enclaves in Judea and Samaria.

The Times of Israel <[link removed]> and the Jerusalem Post <[link removed]> offer good summaries of the main provisions.  

The RJC strongly endorsed the plan. RJC National Chairman Norm Coleman described it this way <[link removed]>: 

The President’s vision recognizes the aspirations and potential of the Palestinian people to become an independent and prosperous neighbor in the Middle East. It offers them a realistic path to achieve that goal. But it does not compromise on the requirements that the Palestinians reject terrorism, stop inciting violence, stop their indecent “pay for slay” program that pays terrorists for their crimes, and end corruption and human rights abuses.

President Trump’s proposal offers challenging steps to both parties, as well as the prospect of great achievements. If this plan can be fully implemented, it will change the face of the Middle East for centuries to come.

RJC Executive Director Matt Brookssaid <[link removed]>: 

President Trump and his team deserve our deepest gratitude and respect for putting together this framework for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We thank President Trump and his White House advisors, Jared Kushner, Jason Greenblatt and Avi Berkowitz, along with Ambassador David Friedman, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and State Department Senior Policy Advisor Brian Hook.

The President and his team have put together a bold and nuanced proposal that is deeply rooted in America’s core values of liberty, opportunity, and hope for the future. They have done what others have tried and failed to accomplish for decades: they have created a proposal with realistic and feasible steps toward a lasting, peaceful solution to this terrible conflict. We applaud their efforts and endorse their work.

Read the White House briefing paper summarizing the proposals here <[link removed]>. The full plan is here <[link removed]>.Watch the remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House here <[link removed]>. 

The Palestinian response was unconditionally negative <[link removed]>, as the AP reports: 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said “a thousand no’s” to the Mideast peace plan announced Tuesday by President Donald Trump, which strongly favors Israel.

…“After the nonsense that we heard today we say a thousand no’s to the Deal of The Century,” he said.

…“We will not kneel and we will not surrender,” Abbas said, adding that the Palestinians would resist the plan through “peaceful, popular means.”

The Islamic militant group Hamas rejected the “conspiracies” announced by the US and Israel and said “all options are open” in responding to the Trump administration’s plan….

Protesters [in Gaza] burned tires and pictures of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Notably, key Arab states welcomed the Trump plan. Omri Nahmias reports at the Jerusalem Post that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, and the UAE <[link removed]> on Tuesday issued statements welcoming the Trump administration's peace plan. 

The Times of Israel reported today that, “Kuwait and Morocco on Wednesday both gave a positive response <[link removed]> to US President Donald Trump’s plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, though [they conditioned] their support on acceptance [of] the proposal by the Palestinians.”

Iran and Turkey <[link removed]> rejected the plan. 

Left-wing Democrats such as Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) also rejected the plan <[link removed]> outright. Left-wing Jewish groups such as The Jewish Democratic Council of America, J Street, the New Israel Fund, IfNotNow, and Jewish Voice for Peace denounced the plan as being anti-Palestinian <[link removed]>, despite the fact that it offers the Palestinians a state and $50 billion in international investment to build it.

Democratic presidential candidates <[link removed]> toed the left-wing line. They criticized the plan for lacking Palestinian input, but in reality, the Palestinians rejected every invitation to participate in the process of developing the American plan.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) led a group of Democrat legislators in signing a letter to the President, dated the day the plan was released, calling it “a recipe for renewed division and conflict in the region <[link removed]>.” It's no surprise to see the names of Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) among the signatories to the letter.

The “Deal of the Century” inspired many sharp, insightful articles by thoughtful commentators. Here are a few that we recommend to your attention:

- Jared Kushner: A pivotal moment in the Middle East <[link removed]>
- Jason Greenblatt and Bishara A. Bahbah: Why the Palestinian leadership should not reject Trump’s peace plan <[link removed]>
- Shoshana Bryen: Donald Trump’s vision for the Middle East <[link removed]>
- Caroline Glick: Trump’s heroic truth and Israel’s historic opportunity <[link removed]>
- David Harsanyi: The Israeli–Palestinian peace plan is a much-needed dose of reality <[link removed]>
- Eugene Kontorovich: Palestinians wrong to reject Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace plan – It's fair and just <[link removed]>
- Liel Leibovitz: Donald Trump sees things as they really are <[link removed]>
- James Carafano: Why Trump says give Middle East peace a chance <[link removed]>



















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