Richard Haass: I Don’t Understand What’s Motivating Trump To Have Such Statements on Gaza

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HAASS: “So we can end up with the worst of all worlds: not satisfying anything the Palestinian wants, if anything, supporting Hamas' radicalism. They could say, 'We told you you need us. The only alternative now is we have to resist or we’re going to be deported.' And we could destabilize Egypt and Jordan. Don’t forget, those are the two first countries in the Arab world to make peace with Israel. They are the foundation of Israel’s acceptance in the region of the Abraham Accords and all else. So I simply don’t understand what is motivating the president to continue to push an idea that I simply think can’t succeed and if it’s actually implemented, potentially would make the Middle East much more unstable than it currently is, at a time there’s enormous opportunity to do something with Iran, to do something, given what Israel has accomplished militarily. I don’t understand why the president would introduce the elements of instability when there's real progress, potentially, to be made."