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Line 82: − − ==Trump Peace Plan (2020)== − In 2020 [[President Trump]] proposed a plan involving the establishment of new frontiers between Israel & Palestine and the mutual recognition of the countries.<ref name=PtP/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-middle-east-peace-plan-includes-two-state-solution-tunnel-to-connect-west-bank-and-gaza-strip|title=Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza|date=January 28, 2020|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> − − The January 2020 American peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sometimes called the Trump plan, is a set of political and economic proposals presented on January 28, 2020 by the President of the United States Donald Trump as the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians and a basis for negotiations in the peace process. − − The plan proposes a fifty billion dollar international effort to enable the development and definitive establishment of the Palestinian state, when the Israelis would retain Jerusalem as their indivisible capital, with the Palestinians establishing theirs on a fraction of East Jerusalem. − − The Israelis would keep the Israeli settlements in the West Bank but the Palestinian territory would remain equivalent in size to that of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip before the Six-Day War, through additions of territory from the Negev Desert for purposes economic and residential. − − In 2024 Trump, reportedly, pulled support for a two-State solution by saying: "There was a time when I thought two states could work. Now I think two states is going to be very, very tough. I think it’s going to be much tougher to get. I also think you have fewer people that liked the idea. You had a lot of people that liked the idea four years ago. Today, you have far fewer people that like that idea".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cmsedit.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2024/may/trump-pulls-support-for-palestinian-state-rabbi-applauds-decision-urges-christians-to-help-israel-keep-gods-land|title=Trump Pulls Support for Palestinian State; Rabbi Applauds Decision, Urges Christians to help Israel 'Keep God's Land'|publisher=CBN News|date=May 13, 2024}}</ref> − − ==Opposition== − The main groups opposing the two-state solution are [[Hamas]], (the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]-backed − <ref>Eitan Fischberger, [https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-long-march-of-radicalization The Long March of Radicalization], ''CityJournal'', Oct 16, 2023<blockquote><small> − Pulling back the curtain on Students for Justice in Palestine, a Muslim Brotherhood-backed group that has done much to indoctrinate college students.</small></blockquote></ref><ref>Ariela Karmel, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjhpxxlec How Muslim Brotherhood ideology and cash gained a foothold in Western universities], ''CTech'', May 30, 2024.<blockquote><small> − The anti-Israel protest movement that engulfed Western universities this past year were highly organized, funded and ideologically driven by Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood linked organizations, according to a new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). ISGAP President Charles A. Small spoke to CTech about his concerns regarding foreign interference and the indoctrination of students.</small></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://emetonline.org/resource/antisemitism-in-academia-transcript/ Antisemitism in Academia Transcript], ''The Endowment for Middle East Truth'', January 14, 2024</ref> with pro-terrorist cash funding it, especially [[Qatar]]<ref>[https://isgap.org/post/2023/11/pro-terrorist-cash-is-funding-us-higher-ed-and-taxpayers-should-be-upset-about-it/ Pro-terrorist cash is funding US higher ed, and taxpayers should be upset about it], ''ISGAP'', November 27, 2023</ref>) groups behind the "palestine" activism on campus: like [[Islamism|Islamic]] extremist <ref>[https://thejudean.com/index.php/news/international/1126-jewish-voice-for-peace-exposed-by-errant-tweet-from-a-muslim-extremist "Jewish Voice For Peace" Exposed By Errant Tweet From A Muslim Extremist], ''The Judean'' Staff International, May 15, 2023</ref> − [https://canarymission.org/professor/Hatem_Bazian Hatem Bazian] founded ''[https://canarymission.org/organization/Students_For_Justice_In_Palestine SJP]'', and its off shoot ''WOL'' <small>(by Holocaust ceremonies interrupter<ref>Michael Starr, [https://www.jpost.com/bds-threat/article-708704 New York City Council to probe antisemitism claims at CUNY], ''JPost'', June 6, 2022. <blockquote><small>Kiswani has been criticized "because she interrupts Holocaust memorial ceremonies and says that she hopes the last thing Zionists hear in their life is 'pop pop.'"</small></blockquote></ref> Nerdeen Kiswani<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nerdeen-kiswani-and-within-our-lifetime-united-palestine-what-you-need-know Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine: What You Need to Know], ''ADL'', Mar 2, 2024</ref>)</small>; [[PFLP]]'s ''[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/pflp-and-samidoun-on-american-college-campuses/ Samidoun]''; Arab and [[Zionist]] radical groups including among Evangelicals<ref>[https://allisrael.com/is-it-true-that-most-christians-support-a-two-state-solution-even-after-oct-7 Is it true that most Christians support a two-state solution even after Oct. 7?], ''AllIsrael'', Dec 18, 2024.<blockquote> − "Well, for one thing, those who responded are members of the Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christian faith, whose opinions are vastly different from most Evangelicals, who know that a two-state solution is neither biblical nor realistic. The reason they know that is because so many of them frequently visit, have made friends here, who have educated them as to the real facts on the ground, and, finally, they have figured out that the sentiments being expressed by pro-Palestinian groups, these days, do not aspire to a solution of two states living side-by-side in peace."</blockquote></ref> who believe it all belongs to the Jews. − In 1947/8 the Arab states opposed the principle, [[1948 Arab-Israeli War|declaring war on Israel]] on the basis of Arab racism to consider the entire area an Arab homogeneity. In the words of Nazi collaborator<ref>[https://adin1664.medium.com/not-just-the-mufti-the-real-extension-of-the-palestinian-nazi-collaboration-67e6340b6773 Not Just The Mufti - the real extension of the Palestinian-Nazi collaboration], − Adin Haykin, Jan 23, 2022</ref> [[Jamal Husseini]] serving then as the Arab Higher Committee (AHC) spokesperson, that it would undermine "the racial homogeneity" of the Arab world.<ref>Herf, J. (2022). Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949. India: Cambridge University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vHRUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA239 p. 239] − - [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/israels-moment/zionist-momentum-and-the-war-crimes-issue-in-the-united-states-19441945/402D29D464913069913A03E8FD9E4539 Zionist Momentum and the War Crimes Issue in the United States, 1944–1945]. Jan 13, 2022<blockquote><small> − "The racism and antisemitism of Jamal Husseini and of the Arab Higher Committee was a cause more than a consequence of the conflict with the Zionists."</small></blockquote></ref> − − "Multiple polls have shown that the [https://www.jns.org/three-in-four-palestinians-support-hamass-massacre/ majority of Palestinian civilians support] Hamas’s [https://www.conservapedia.com/Swords_of_Iron#Arab-Islamist_.22Palestinian.22_attack.2C_atrocities Oct. 7 massacre] and the idea of a Palestinian state in the 1948 borders, meaning the destruction of Israel."<ref>Israel Kasnett, [https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/who-wants-a-two-state-solution-not-israelis-or-palestinians/article_ec51d597-c1a7-5dc4-9443-e1a336d09706.html Who wants a two-state solution? Not Israelis or Palestinians], '''JNS'', Mar 22, 2024</ref> − − Pro-Israel personalities typically point out that Israel has repeatedly had to defend itself against attacks by neighboring Arab states and counter that reverting Israel's border to borders which existed before the Six-Day war would not allow Israel to have defensible borders.<ref>[http://www.defensibleborders.org/amidror.htm Defensible borders]</ref> − − The Israeli government of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is openly opposed to the proposed "Palestinian" statehood, he supports Jewish settlements on the West Bank, and is threatening retaliatory action. Former US officials, notably former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] are also opposed.
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[[Russia]], [[China]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/china-middle-east-envoy-israel-gaza-c08587a566ff38fec882118a0e117c3a|title=China and Russia plan to work together for a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians|publisher=AP|date=October 20, 2023}}</ref> and [[Ukraine]]<ref>[https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-shchodo-zhertv-u-likarni-al-agli-v-sektori-gaza]</ref> support the two-state solution.
[[Russia]], [[China]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/china-middle-east-envoy-israel-gaza-c08587a566ff38fec882118a0e117c3a|title=China and Russia plan to work together for a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians|publisher=AP|date=October 20, 2023}}</ref> and [[Ukraine]]<ref>[https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-shchodo-zhertv-u-likarni-al-agli-v-sektori-gaza]</ref> support the two-state solution.
'''Timing and rejection'''
==Trump Peace Plan (2020)==
In 2020 [[President Trump]] proposed a plan involving the establishment of new frontiers between Israel & Palestine and the mutual recognition of the countries.<ref name=PtP/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-middle-east-peace-plan-includes-two-state-solution-tunnel-to-connect-west-bank-and-gaza-strip|title=Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza|date=January 28, 2020|publisher=Fox News}}</ref>
The January 2020 American peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sometimes called the Trump plan, is a set of political and economic proposals presented on January 28, 2020 by the President of the United States Donald Trump as the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians and a basis for negotiations in the peace process.
The plan proposes a fifty billion dollar international effort to enable the development and definitive establishment of the Palestinian state, when the Israelis would retain Jerusalem as their indivisible capital, with the Palestinians establishing theirs on a fraction of East Jerusalem.
The Israelis would keep the Israeli settlements in the West Bank but the Palestinian territory would remain equivalent in size to that of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip before the Six-Day War, through additions of territory from the Negev Desert for purposes economic and residential.
In 2024 Trump, reportedly, pulled support for a two-State solution by saying: "There was a time when I thought two states could work. Now I think two states is going to be very, very tough. I think it’s going to be much tougher to get. I also think you have fewer people that liked the idea. You had a lot of people that liked the idea four years ago. Today, you have far fewer people that like that idea".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cmsedit.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2024/may/trump-pulls-support-for-palestinian-state-rabbi-applauds-decision-urges-christians-to-help-israel-keep-gods-land|title=Trump Pulls Support for Palestinian State; Rabbi Applauds Decision, Urges Christians to help Israel 'Keep God's Land'|publisher=CBN News|date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>
==Opposition==
The main groups opposing the two-state solution are [[Hamas]], (the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]-backed
<ref>Eitan Fischberger, [https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-long-march-of-radicalization The Long March of Radicalization], ''CityJournal'', Oct 16, 2023<blockquote><small>
Pulling back the curtain on Students for Justice in Palestine, a Muslim Brotherhood-backed group that has done much to indoctrinate college students.</small></blockquote></ref><ref>Ariela Karmel, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjhpxxlec How Muslim Brotherhood ideology and cash gained a foothold in Western universities], ''CTech'', May 30, 2024.<blockquote><small>
The anti-Israel protest movement that engulfed Western universities this past year were highly organized, funded and ideologically driven by Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood linked organizations, according to a new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). ISGAP President Charles A. Small spoke to CTech about his concerns regarding foreign interference and the indoctrination of students.</small></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://emetonline.org/resource/antisemitism-in-academia-transcript/ Antisemitism in Academia Transcript], ''The Endowment for Middle East Truth'', January 14, 2024</ref> with pro-terrorist cash funding it, especially [[Qatar]]<ref>[https://isgap.org/post/2023/11/pro-terrorist-cash-is-funding-us-higher-ed-and-taxpayers-should-be-upset-about-it/ Pro-terrorist cash is funding US higher ed, and taxpayers should be upset about it], ''ISGAP'', November 27, 2023</ref>) groups behind the "palestine" activism on campus: like [[Islamism|Islamic]] extremist <ref>[https://thejudean.com/index.php/news/international/1126-jewish-voice-for-peace-exposed-by-errant-tweet-from-a-muslim-extremist "Jewish Voice For Peace" Exposed By Errant Tweet From A Muslim Extremist], ''The Judean'' Staff International, May 15, 2023</ref>
[https://canarymission.org/professor/Hatem_Bazian Hatem Bazian] founded ''[https://canarymission.org/organization/Students_For_Justice_In_Palestine SJP]'', and its off shoot ''WOL'' <small>(by Holocaust ceremonies interrupter<ref>Michael Starr, [https://www.jpost.com/bds-threat/article-708704 New York City Council to probe antisemitism claims at CUNY], ''JPost'', June 6, 2022. <blockquote><small>Kiswani has been criticized "because she interrupts Holocaust memorial ceremonies and says that she hopes the last thing Zionists hear in their life is 'pop pop.'"</small></blockquote></ref> Nerdeen Kiswani<ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nerdeen-kiswani-and-within-our-lifetime-united-palestine-what-you-need-know Nerdeen Kiswani and Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine: What You Need to Know], ''ADL'', Mar 2, 2024</ref>)</small>; [[PFLP]]'s ''[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/pflp-and-samidoun-on-american-college-campuses/ Samidoun]''; Arab and [[Zionist]] radical groups including among Evangelicals<ref>[https://allisrael.com/is-it-true-that-most-christians-support-a-two-state-solution-even-after-oct-7 Is it true that most Christians support a two-state solution even after Oct. 7?], ''AllIsrael'', Dec 18, 2024.<blockquote>
"Well, for one thing, those who responded are members of the Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christian faith, whose opinions are vastly different from most Evangelicals, who know that a two-state solution is neither biblical nor realistic. The reason they know that is because so many of them frequently visit, have made friends here, who have educated them as to the real facts on the ground, and, finally, they have figured out that the sentiments being expressed by pro-Palestinian groups, these days, do not aspire to a solution of two states living side-by-side in peace."</blockquote></ref> who believe it all belongs to the Jews.
In 1947/8 the Arab states opposed the principle, [[1948 Arab-Israeli War|declaring war on Israel]] on the basis of Arab racism to consider the entire area an Arab homogeneity. In the words of Nazi collaborator<ref>[https://adin1664.medium.com/not-just-the-mufti-the-real-extension-of-the-palestinian-nazi-collaboration-67e6340b6773 Not Just The Mufti - the real extension of the Palestinian-Nazi collaboration],
Adin Haykin, Jan 23, 2022</ref> [[Jamal Husseini]] serving then as the Arab Higher Committee (AHC) spokesperson, that it would undermine "the racial homogeneity" of the Arab world.<ref>Herf, J. (2022). Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949. India: Cambridge University Press. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vHRUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA239 p. 239]
- [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/israels-moment/zionist-momentum-and-the-war-crimes-issue-in-the-united-states-19441945/402D29D464913069913A03E8FD9E4539 Zionist Momentum and the War Crimes Issue in the United States, 1944–1945]. Jan 13, 2022<blockquote><small>
"The racism and antisemitism of Jamal Husseini and of the Arab Higher Committee was a cause more than a consequence of the conflict with the Zionists."</small></blockquote></ref>
"Multiple polls have shown that the [https://www.jns.org/three-in-four-palestinians-support-hamass-massacre/ majority of Palestinian civilians support] Hamas’s [https://www.conservapedia.com/Swords_of_Iron#Arab-Islamist_.22Palestinian.22_attack.2C_atrocities Oct. 7 massacre] and the idea of a Palestinian state in the 1948 borders, meaning the destruction of Israel."<ref>Israel Kasnett, [https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/who-wants-a-two-state-solution-not-israelis-or-palestinians/article_ec51d597-c1a7-5dc4-9443-e1a336d09706.html Who wants a two-state solution? Not Israelis or Palestinians], '''JNS'', Mar 22, 2024</ref>
Pro-Israel personalities typically point out that Israel has repeatedly had to defend itself against attacks by neighboring Arab states and counter that reverting Israel's border to borders which existed before the Six-Day war would not allow Israel to have defensible borders.<ref>[http://www.defensibleborders.org/amidror.htm Defensible borders]</ref>
The Israeli government of Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] is openly opposed to the proposed "Palestinian" statehood, he supports Jewish settlements on the West Bank, and is threatening retaliatory action. Former US officials, notably former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] are also opposed.
===Timing and rejection===
Though some Israelis are in favor of a Palestine state, the [https://www.conservapedia.com/Swords_of_Iron#Arab-Islamist_.22Palestinian.22_attack.2C_atrocities|Oct 7 atrocities] changed this to be in a small minority. <ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/israelis-peaceful-coexistence-palestinian-state-poll-two-state-1906224 Most Israelis Can't See Peaceful Coexistence With a Palestinian State—Poll], ''Newsweek'', May 30, 2024</ref> Even those who supported it pre Oct 7, "oppose Palestinian statehood due to security Threats."<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/02/06/majority-of-israelis-oppose-palestinian-statehood-due-to-security-threats/ Majority Of Israelis Oppose Palestinian Statehood Due To Security Threats], ''FDD'', Feb 6, 2024</ref>
Though some Israelis are in favor of a Palestine state, the [https://www.conservapedia.com/Swords_of_Iron#Arab-Islamist_.22Palestinian.22_attack.2C_atrocities|Oct 7 atrocities] changed this to be in a small minority. <ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/israelis-peaceful-coexistence-palestinian-state-poll-two-state-1906224 Most Israelis Can't See Peaceful Coexistence With a Palestinian State—Poll], ''Newsweek'', May 30, 2024</ref> Even those who supported it pre Oct 7, "oppose Palestinian statehood due to security Threats."<ref>[https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/02/06/majority-of-israelis-oppose-palestinian-statehood-due-to-security-threats/ Majority Of Israelis Oppose Palestinian Statehood Due To Security Threats], ''FDD'', Feb 6, 2024</ref>
Danish parliament rejected proposal to recognize Palestinian state.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkhszimea Danish parliament rejects proposal to recognize Palestinian state], ''YNet'', May 28, 2024.<blockquote><small>
Danish parliament rejected proposal to recognize Palestinian state.<ref>[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkhszimea Danish parliament rejects proposal to recognize Palestinian state], ''YNet'', May 28, 2024.<blockquote><small>
Denmark's parliament on Tuesday voted down a bill to recognize a Palestinian state, after the Danish foreign minister previously said the necessary preconditions for an independent country were lacking. Ireland, Spain and Norway on Tuesday formally recognized a Palestinian state, after their announcement last week that they would do so angered Israel which called the move a "reward for terrorism" and recalled its ambassadors.</small></blockquote></ref>
Denmark's parliament on Tuesday voted down a bill to recognize a Palestinian state, after the Danish foreign minister previously said the necessary preconditions for an independent country were lacking. Ireland, Spain and Norway on Tuesday formally recognized a Palestinian state, after their announcement last week that they would do so angered Israel which called the move a "reward for terrorism" and recalled its ambassadors.</small></blockquote></ref>
==See also==
==See also==