a negotiating table alexandra this was indeed as you mentioned there light on specifics but we did get some cues in clues rather in fact as to what the potential map could be here specifically benjamin netanyahu saying that the united states will recognize sovereignty in areas vital to security and he included the jordan valley in fact in that reference something which is sure to be controversial given this what does trump hope to get from this deal. well i think that president donald trump was not only addressing israel and the palestinians touring this these statements but of course he was also addressing keyspace here in the united states christian of and jelly because who support the state of israel and of course also influential members of jewish communities in the u.s. that president trump is hoping to win over from the democrats we have to keep in

mind that we will have a presidential election here in the u.s. in november and of course president would like to be reelected so it's not only about international affairs and bringing peace and prosperity to the region but it is also of course about president trump and his reelection campaign alexandra for naaman with the view from washington thank you very much. and for our viewers who are joining us now at the top of the hour u.s. president donald trump has just unveiled his administration's peace plan for the middle east trump giving details of the plan alongside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he calls for a 2 state solution including a palestinian state with its capital in east jerusalem but it was rejected by palestinian leaders before its official release they view trump's administration as biased toward israel and say that the u.s. can no longer be viewed as an honest broker in the region. i was deeply

moved and we just had reaction from our correspondent in washington now let's head to jerusalem where kramer is standing by time to trump saying that the palestinians will have their capital in east jerusalem but that's a rousseau in itself will remain united he proposed a 4 year freeze is of israeli development in the area i for a palestinian state just walk us through your reaction to this is this the surprise . well i think there's a lot of contradiction and gaps in march 15th just hearing from president trump and also from the remarks of prime minister benjamin netanyahu netanyahu i think the take from the palestinians will be. talks about a 2 state solution although he says said students have the right to a contingent state but he also said been conditions are right so the take it is

rather that at the moment at least it gives israel boarded once now and prime minister netanyahu claims that this book pose a lousy israel to basically applies serenity over territory. west east and border and parts of. the occupied west bank but prime minister netanyahu refers to this today and some area so so that president trump says that palestinians do have the right to state when conditions are right but he doesn't say when those conditions are right we also don't know you know what state how to look like old though there was talk of a map but to be haven't yet seen the map yeah exactly we have to see the details trump called this his vision for peace we have to mention that that that is how he is classifying it it's clearly being welcomed with open arms from the israeli prime

minister who called donald trump the greatest friend that israel has ever seen in the white house tanya the palestinians are certainly not life to welcome this deal in the way that the israelis have just walk us through the main points of contention that they are likely to have. in one of the main points of contention i think is best of all president trump said you know this is the last chance for palestinians to have that state so he said when the time is right although he said he would keep some territory for them to 4 years but again we don't know about what territory he's talking about he also said there's an 80 page this document so everybody will be going through that but there was no mention quick sample also of what happens to gaza at least not in the marks that we heard of the president trying. to didn't hear from president trying to bug refugees going to reference to

that from prime minister netanyahu said a solution for becky to use palestinian refugees and their descendants has to be found outside of israel now i think the most contentious it would be the 2 things he has to loosen them it is unclear what he meant and $11.00 hand he said israel will be the undivided capital of israel is something he also said very jokingly that he already has given that to israel on the other hand he made reference to some kind of capital for the palestinians in east jerusalem whether that's the east jerusalem we're talking about now was some neighborhood that has not been specified and i think one of the major. points here is also the territory that prime minister netanyahu claims that this proposal could allow israel to apprise

a vanity. off the occupied west bank and mainly over settlements there and also when it comes to the jordan valley i tell you let's talk a little bit more about trump and not netanyahu because i mean what we saw today was on display what certainly seems to be a special relationship but you know it comes against the backdrop. of domestic situations for both of them the israeli prime minister formally indicted on bribery and fraud charges today we know that trump has his impeachment trial underway in the senate in the united states how is this deal likely to benefit that yahoo to benefit trump well i think i mean talking about is where this has been very much talked about here among israeli commentators you know why now why just about a month before the next elections it's the 3rd elections in less than

a year this clown released i mean that's been working on that for the past 3 years now and there's a sense that this could have prime minister netanyahu with his electorate as especially the right wing among the settler communities if you can now tell them listen this is the best deal israel ever cross from the u.s. of course having said that you also have to wait for the reactions from the rest of the international community of other countries because this is what the u.s. has in mind and we haven't yet heard from others tanya kramer interest in him thank you tanya. and let's bring back now robert chatter g. who is joining us here in the studio he is deputy editor in chief magazine on middle eastern affairs here in berlin we just saw this announcement this the

so-called vision for peace by u.s. president donald trump what are your main takeaways well let's be fair at the beginning i think of speech started off quite unexpectedly in a very solemn tone you could almost hope that. would put at least like the. seriousness of the matter it veered off quite quite fast when when he was cheered on and basically ventured off into. basic just thanking his base and directly thinking all those involved and you couldn't hear single him from. i think he did a clever thing that he didn't invent which is to include the palestinians with what they would have to gain. and also the palestinian people saying that they deserve life in dignity while at the same time completely excluding them so this is

something that he wasn't the 1st one to do let's break down actually some of those you know carrots that trump is now waving in front of the palestinians faces one of them is this $50000000000.00 investment in the palestinian state he says jobs will be created he says that poverty will be cut do you buy it and is that enough of an incentive this is not a new number that since for iran actually there has been the number of conferences . that have proven pretty pretty superficial to be honest there was a conference and behind there were a couple of conferences in eastern europe and walsall that specifically put the economic. on the agenda was surprisingly hollow given that they could not entice the palestinian business community and there are some people in the palestinian business community who are totally willing to engage in.

investment programs but even then they couldn't they couldn't convince also the. diaspora community which is also significant that their disposal so the chances there i think the overall approach is not it's not it's not wrong to to stimulate investment but of course it's we're know in. the field of economics and this is a crucial point in the whole topic and especially when it comes to the borders on the ground ok let's talk about those borders and yes i mean we heard the broad brushstrokes right we heard of anyone netanyahu saying that the united states is going to recognize the sovereignty of areas which for christmas and security he included the jordan valley in that matrix but but we heard also you know broad brushstrokes we haven't seen the map that. where do you think we stand based upon

what we've heard what we know so far. on the arc of the middle east peace process. well it is a continued development of a slow and accession and basically this doesn't stop at the legal status. this is changing this was always the more thorny issue because on the ground israel could do more or less what they wanted it wasn't always the israeli state that pushed the boundaries this is there's an interplay between forces on the ground and israeli politics that the kind of react to. the. poles and new settlements but like the reason for the established of the settlements of religious half economic. measure affect the security situation

israel has vastly improved in the last 15 years the times of. nightclub attack the stuff that mentioned this does over for a long time. there are oprah's of violence we saw or. in knife stabbing violence but you cannot compare this to the terror problem we had. following the last intifada at the beginning of the 2000 is totally different so the security argument becomes harder and harder because the security situation is actually quite stable and i don't think that many israelis really fear. a new wave of terror they can live with the start of school quite well. thank you so much robert saturday for sharing that view as you mentioned you have been watching us president dealing his

administration's peace plan for the middle east and we thank you so much for that analysis of what we have just heard now in the past hour thanks for having me. you're watching news let's turn to some other news now because it may be the 1st person to person infection of corona virus outside of asia and it is here in germany officials saying that a man contracted the virus from a chinese colleague at a conference other confirmed cases of the viral outbreak in europe have so far involved patients who had recently been to china. this is where the 1st person in germany confirmed both corona virus was infected it was at a company training event here in the southern state of bavaria a week ago a chinese colleague attended it but after her return to shanghai she tested positive for the virus. according to local health authorities a german colleague then started showing flu like symptoms at the weekend. but you

can go to a soup in the test was kerry day and yesterday evening the results came back positive on prosecutor who is good at keeping this poor. the patient is now being monitored in hospital doctors say he is awake responsive and without a fever also already have said further protective measures have been put in place it's deep it's in kentucky but soon the focus now is on the people who were in contact with the chinese woman those who live on the people who had contact with the infected or german come to especially close call jordan who will talk health officials say the man is in an isolation room and is doing well. i'm here watching news coming up next in business news asia but 1st we want to get you a quick recap of what we've been following for you in the past hour u.s. president donald trump unveiling his administration's peace plan for the middle east trump giving details of the plan alongside israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu he calls for a 2 state solution including a palestinian state with its capital instruments a lot but it was rejected by palestinian leaders before its official release they view trumps administration as 5 toward israel and say that the u.s. can no longer be viewed as an honest broker in their region. i'm sorry kelly in berlin we'll have more coverage at the top of the hour thanks so much for joining us every day. for you up to date don't miss our highlights. program line d.w. dot com highlights. closely. carefully.