Well... Apparently, if this plan becomes reality, my home town (Tira) and several towns around (called the triangle) will become Palestinian territory.
Thinking about it feels weird. I don't think it will happen, but even Gantz (the probable next minister president of Israel) likes the plan. It doesn't happen much in life that you involuntarily switch citizenships...
“Gantz will implement it if he’s elected.” Without the backing of the Joint List, it is unlikely that Gantz will get enough support to be allowed to form a government. The latest polls continue to show a deadlock between Gantz’s center and left coalition and Netanyahu’s right-wing and religious bloc. Also Friday, leftist Labor-Gesher-Meretz chairman MK Amir Peretz attacked the Blue and White party, saying the centrist movement is “walking a fine line and looking for every opportunity to shift to the right. The attempt to bring the Trump plan for a Knesset vote testifies that they also prefer unilateral annexation over negotiations and separating from the Palestinians,” Maariv reported. Was expecting Gantz to stay left-field. Gonna do some more reading... MK Yousuf Jabareen of the Joint List alliance of Arab majority parties on Friday said the parties would not back Blue and White after the next election since Gantz vowed to adopt the peace plan if elected.
Yep... It is very surprising. It just shows that this party is just a jumbled-up bunch without a backbone whose main purpose is to replace Netanyahu. Sadly, they are not a good replacement. I was very in favor of the joint list (my choice in the election) joining up with them. It actually gave me hope for a possible representation of 20% of the Israeli population. Now, the only outlook is for them to lead the opposition. However, pushing Turmps plan through would lead to the amount of arab-israeli voters decreasing (in percent) and the whole proportions and results of coming elections would look very different. So, I am not surprised that everything from center to right are in favor of the plan as it will automatically push their parties in elections.