"The same might be said about the US president's new approach to Palestine, but suddenly the optimists are back, with a two-state solution emerging from the rubble of two years of war in Gaza. The US envoy, Steve Witkoff, talks of a 21-point White House plan for Palestine that he claims regional leaders broadly support. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, says it is also compatible with the plan for Palestine set out in the New York declaration endorsed by the UN general assembly this week."
"The optimistic take is that it is possible Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and former British prime minister Tony Blair have finally exerted their influence inside the White House, enabling a new way of thinking about the day after war ends in Gaza. According to one version of this vision, Blair himself would head a body called the Gaza International Transitional Authority for as long as five years."
Scepticism surrounds claims about Ukraine and new US policy moves, while renewed optimism centers on a potential two-state solution after two years of war in Gaza. A 21-point White House plan for Palestine purports broad regional backing and is presented as compatible with a UN-backed New York declaration endorsed by the UN General Assembly. Both US and UN-backed approaches avoid calls for mass displacement from Gaza. Both exclude Hamas from future governance, require decommissioning of weapons without proscribing the organisation, and envision international transitional arrangements for Gaza's political authority.
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