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Donald Trump’s peace plan is focused on Gaza, but it includes a vague reference to Palestinian statehood. The plan went through a number of iterations, taking into account input from the various parties. Point 19 of the edited version of the plan, as released by the White House, states: “While Gaza redevelopment advances and when the PA reform program is faithfully carried out, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.” Notice that it says that conditions “may finally be in place” for a “pathway to Palestinian statehood.”
To reassure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu even further, point 20 states the US, not the UN or other mediators, “will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence.”
These conditions the plan attaches to peace moves beyond Gaza were clearly some of the edits that Netanyahu insisted on to accept the plan. The White House acquiesced to get the deal through. Still, this is significant because, after many years of rejecting even such remote and vague references, Netanyahu is changing course. It is also the first time that Trump, in his second term, has expressed public support for a Palestinian state.
