1. Excellent article.Pres Sisi and Prince MBS are 2 outstanding
Alan ,
SA
(07.20.18)
leaders of the new middle East on the Arab side.Bibi and Pres Trump(and his team ) are 2 outstanding leaders on our side-and maybe in time Pres Putin as well???The EU is a bunch of obstructionist losers who are trying to pander to their ever increasing Muslim populations.It is a desperate grasping at straws. The EU doesn''t care what damage it does to Israel.The only solution to Arab Israel conflict it will be happy with ,will be a euthenasia of Israel (LOOK AT THE EU POSITION ON IRAN) by say 2030s. EU is on the cusp of breaking up. It has no political horizon. Vilifying Israel is the speciality of West Europe. .Pres Al Sisi and Prince MBS are facing millions and millions population of UNEMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYABLE young people and they cant anymore the old systems of supporting the Palestinians at their own expense.-but in meantime pay lip service to the Pals
For Egypt the direct and indirect financial gain would be immense and felt well into the 22nd Century..they wont be considering this out of altruism
For Palestine this means a unified, contiguous, sovereign and viable ONE PART state alongside Egypt and Israel within mutually secure borders
For Israel this means more security and less vulnerability at the heart of its most narrow pinch point of Central Israel
For Jordan this means enhanced trade and joint infrastructure with Israel and direct access to Israeli and Palestine ports
For Saudi Arabia playing the leading role in long held idea for a trans peninsular railway from Saudi Arabia connecting with Emirates and Jordan, Israel, Palestine to Egypt
What this STARKLY UNERLINES IS the importance of all five stakeholders involved in a collaborative effort to not only create a Palestinian State, but to establish regional stability and transformative economic prosperity
And the IRONY? This is a Plan formulated ...not by Israelis, the UN, Egyptians, the US, Russia or the EU but evidently by a group of Palestinian Academics way back in 1999