"Today, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet at Mar-a-Lago in what may be the most consequential moment for the stalled Gaza peace plan. The three-phase scheme went into effect in October, with both Israel and Hamas accepting the initial terms and agreeing to a ceasefire. In mid-November, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution endorsing the plan, which Trump's Ambassador to the U.N., Mike Waltz, hailed as "charting a new course in the Middle East for Israelis and Palestinians.""
"It is no surprise that the peace plan has stalled. Each stage is more difficult to implement than the last. Phase one began on October 10th with a ceasefire, prisoner exchanges, and an Israeli withdrawal to what became known as the "yellow line"-a monitored boundary that left Israel in control of more than half of Gaza."
President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu will meet at Mar-a-Lago to determine whether the stalled three-phase Gaza peace plan advances or ossifies into a lasting order. The scheme began in October with Israel and Hamas accepting initial terms and a ceasefire. In mid-November the United Nations Security Council endorsed the plan, and U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz praised it as "charting a new course in the Middle East." Palestinian Authority Vice-President Hussein al-Sheikh commended efforts to consolidate the ceasefire and facilitate humanitarian aid and reconstruction. The plan has remained stuck in phase one despite White House assurances, and Gaza's conditions have continued to deteriorate. Phase one included prisoner exchanges, an Israeli withdrawal to a monitored "yellow line" that left Israel controlling more than half of Gaza, increased aid, limited returns, and reconstruction conditioned on Palestinian security benchmarks and demilitarization.
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