Deal of the century

'Century' to 'Millennium': How Trump's Palestinian peace plans evolved in five years

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Comparing Trump’s two grand peace plans – one that collapsed into the Abraham Accords, another designed to end a war.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump embrace in the White House in Washington, September 29, 2025.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and former US president Donald Trump introduce Trump’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ proposal in the East Room of the White House in 2020.

Lessons for Israel's Right after rejecting Trump’s peace plan - opinion

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas review the honour guard during a reception ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 7, 2017

Palestinian-Jordanian crisis erupts ahead of Abdullah-Biden meeting

Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as leaders gathered to deliver a joint statement on Middle East Peace talks in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010

Was Israel involved in Saudi, US attempts to undermine Jordan's king?


Israel won't annex Palestinian towns, Palestinians won’t get citizenship

The plan the Trump administration released in late January, titled “Peace to Prosperity,” would allow for Israel to apply civil law, as opposed to military law, to 30% of the West Bank.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu points to a map of the Jordan Valley

Trump's plan pits settler ideologues against the pragmatists

This battle has long marked the settlement movement – and it has emerged here as well, as it stands on the precipice of history.

US President Donald Trump speaks about negotiations with pharmaceutical companies over the cost of insulin for US seniors on Medicare at an event in the Rose Garden at the White House during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, US May 26, 2020

Bennett backs away from open opposition to Trump plan

His rejection was based on opposition to a Palestinian state and information he had received that the US map for the application of sovereignty was finalized, and that no changes could be made.

Israeli minister of Defense Naftali Bennett speaks at the 17th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 24, 2020

Settler leader: Trump’s plan completes 2005 Samaria evacuations

“It is inconceivable that precisely this government will determine facts on the ground that would abolish Israeli [rule] on settlements that were already uprooted,” Yossi Dagan said.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan at a protest rally on the ruins of the former Sa-Nur settlement.

Bennett: Trump plan gives Israeli citizenship to 250,000 Palestinians

'The map is not good for Israel. It must be corrected.'

Naftali Bennett

Jerusalem deputy mayor calls Trump peace plan 'final solution'

"Now, Netanyahu reveals the Palestinazi state," King said.

Arieh King campaigning at Mahaneh Yehuda. Does the city council owe its allegiance to its own aims or to its members’ voters?

Netanyahu: We will move forward with annexation in July

Map committee member Levin denies Yesha Council complaint thatUS rejected settler changes to sovereignty map

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Jordan Valley community of Mevo’ot Yericho in February 2020

Could his protests over annexation be Mahmoud Abbas’s last whimper?

Abbas is a one-trick pony who keeps himself relevant by pretending that his main mission in life is to obtain Palestinian independence from the "occupation."

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the West Bank May 19, 2020

A militarized Palestinian state on Israel's doorstep would be a liability

It is absolutely beyond the pale for Israel to make any commitment, even conditional, to upgrade the Palestinian Authority into a state.

A map with the colors of the Palestinian flag reading 'Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Palestine' near Bilin.

Is Netanyahu hoping for an ‘out’ from annexation?

National Affairs: The longer Israel waits on the fateful move, the more opposition it will face from the international community.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Jordan Valley community of Mevo’ot Yericho in February 2020