"But it is a sign of the collective nature of the effort of the past few months that so many can credibly claim a role, including the US president, who after many false starts was finally persuaded to focus, end the fantasy of driving tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland and instead spell out to Benjamin Netanyahu the versions of victory the Israeli prime minister could and could not have."
"In the encounter organised by the United Arab Emirates, he set out for the first time his then 20-point plan for peace in front of a group of Arab and Muslim states that could form the backbone of any stabilisation force that entered Gaza in the event of a ceasefire. By then Trump, with the help of his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the former British prime minister Tony Blair, had been convinced to change his mind on two critical issues."
Donald Trump was persuaded to abandon rhetoric about driving Palestinians from Gaza and instead support that Gaza remain for Gazans and not be ruled by Israel. A meeting in New York, organised by the United Arab Emirates and chaired by Trump, set out his then 20-point plan for peace before Arab and Muslim states that could form a stabilisation force for Gaza after a ceasefire. Jared Kushner and Tony Blair helped change Trump’s stance on displacement and on pursuing a Day After plan that would not complicate negotiations. The shift ended talk of developing a Gaza Riviera.
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