PRIMA FACIE, US President Donald Trump's 20-point proposal for peace in Gaza might resemble President Ronald Reagan's two-track peace plan for Lebanon, announced in September 1982. Moved by "American public outrage and a phone call from King Fahd," Reagan called up Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and curtly told him to stop the heavy bombing of PLO positions, which was destroying much of Lebanon's infrastructure. Simultaneously, he enlisted Syrian help to stabilise the region.

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