Middle East

Trumps peace plan: A blueprint for more Middle East conflict?

Issued on: 01/07/2020 – 21:57Modified: 01/07/2020 – 21:57

Israel is seriously examining the plan named Peace to Prosperity, US President Trump's vision for the Middle East, which was formally unveiled in Washington in January in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Notably absent, the Palestinians, whose input was not sought for the proposal. There are so many reasons why Netanyahu is happy with the plan, and so many why the Palestinians disagree. Annexation of illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory is chief among these – in the Jordan Valley, 130 settlements in the West Bank.

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