There is a post at LawFare on the secret Trump plan to bring peace to Israel. Andrew Miller discusses the proposal, more the process and apparent stance of Trump's troop as thinking of the process as closely analogous to a bankruptcy sale or real estate deal. That seems accurate. I have seen it described as settling litigation, but found that unhelpful. No one thinks that the way to get parties to settle a civil suit is to take away claims of one side. That leads to entrenchment, not settlement. That is why settlement is normally reached before the decisions on summary judgment motions, followed by the led up to trial. At those points, the risks are highest for both sides (or all sides). But in a bankruptcy sale, there is little uncertainty. Who loses is already known, and they have little to bargain with. That is not the way to think about Israel and Palestine. The better way is to think about national liberation movements, like Ireland and South Africa, and India. Palestinian nationalism is not going away. Like those conflicts, it will not get resolved by the weaker side giving in (with 'weaker' meaning the side with lesser arms).
I think Miller is right that what Trump's troop is doing will make matters harder to resolve.
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