Trump buries Biden-UN two-state solution in Gaza’s rubble
President Trump’s decision to takeover – and makeover – Gaza – has seen the Biden-United Nations two-state solution: Unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority – buried in the rubble of Gaza.
Might I respectfully suggest President Trump reconsider his Gaza makeover proposal and implement an alternative solution I suggested the UN adopt on 13 October 2023 – just 6 days after Gaza’s horrific invasion of Israel:
“The UN should arrange for the civilian population of Gaza – a hell-hole since 1948 – to be compensated and resettled in Arab and other countries – to be followed by its razing and transformation into a national park – one eighth the size of Yosemite National Park.
No one – Jew or Arab – should live there again. Enough Jewish and Arab blood has been spilt.”
The UN’s failure to so act has been shameful.
I pointed out in May 2024 that Trump was thinking of abandoning the idea of creating any new state between Israel and Jordan after Trump had declared:
“There was a time when I thought two states could work. Now I think two states is going to be very, very tough. I think it’s going to be much tougher to get. I also think you have fewer people that liked the idea. You had a lot of people that liked the idea four years ago. Today, you have far fewer people that like that idea.”
The United Nations push for a two-state solution since 1967 including Gaza failed to recognise that:
- Gaza was designated for reconstitution of the Jewish National Home under articles 6 and 25 of the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine – that such right has been preserved until today under article 80 of the United Nations Charter – and that the United Nations was acting in violation of its own Charter asserting otherwise.
- The PLO specifically disclaimed sovereignty in the Gaza Strip under article 24 of its 1964 founding National Charter,
Trump’s Gaza-declaration has in one fell swoop seen:
- United Nations Secretary General Guterres and UNSCO head Tor Wennesland swimming against the tide as the two-state solution embodied in UNSCR 2334 is shredded – ending the damage caused by President Obama and Vice-President Biden failing to veto UNSCR 2334 on 23 December 2016 – as they were packing up prior to departing the White House to make way for President Trump.
- Trump’s 2020 Deal of the Century calling for an independent Palestinian state between Israel and Jordan in part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank), Gaza and some areas of Israel – becoming a non-starter
- The United Nations General Assembly probably cancelling a “High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two State Solution” from 2 to 4 June 2025 in New York
- The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) so much easier to implement by limiting any new territorial entity to Jordan and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) – and excluding Gaza
Trump’s 2020 Deal of the Century and HKOPS alternate solution have seen both proposals miraculously crossing paths again in 2025 following Trump’s Gaza declaration – hopefully taking the best elements from each to end over 100 years of unresolved conflict between Arabs and Jews.
Trump was asked at his Press Conference:
“Mr President, do you support Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria areas, which many believe is the biblical homeland of the Jewish people?
Trump replied:
… people do like the idea, but we haven’t taken a position on it yet. But we will be – we’ll be making an announcement probably on that very specific topic over the next four weeks.”
Over to you once again President Trump…
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Author’s note: The cartoon — commissioned exclusively for this article — is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators — whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.
David Singer is a Sydney lawyer and a foundation member of the International Analysts Network
