Europe keeps Trump’s Israel-Palestine ‘peace plan’ at arms’ length, but other US allies rush to embrace – except Turkey & Jordan

Majd Abed

Reactions to US President Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ Israel-Palestine peace plan fell mostly along the lines of existing alliances, with close US allies backing the plan and rivals denouncing it – barring some surprises.

Europe hedged its bets on supporting the deal, weighing the importance of upholding international law against the need to appear loyal to Washington. Germany “welcomed” anything “aiming to inject new momentum” into the “stalled” peace process, but only went so far as to promise to “carefully examine the proposal” and discuss the resulting questions with other EU members. Foreign Minister Helko Mass made a point of referring to the requirement that any “viable two-state solution” take into account not only “legitimate aspirations of both the Palestinians and the Israelis” but “all relevant UN resolutions and internationally agreed upon parameters.”

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