The hype was classic Trump.
“We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” the US president posted in all caps on his Truth Social account Sunday. “ALL ARE ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL, FIRST TIME EVER. WE WILL GET IT DONE!!!”
The next day, he announced that Israel had agreed to a 20-point American proposal to end the war in Gaza, arrange an exchange of Israeli hostages (living and dead) for Palestinian prisoners (living and dead), establish an internationally supervised administration for the battered enclave, and bring about a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and, eventually, vague notions of “a sovereign Palestinian state alongside Israel, with secure, recognized borders.”
Going back decades, American leaders have rolled out grand schemes to the conflict, only to see them either collapse in catastrophe or fizzle out in disappointment and recriminations.
Following Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, President Ronald Reagan announced a “fresh start,” calling for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon, a freeze on Israeli settlements, and Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza.
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