According to Israeli media, President Trump's draft Middle East peace plan is "the most generous proposal Israel has received so far". And the same sources say that the plan prepares for an almost complete annexation of the settlements Israel controls on the West Bank since the Six Day War of 1967. In addition, the plan should give Israel sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, including the eastern part that the Palestinians want to see as their capital. The plan can also open for a total annexation of the Jordandalen.

For the Palestinians, a $ 50 billion fund is promised to be used for infrastructure, investment in tourism and companies that could develop the Palestinian economy. There has also been talk of a road between the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinians are offered some kind of state but without control of any border crossings, and any talk of a two-state solution is erased in Trump's peace plan.

Carefully chosen opportunity

The plan for peace has been lacking for many years now and when it is finally presented, it is for many judges a carefully chosen opportunity. Dennis Ross, Middle East expert in both Republican and Democratic administrations, says the plan is not about brokering peace, but about "diverting attention from what's going on." The Supreme Court against Trump continues today and Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a lengthy trial because of the corruption charges being brought against him.

Both Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz have met Trump in Washington. Both support the plan and hope in the new election on March 2, after two previously undecided results, win majority in Knesset and get mandate to form government. The Palestinians are not in Washington and have long rejected Trump's proposal and instead respond with demonstrations. However, the president himself believes that the Palestinians will eventually support his plan:

- It's very good for them. In fact, it is unreasonably good for them, he says.