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Donald Trump laid out a sweeping plan on Tuesday to vastly expand Israel’s territory by giving it permanent control of Jerusalem and much of the occupied West Bank while offering the Palestinians only the possibility of statehood on fragments of the land they hoped for. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump releases plan to radically expand Israel’s territory and offer Palestinians only chance of statehood

But the Trump administration has consistently refused to back the two-state solution. And in November it reversed decades of U.S. policy, when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. no longer viewed Israel´s settlements on West Bank land as 'inconsistent with international law'. … [Read more...] about Palestinians dismiss Donald Trump’s Middle East peace ‘Deal of the Century featuring a TUNNEL linking the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a ‘slap’

The prime minister said Trump’s plan “has the merits of a two state solution”, even though it has been criticised for offering Israel a wishlist of its long-held demands while promising Palestinians a potential “state” with severe restrictions. … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson praises Trump’s Middle East peace plan at PMQs

“Although the concept foresees a contiguous Palestinian state, it is contiguity in name only. No other state in the world looks so gerrymandered. It is a state without an airport or real ports. It is a state that is inside another state and whose borders are basically controlled by Israel.” … [Read more...] about Middle East analysts question workability of Trump peace plan

Zeyada had argued that he could not hold Israeli military leaders to account in Israeli courts. He had wanted compensation of €600,000 ($660,000) for the deaths of his mother, three brothers, sister-in-law, and nephew — who were killed when the family's home in the al-Bureij refugee camp was bombed by forces operating under Gantz's command. … [Read more...] about Dutch court rejects war crimes case against Israeli military chiefs