Correspondent of State Department in United Nations
As Canada is involved in France and the UK in announcing a plan to recognize a Palestinian state, the US stands firmly with Israel – but is Trump a long -term plan for Gaza’s future?
Among the declarations of all history about the Middle East, which could be less prominent in the global collective memory, was in Tokyo in November 2023.
The then State Secretary Anthony Blinkan laid a series of principles for the “day” after the war in Gaza at a meeting of the world’s most powerful countries, a group of the world’s most powerful countries.
He traveled from Tel Aviv after meeting Israel’s leadership a month after Hamas attacks on 7 October, during the Israeli aggressive on Gaza.
Blinks listed what is the US terms for Israel’s military objectives and widespread conflicts:
There is no forced displacement of Palestinians. After the war ends, no Israeli of Gaza again captures. There is no attempt to block or surround Gaza. A future rule that should be led by Palestinian, including internationally supported Palestinian Authority. No role for Hamas.
The principles aims to raise support from American colleagues in Europe and parts of the Arab world – even though Israel objected to many of them. Some probably recall that Blinken announced his Tokyo principles – at least from Trump administration, which immediately jet them.
But ideas are still supported by many American colleagues, who have traveled to the United Nations in New York this week, calling for the revaluation of a two-state solution for a French-Sawy-Left conference.
The conference made headlines as France, then UK, under certain conditions, was committed to recognizing the Palestinian state later this year. On Wednesday afternoon, Canada followed the suit. But the Trump administration boycotted the meeting, seen it as anti -Israel.
US State Department spokesman Tami Bruce said, “The United States will not participate in this insult, but will continue to lead the real world efforts to end the fight and give permanent peace.”
Now, the future of the Israeli-Filistini conflict has opened a chess between the US and its traditional colleagues.
This raises a question: Does the Trump administration have a vision for Gaza’s future rule and long -term permanent peace?
It is becoming clear that this is not – at least not our own. Earlier this month, I asked Ms. Bruce that the administration’s vision for Gaza’s future rule, beyond the need, could not be present.
He replied that “our partners in countries were working to implement” new ideas “, which the President sought. When I pressed him what he was involved, he said: “I will not tell you at all today.”
No Gaza ‘Riviera’ – but another plan uncertain
In February, President Trump announced that the US would capture the Gaza Strip and create a “Rivera of the Middle East” in a plan, which included the forced displacement of the Palestinians in the region, which the US and Israel later tried to claim that “voluntary” migration meant.
While this idea was clearly disabled and would be in violation of international law, it appeared as a plan after Trump’s war. This will probably include the Israeli military occupation of the strip to make it convenient. It was not clear how any continuous extremism would have been defeated by Hamas or aligned armed groups.
Since then, the plan has been gradually dropped, quietly dropped – at least in its full form. Asked about his plan to move Palestinians on Tuesday, Trump described it as “a concept, which was actually hugged by a lot of people, but some people didn’t even like it”.
The latter was perhaps reference to rejection by Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, which Trump visited to take Gilded palaces for a grand trade tour in May.
The administration likes to talk about the immediate issue: freeing the hostages and achieving a ceasefire. When Trump was asked to see again, recently during a visit to the White House from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he postponed the Israeli leader to immediately respond.
It is a growing evidence that the Trump administration strategy on Gaza is increasingly similar to its Israeli colleague.
Sri Netanyahu rejects any partnership of the Palestinian Authority under Gaza’s future rule, where his army now controls a few two-thirds of the region. His coalition’s remote flanks demand permanent military occupation, expulsion of Palestinians and the construction of Jewish settlements.
Israel and the US have attempted to control the supply of food for Palestinians, within military areas, while Israel also gave weapons to the Palestinian Millionian, who rival Hamas. International bodies that monitor famine, integrated food security phase classification (IPC), said that Gaza has widespread starvation, malnutrition and increasing evidence of disease. Israel has blamed Hamas and the United Nations for the crisis, but said it is facilitating more help.
Many European countries have seen Aghst. UK Foreign Secretary David Lemi told me on Wednesday: “We have seen the most frightening scenes. The global community is shot dead by children and they arrive for help.”
Starvation appears to be a divine point for European countries – a moral inspiration to run their separate diplomacy. Domestic pressure in Britain and France also climbed to identify a Palestinian state under certain conditions.
Without a consistent, internationally supported plan for future rule, Gaza faces the possibility of increasing chaos.
Blink was aware of this risk from the beginning of the war, and was closed between the Arab states, trying to sign up for the future plans, including the Palestinian authority and security forces including parts of Arab countries. He also intervened on at least three occasions, forcing Israel to allow more assistance to Gaza, using the threat to restricting American weapons twice.
There has been no pressure by the Trump administration that intensified weapons to Israel since January.
The US has left what quantity for a strategic vacuum on Gaza’s long -term plan. Europeans working with the Gulf Arab counties spent this week in an attempt to fill it.
For them, effective assistance, without a long -term peace plan, the impact on the ground will only deteriorate. He called this week for immediate assistance intervention, supported the Palestinian Authority, and revived the work towards the two -state solution – even signed without America.
This increases the years of the conference by which the major Western powers will only recognize a Palestinian kingdom at the end of the interaction between Israeli and Palestinians. Importantly, his joint statement meant that Saudi Arabia, Arabia and Muslim were joining the condemnation of Hamas, a leader of the world and making calls for its disarmament.
Now they are expecting their move, supported by Arab countries, pressurizing Trump back to a more established diplomatic process.
But their conference – which will be re -met in September – is working against all obstacles. Mahashakti seat is vacant.