The peace plan being brokered between Gaza and Israel isn’t necessary, as “there’s no peace with jihadists,” former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas said to Newsmax Monday.
“This is not a peace plan, but rather a plan. And I also agree with [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio saying that the real test lies after the hostage-prisoner exchange deal because that’s only phase one,” Pinkas, who was served as Consul General of Israel in New York City from 2000 to 2004, told “Newsline.”
“I’m pretty much skeptical whether or not those phases are implementable, not for lack of goodwill on President [Donald] Trump’s part, but for lack of trust, goodwill, and faith on both the Israeli and Hamas side,” he added.
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