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The 21 -point plan presented by Trump on the fringes of the UN summit was well received, with Arab leaders to consider it to be the first time there is a serious proposal for peace to be discussed.
Donald Trump promised this week to Arab and Muslim leaders that would block any attempt by Israel to attach the West Bankaccording to six sources familiar with the discussions heard by.
The guarantee was given during a high level meeting on the margin of the United Nations General Assembly, where Trump classified the meeting with eight Arab and Muslim states as The “most important” of the day.
Two participants said Trump was firm in claiming that Israel would not be allowed to absorb the territory, which is managed by the Palestinian authority. The promise comes at a time when the appeals increase within the far-right government of Israel to a formal annexationA measure that Arab leaders warn that they will violate Abraham’s agreements and definitely end any hope of a two -state solution.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the UN meeting as “fruit” in a television interview, but it was no use details. Erdogan is expected to meet again with Trump in Washington later this week.
Arab frustration has grown with Trump’s resistance to recognizing the Palestinian state and its continuous military and diplomatic support to Israel. The Arab leaders pressed Trump, stating that the West Bank attachment would be a red line, threatening regional stability.
Netanyahu, who goes to elections next year, has long to cultivate the support of the right through the colonatos expansion and the reinforcement of control over the. Analysts suggest that they can see annexation as a way to mobilize hardline voters, despite warnings from the Arab and European authorities that such a measure would devastate the perspectives of peace.
Netanyahu is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Monday as the international pressure increases for Washington force the end of the conflict that has killed according to official data, 64,000 Palestinians, although estimates that point out that the real number of dead could be about.
Well received peace proposal
According to the 21 -point plan From Trump was generally well received by leaders in the region’s Arab countries.
A source indicates that the president of the United States is advancing with the peace proposal because he wants Lock the International International Isolation of Israelat a time when the United Nations officially recognized for the first time.
The main points of the proposal include a permanent ceasefire, the release of all hostages, the Gradual withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Stripa post-war plan for the creation of a government in Gaza without Hamas, the financial support of the Arab countries for the reconstruction of the territory and the creation of a security force that includes Palestinian, and soldiers from neighboring countries.
As a counterpart, the leaders of the Arab countries have required guarantees of the end of blockages to the entry of humanitarian aid and Israel will not attach the West Bank or Gaza and that will not occupy or build colonates in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement issued Wednesday, the leaders from seven Arab and Muslim countries who participated in the summit showed satisfied with the progress achieved in the negotiations. “We reaffirm our commitment to cooperate with President Trump and emphasize the importance of his leadership to end war and Open horizons for just and lasting peace“You can read in the message.
An anonymous responsible for Axios believes that “Trump is definitely committed to ending the war.” Another Arab source states the participants left the meeting “very hopeful” because they felt that “for the first time, we feel that There was a serious plan on the table“.
