Trump’s Israel-Palestinian Peace Deal: An Ambitious Plan for a Lasting Solution (Part 1)
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- a two-state solution based on pre-1967 borders, a vision that the Trump plan largely abandoned.
Legacy and Aftermath
Though the peace deal never gained traction among Palestinians and was not implemented, it did pave the way for other significant diplomatic shifts in the region. Most notably, it was soon followed by the Abraham Accords—a series of normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab nations including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
Supporters of the Trump plan argue that it broke the stalemate in the peace process and opened new doors for regional cooperation. Critics claim it ignored Palestinian rights and undermined decades of international consensus on how peace should be achieved.
Conclusion
The Trump peace plan, while ambitious and historic in scope, remains a symbol of the deep divides in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. It served more as a political blueprint than a practical solution, with Palestinians seeing it as an erosion of their hopes for a viable state.
Today, with continued conflict in the region, the need for a fair and sustainable peace remains urgent—and the lessons from the “Deal of the Century” continue to inform future diplomatic efforts.
