Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal says he expects Arab states to put forward a workable alternative to Trump’s Gaza takeover plan.
The prominent lawmaker was among a bipartisan group of US senators who earlier met in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Blumenthal says simply that the Trump plan was a “non-starter.”
Trump’s proposal has been widely denounced by Arab officials, while some critics have said it equates to ethnic cleansing. Netanyahu as recently as Monday said that the Palestinians in Gaza should be given the choice to leave.
Blumenthal says Jordan’s King Abdullah convinced him that Arab states would present a plan that covers normalizing ties with Israel, self-determination for the Palestinians, and regional defense arrangements and security for Israel.
“If those components are part of a realistic plan, it could be a game changer for the region,” he says.
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