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In the press this morning, the presentation today by Donald Trump of the "peace plan" he has been preparing for three years, to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Billed as the "deal of the century" by the President, the text has already been presented to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival for the March legislative elections, Benny Gantz - both alongside Donald Trump, On the front page this morning of the Jerusalem Post . The daily expresses measured optimism: "The plan of the American president may not bring peace, but it can bring about a major change in the region, by giving the green light to Israel, to claim its sovereignty over the occupied West Bank , and exercise this sovereignty, "the newspaper predicts, which also evokes the Palestinians' fear of seeing certain Arab countries validate Donald Trump's plan. Apprehensions which seem rather justified, according to the reception reserved by Arab News for the announcements of the American president, whose Saudi newspaper welcomes the “historic” presentation, by quoting some of the numerous promises: “A great agreement is on the way "The proposed plan will make sense to all parties, and the Palestinians will eventually rally around it," said Donald Trump. According to The Washington Post , his plan would offer Palestinians, who have already said they would boycott the plan, "a possibility of creating a Palestinian state, if a number of preconditions are met."

Donald Trump's plan is already widely criticized, including on the Israeli side. In a column published by the left-wing daily Haaretz , former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a fierce opponent of Benjamin Netanyahu, supports the plan of the American president, but accuses Netanyahu, who has allied with the Israeli far right, to try to make it fail, in order to then be able to hold the Palestinians responsible for this failure, and obtain, in the long term, the annexation of the West Bank, with the blessing of Donald Trump. In Lebanon, L'Orient Le Jour does not evoke the possible ulterior motives of the Israeli Prime Minister, but confirms that the American offer could include "an annexation of part of the West Bank", "enough to permanently bury the solution to two states and provoke a new Palestinian anger ", according to the newspaper, which already evokes" the flop of the century ". A drawing published by the London Pan-Arab daily Al Araby Al Jadeed , sums up the state of mind of critics of Donald Trump's plan - seen shaking hands with Benyamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, passing over body of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and on the plan to create a Palestinian state.

In Mali, the government officially plans for the first time to negotiate with the jihadists, to overcome terrorism. This change of strategy again provokes a lot of debate in the regional press, of which Courrier International has listed some of the reactions. If the Burkinabé newspaper Le Pays welcomes the fact that Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has "given itself to the obvious", "now that the situation has become 'irreversible'", L'Observateur Paalga , another Burkinabé daily, told him , wonders: "Even with long forks so as not to get dirty, can a State dine with the devil?" . These doubts are reinforced by the complexity of the relationships between the different jihadist groups in the region. The French daily Liberation quotes the two main among them, the Islamic State in the Grand Sahara and the Jnim, a coalition of jihadist groups placed in the lap of Al-Qaeda and led by the Malian Tuareg Iyad Ag Ghaly. Are they enemies, as were the branches of ISIS and Al-Qaeda? "," Or partners, exchanging religious opinions, weapons and combatants during a major attack? "Wonders Libé. The newspaper quotes the analysis from Bakary Sambe, the director of the Timbuktu Institute. According to him, these organizations "can develop ad hoc alliances, but also compete for control of the territories or the criminal economy, using tribal logic" - rivalries which "can go as far as direct confrontation, when their interests diverge ”.

We don't leave each other on this. Because there are much less dramatic stories of war and peace, I suggest you throw an eyelash at the Irish newspaper The Echo , which recounts the electoral battle which is currently going on between a husband and his wife, both candidates for local elections in the Cork area. He is a social democrat, she is a republican. They are rivals, but they love each other. Like everything is possible…

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