The New york times summarizes the "peace plan" unveiled on Tuesday in Washington by Donald Trump, in the presence of Benjamin Netanyahu: "A political document presented by a president in the midst of a dismissal trial working in tandem with a prime minister accused of corruption. " Above all, he breaks with "Decades of American support for respecting – with a few adjustments – the borders of 1967" and "Endorses years of aggressive settlement building".
He finally sends the Palestinians the grim message they have "Missed their chance to get a two-state solution, at least as long as Trump is in power". The plan notably provides for the annexation of the majority of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory (30% of the West Bank), deemed illegal by the international community, Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state, the land connection between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the demilitarization of the future state.
"The deal of the century" pose more "The terms of a capitulation of the Palestinians as those of a possible agreement", believes for its part the Washington Post. It also constitutes "A dead end for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose essential role was to be the guardian of a dying peace process, supposed to lead to the two-state solution". He finally allows Donald Trump to coax "His evangelical electorate" and to Benjamin Netanyahu "The nationalist right".
"Last chance for the two-state solution"
For the Haaretz, this plan is "Absurd, dangerous and biased". "He is the most pro-Israeli ever offered and, contrary to what Mr. Trump claims, the worst offered to the Palestinians", at a time when these are "Divided and let go by their Gulf allies". In addition, the publication of this document, a few weeks before a new election in Israel, constitutes "The most egregious case of foreign intervention in the election of another country."
The Jerusalem Post believes, on the contrary, that the plan shows the American public and the international community that “Jerusalem wants peace and is ready to cede territories to achieve it; and that the Palestinians are those who do not accept it because they are given 70% and not 100% of the territories (they ask) ".
As to Yedioth Aharonot, he warns against the rejection of this plan by the left, in favor of a plan negotiated with the Palestinians, and the Israeli far right, favorable to a "Greater Israel": "The US plan could be the last chance for the two-state solution. " Otherwise Israel will become a "Binational state that will no longer be Jewish or democratic".
On the Palestinian side, whose authorities have cut off all dialogue with Washington for two years, the rejection is unanimous. "This is a new Balfour Declaration", says a Jerusalem activist, quoted by Al Jazeera. This 1917 text laid the foundation for the creation of the State of Israel.
