President Donald Trump announced his Middle East Peace Plan along side Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who endorsed the plan and the announcement failed big time. The Plan had no legitimacy from the beginning because no input was sought from the Palestinians, it favored Israel and violated the principals laid out in several U.N. resolutions long ago that concerned the West Bank and territory all parties agreed to follow. In other words Trump and Netanyahu were willing to ignore those agreed to U.N. resolutions much like Trump ignored the Iran nuclear agreement and then walked away.
It was another dramatic example how Trump and Netanyahu deserve each other. And so far, the Plan has been rejected by the Palestinians, the Arab world, Middle East leaders, Muslims and the European Union for the same reasons listed above. The leader of the Palestinians, Mr. Abbas described the Plan as nothing but a Trump real estate venture. And once again, President Trump's rhetoric has no substance.
People should remember the position of Netanyahu and other Israel supporters who claimed long ago there would be no peace in the middle east as long as Yasser Arafat was alive and President of the Palestinian Authority. Well, Arafat died on 11/11/2004 so Netanyahu and his supporters ran out of excuses long, long ago. Trump's middle east peace plan is a fraud like Trump University and Trump's Charitable Foundation that had to settle those two fraud suits in a court of law. And now Netanyahu is under indictment for committing fraud among other charges in the indictment.
Both leaders brought their corruptive attitude into the world of politics because they care only about themselves. And yes, they do deserve each other for presenting a failed plan that has nothing to do with peace in the middle east.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
