Tribune. If the Trump plan were implemented, it would mark a major turning point in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This plan, which is in fact a “Netanyahu-Trump” plan, would indeed liquidate the solution that the international community has been advocating for decades, the two-state solution. Unilaterally, it offers Israel the possibility of annexing much of the West Bank, leaving the Palestinians with the vague prospect of obtaining discontinuous "Bantustans". A "State" which would not be one since it lacks territorial continuity, control of its borders and sovereignty!
The plan calls for the annexation, in addition to East Jerusalem, of the Jordan Valley and Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including isolated settlements and "outposts" that even Israeli law considers illegal. This extension of Israeli sovereignty could take effect " without waiting "said US Ambassador to Jerusalem David Friedman. This plan even envisages implementing the old racist proposal of Avigdor Liberman to transfer to this hypothetical Palestinian "State" the Israeli territory of the region of Umm al-Fahm (the "Triangle"), because it is populated for the most part by Palestinian citizens of Israel (several hundred thousand).
In short, the American president claims to grant, according to his good will, as in the time of colonization, territories over which he obviously has no right, to satisfy the claims of the nationalist right, with the consequence of the institutionalization of a apartheid system with devastating implications. One would think oneself returned to the Balfour declaration of which Arthur Koestler said: "A nation has solemnly promised a second the territory of a third. "
Generous towards Israel, the Netanyahu-Trump plan is more than stingy with the Palestinians. He promises them a "State" over less than half of the West Bank, amputated in particular from the Jordan Valley, rich in high development potential, and over the Gaza Strip augmented by a bit of the Negev desert, with in between … a high speed train. Its continuity would be ensured by "An innovative network of bridges and tunnels". Its western border would be roughly defined by the route of the wall / separation barrier built since 2002. Its "capital" would be in the suburbs of East Jerusalem, outside the Wall, but it would not exercise any sovereignty over the Muslim and Christian holy places in the Old City, where Israelis would now have the right to pray. Which is a questioning of status quo which has prevailed there since 1967; absolutely unacceptable, especially for Jordan.
