Right-of-Return Shock: Trump Embraces Saudi Scheme Threatening Israel
Description
The loathsome Saudis still seek Irael’s destruction by demography….and the Trump Admin is abetting that desire!
Trump’s Gaza Plan Adopts The Saudi-French Proposal Recognizing ‘Right of Return’ To Israel For 1948 Palestinian Refugees (MEMRI)
Conclusion And Implications
The Saudi-French proposal (aka the New York Declaration) adopted by President Trump in his 20-point plan and in UN Security Council Resolution 2803, which endorses Trump’s plan, explicitly mentions the right of return (in Article 39) and enshrines it in other articles in various ways – in Article 14 (by mentioning Resolution 194 and the unlimited perpetuation of UNRWA) and in Article 7 (by mentioning the Arab Peace Initiative). In this way, the proposal reinforces the legitimacy of the right of return in the international discourse, while in fact thwarting any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The transformation of the Saudi-French proposal for a two-state solution into a source of authority in the framework of the Trump plan to resolve the Gaza crisis effectively boosts the international standing of the initiative and its framers, and establishes a link between the U.S.’s diplomatic moves and the promotion of the proposal’s provisions.
For the Palestinians and the Arab world, the mention of the Saudi-French proposal in Trump’s plan is an important diplomatic achievement that puts the “right of return” back on the diplomatic table and grants it international legitimacy. For Israel, the mentions of the right of return are deeply troubling, because could signify international consent to the Palestinian demand for a mass influx of Arab refugees and unlimited generations of their descendants that will eliminate the Jewish identity of the state – which is its raison d’etre.




