The American president, Donald Trump, presented on Tuesday January 28 a "Peace plan" for the Middle East, which grants the Hebrew state a number of concessions, notably confirming Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank settlements and proposing four years of negotiations to achieve the creation of a fragmented Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
If the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, all smiles alongside Donald Trump, welcomed "A historic day", Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who in recent months has refused the tempestuous president's offers of dialogue, said the 80-page plan would not go through. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave of two million people geographically separated from the West Bank, also rejected the American proposal. An overview of the main reactions to this plan around the world.
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The UN recalls the resolutions passed
The UN stands by UN resolutions and bilateral agreements on the creation of two states, Israel and Palestine, "Living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders on the basis of the lines defined in 1967"said his spokesman on Tuesday.
"The position of the United Nations on the two-state solution has been defined over the years by relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly to which the secretariat is held" of the United Nations, Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement after the publication of the American peace plan.
Arab countries cautious about Trump
In Jordan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ayman Safadi, affirmed the "Support" from Amman to " all sincere efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace ”, whose only path is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah believed that "The draft regulation contained in this plan is most dangerous". "It aims to get rid of the right of return (Palestinian refugees)to deprive the Palestinian people of their right to their lands (…) and to create social and demographic tensions and sedition which will only serve the interests of the enemy and its expansionist goals ", asserted the powerful pro-Iranian movement in a statement.
Saudi Arabia for its part said "Appreciate" the efforts of Donald Trump. King Salman also reiterated in a telephone interview with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, the kingdom’s commitment to the issue of Palestinian rights, the Saudi official news agency reported.
In Egypt, the foreign ministry called "The parties concerned to examine attentively and meticulously the American vision to achieve peace and to open the channels of dialogue, under the auspices of the United States, for the resumption of negotiations".
In Qatar, the foreign ministry said it appreciated American efforts to find a solution to the conflict as long as it respected the framework of international legitimacy. According to statements reported by Al-Jazeera television, the ministry added that it was impossible to achieve peace without protecting the rights of the Palestinians with the establishment of a sovereign state within the 1967 borders.
The United Arab Emirates saw in this text "An important starting point" for a return to the negotiating table. Their ambassador to Washington Youssef al-Otaïba was, with his counterparts from Oman and Bahrain, one of the representatives of Arab countries in the White House, where the Palestinians' absence was glaring.
A stillborn plan for Turkey
Foreign Minister Dominic Raab in the UK has ruled that this is " Clearly " a "Serious proposition". "Only the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian territories will be able to determine whether these proposals can meet their needs and the aspirations of the people they represent. We encourage them to give these plans a sincere and fair examination and to see if they could be a first step on the road to a return to negotiations. "
In Turkey, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects a "Annexation plan which aims to kill the two-state solution and steal land from the Palestinians". This plan is "Stillborn", he adds.
