In weekend consultations with his advisers, Gantz appears to have found a compromise he could live with. He’ll meet with Trump privately on Monday and then return to Israel immediately to lead the parliamentary hearing on Tuesday seeking to reject Netanyahu’s plea for immunity from Israeli lawmakers. “The peace plan devised by President Trump will go down in history as a meaningful landmark mapping the way for the different players in the Middle East to finally move forward toward an historic and regional agreement,” Gantz said in a live TV address. The Palestinians seek the entire territory, which was captured by Israel in 1967, as the heartland of a future independent state and have preemptively rejected the Trump peace plan. Shortly before Gantz spoke, Netanyahu issued a statement lauding Trump and saying “an opportunity such as this comes once in history and cannot be missed.”ADADAfter announcing he would meet Trump, Gantz reiterated his critique of Netanyahu.

Source: Washington Post January 25, 2020 18:45 UTC