While the tragic news reports in Israel just keep coming, here in the United States, the White House is mulling over the release of the so-called "deal of the century." The plan U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and all the other members of the National Security Council's peace team have been working so hard on is better than its predecessors. It includes new and to a great extent creative, components and makes minimal use of those past formulas that do not hold water.
So, for example, no one in the administration is under the illusion the plan will be accepted as is. The Americans are preparing themselves for negative responses and have even created a toolbox to contend with the possibility the Palestinians may not even read the thick manual they have compiled. But it is precisely under these conditions that the president's advisers should ask themselves the question: Will the plan indeed put an end to the terrible acts of murder such as those we have witnessed in recent days?
This is, in essence, the same pattern that has accompanied the Zionist enterprise since its inception. The Jews build the land while the local Arabs murder them with the aim of pushing them out. When compared to all the past American administrations, the current U.S. peace team is realistic and has a much more sober approach than all of its predecessors.
There is another possibility, and that is the only one that has proven itself from the outset of the Zionist enterprise. Instead of promoting the same old plans to divide the land, which are rejected by the Arabs in any case, the world power will do what no other administration has ever done before. It will stick with the Jewish position to the end. Instead of rewarding the murderous side, the U.S. under Trump will give a green light to the side that has been hurt. Zionist history teaches us that this is the guaranteed way to make peace.
