Unlike other deals American presidents have tried to effectuate in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, President Trump’s new plan is far more sympathetic to Israeli concerns and more realistic in its approach, as it acknowledges Israel will not root up Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria, both of which were part of Biblical Israel; it does not divide the Jews’ eternal capital Jerusalem, and it does not accept the Palestinian Arabs’ “right of return,” which would destroy the Jewish state.
The plan apparently already has some Arab states backing it. Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba of the UAE, Ambassador Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa of Bahrain and the Ambassador Hunaina al-Mughairy of Oman were in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday as Trump announced his plan.
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