Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan: A Jolt To The Two-State Solution
POLITICS / K. Venkateshwar Rao 31 JANUARY 2020 Contrary to the promise of a “bigger and better deal,” the proposed Middle East Israeli-Palestinian peace plan by US President Donald Trump appears to be an exercise meant to benefit him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the electoral battle. The p,an is likely to create problems rather than solve them and is mainly meant to bolster the fortunes of Trump and Netanyahu in the US and Israeli elections, respectively. Taking a sharp departure from decades of the American policy that advocates the creation of a Palestinian state with slight adjustments to the Israeli boundaries that existed before the Arab-Israeli war of 1967, Trump’s Plan recognizes and legitimizes the Jewish settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory, which are regarded as illegal under international law. The Plan Threatens The Two-State Solution Trump’s plan is not only a threat to the idea of creation of a Palestinian state with its...