Trump’s Gaza-declaration has in one fell swoop seen:
- United Nations Secretary General Guterres and UNSCO head Tor Wennesland swimming against the tide as the two-state solution embodied in UNSCR 2334 is shredded--ending the damage caused by President Obama and Vice-President Biden failing to veto UNSCR 2334 on December 23, 2016--as they were packing up prior to departing the White House to make way for President Trump.
- Trump’s 2020 Deal of the Century calling for an independent Palestinian state between Israel and Jordan in part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank), Gaza and some areas of Israel--becoming a non-starter
- The United Nations General Assembly probably cancelling a “High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two State Solution” from June 2-4, 2025 in New York
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) so much easier to implement by limiting any new territorial entity to Jordan and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank)--and excluding Gaza
Trump’s 2020 Deal of the Century and HKOPS alternate solution have seen both proposals miraculously crossing paths again in 2025 following Trump’s Gaza declaration--hopefully taking the best elements from each to end over 100 years of unresolved conflict between Arabs and Jews.
Trump was asked at his Press Conference:
“Mr President, do you support Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria areas, which many believe is the biblical homeland of the Jewish people?
Trump replied:
... people do like the idea, but we haven't taken a position on it yet. But we will be--we'll be making an announcement probably on that very specific topic over the next four weeks.”
Over to you once again President Trump...
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Author’s note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article--is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators--whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.