Discussion of Donald Trump’s peace proposal for Gaza revolves around one question: who is for it and who is against it? Israel is for it, though mostly because it is backed into a corner and has no choice. The Arab states are for it, which is to be expected since they wrote it. The European Union is for it, which is to be expected since the Arabs are for it. Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Houthis are against it, and Hamas is expected to be too. I don’t know what the UK government has said and, in concert with the rest of the world, I don’t really care.

This is all helpful to know, but there’s a more important question, the answer to which will decide the fate of Trump’s framework in the long run: has anyone asked the Palestinians? Not their leaders in Hamas or the Palestinian Authority

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