WASHINGTON — President Trump formally unveiled a 20-point peace plan Monday calling for an international peacekeeping force in the Gaza Strip and a post-Hamas transitional government overseen by a “Board of Peace” — that Trump himself would lead as chairman.
Trump, 79, announced his vision alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House and said the framework could bring “eternal peace in the Middle East.”
The president also warned Hamas that Israel would have his permission to “finish the job” if the terrorist group won’t sign on to the plan, saying that “Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas.” 3
Trump added that “the leaders of the Arab world, Israel and everybody involved, asked me to” chair the proposed