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Is Trusteeship for Palestine the Answer?

Martin Indyk
July 27, 2007
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Martin Indyk's update to his May/June 2003 essay "A Trusteeship for Palestine?"

Martin Indyk is Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and was the U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 1995 to 1997 and 2000 to 2001.

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The 2007 version of the trusteeship idea is perhaps better referred to as a "partnership" between the Palestinians and the international community, since the international force would not be replacing the Palestinian government but rather helping the Palestinian president take control of the West Bank as Israel withdraws in stages. Should Israel have to reenter Gaza, the same principle could apply. If Tony Blair is to have any success in his new job as the Quartet's Middle East envoy, he will need a game plan like this in his pocket and several thousand international forces ready to back him up.

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