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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Trump peace plan

US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's hand before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, in New York. (AFP Photo/ Brendan Smialowski)
March 5, 2025, 3:52 pm
Abbas confidant: If Trump advances Gaza ‘expulsion’ plan, PA will cut ties with US
Ahmad Majdalani says Ramallah wants to turn page with Washington after bitter first term, is maintaining contacts because it doesn’t see president’s proposal being implemented
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 6, 2025, 4:25 am
Trump’s Gaza takeover pitch is aimed at reeling in Riyadh, but will Saudis bite?
Arab diplomat says US shouldn’t bank on Saudi bailout after president went ‘too far’ with relocation idea: Riyadh won’t offer normalization in order to quash it, the way UAE did with annexation
By Jacob Magid
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 3, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2024, 1:40 am
Smotrich said to tell Civil Administration of ‘great opportunity’ to annex West Bank
Report says minister expressed hope that gov’t will ‘create full normalization’ of Israeli rule during Trump’s tenure by shuttering the Defense Ministry body that manages the area
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during his Religious Zionism party's weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 11, 2024, 9:06 pm
Smotrich says Trump’s victory an opportunity to ‘apply sovereignty’ in the West Bank
New administration could allow Israel to advance annexation of settlements, claims far-right finance minister, says the groundwork is already being put into place
By Sam Sokol
US president Donald Trump, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 15, 2020. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon, File)
November 8, 2024, 1:25 am
Ex-envoy says Trump aims to weaken Iran, ‘deal of the century’ likely back on table
Brian Hook, who will reportedly lead Trump’s transition at State Dept., accuses Biden administration of ‘appeasing and accommodating’ Iran, leading to ‘failure of deterrence’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd from right) meets at his Jerusalem office with the ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer (right); White House adviser Jared Kushner (center); US Ambassador David Friedman (second left); and special envoy Jason Greenblatt, on July 31, 2019. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
August 12, 2022, 5:58 pm
Backing Netanyahu, Dermer pans Kushner claim ex-PM went rogue with annexation pledge
Like Likud chief, ex-Israeli envoy points to exchange of letters by 2 leaders, which purportedly saw US commit to backing move, but the memos were more complicated than that
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
August 5, 2022, 4:26 pm
Fiasco in the East Room: The trainwreck unveiling of the Trump peace plan
Two and a half years after the event, Jared Kushner finally explains how a carefully constructed effort ‘to improve the lives of the Palestinian and Israeli people’ was derailed
By David Horovitz
US President Donald Trump (left) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in an announcement of Trump's Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
August 4, 2022, 8:11 pm
Netanyahu hits back at ‘baseless’ claim he shocked Trump with annexation declaration
Likud says ex-PM made announcement upon receiving letter from Trump giving him green light, countering Kushner book saying Netanyahu, ex-envoy Friedman went rogue
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump (right) meets with Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz in the White House in Washington on January 27, 2020. (Elad Malka)
August 1, 2022, 6:37 pm
Kushner: Trump weighed endorsing Gantz after ‘fuming’ at Netanyahu’s annexation plan
Trump appreciated Blue and White leader’s willingness to make peace with Palestinians, contrary to Netanyahu’s stance, former top White House adviser reveals in forthcoming memoir
By Jacob Magid
Then-US president Donald Trump, center, is flanked by then-ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and then-senior adviser Jared Kushner in the Oval Office on August 12, 2020. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 31, 2022, 11:17 pm
In new book, Kushner claims envoy Friedman went rogue to okay West Bank annexation
Top Trump aide says ‘my knuckles turned white’ as Netanyahu used peace plan rollout to promise sovereignty in settlements and Jordan Valley, did so thanks to Friedman’s assurances
By Jacob Magid
US ambassador to Israel David Friedman (L) speaks during the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on January 8, 2020. Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on January 31, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
February 9, 2022, 12:12 am
Trump envoy tried to convince Liberman to join Netanyahu after first 2019 election
With US peace plan awaiting a stable Israeli government, David Friedman says in new book that he tried to break ‘logjam’ preventing former PM from forming coalition
By Jacob Magid
British Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Elizabeth Pierce listens to speakers during a meeting on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
January 1, 2022, 11:48 pm
UK warned it would recognize Palestine if Israel annexed West Bank, book reveals
Weeks before Netanyahu’s July 2020 target for controversial move, British envoy to US surprised American counterparts with threat, said it would lead to others following suit
By ToI Staff
Then-US president Donald Trump, right, looks over to then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 28, 2020, at which Trump unveiled his 'Peace to Prosperity' vision for an Israeli-Palestinian accord. (AP/Susan Walsh)
December 14, 2021, 12:31 am
‘What the hell was that?’: Netanyahu annexation announcement caught Trump off guard
Book tells of Jared Kushner’s fury at Israeli PM’s unexpected declaration, an exasperated Trump snapping, ‘If you want to do it, do it,’ and Netanyahu’s cold feet before UAE deal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: From 'Til Kingdom Come,' a new documentary about the unlikely relationship between Jews and evangelical Christians, premiering on Kan 11 on October 28, 2020 (Courtesy Maya Zinshtein)
March 31, 2021, 3:12 am
PBS postpones documentary on evangelicals and Israel for ‘editorial review’
Broadcaster delays release of ‘Til Kingdom Come’ after accusations from pro-Israel watchdog group that director misleadingly spliced together two parts of Trump speech
By Stephen Silver
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, speaks to IDF soldiers during a visit to the IDF Central Command in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
February 6, 2021, 10:59 pm
Gantz to IDF: ICC war crimes ruling ‘a tool of our enemies’; we will defend you
Defense minister says court’s pretrial order claiming jurisdiction to open war crimes probe ‘has no basis in international law’; military vows to defend citizens, service members
By ToI Staff
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