President Trump says his long-awaited Mideast peace plan unveiled Tuesday is a road

map for a "realistic two-state solution" that envisions Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided
capital."

However, the plan limits the sovereignty of a future Palestinian state. Israel would be in
charge of maintaining security over the state of Palestine, which would be "fully
demilitarized." The plan also allows Israel to declare sovereignty over certain areas of
the occupied West Bank, including Israeli settlements and the Jordan Valley.

Trump heralded the plan as a "historic breakthrough," even though the Palestinian
leadership, which severed relations with the U.S. administration as it took a series of
pro-Israel moves, rejected it before the proposal was formally released.
"After 70 years of little progress, this could be the last opportunity they ever have,"
Trump said at a joint briefing at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.

"My vision presents a win-win opportunity for both sides — a realistic two-state solution
that resolves the risk of Palestinian statehood to Israel's security," Trump added.

The U.S. plan has been in the making since the earliest days of Trump's administration,
when the president assigned his senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner the task of
trying to forge the elusive deal.

Trump lauded his own proposal as far more specific than other peace plans to date. He
said it includes a detailed territorial map of the borders showing "territorial
compromises [Israel] is willing to make," adding that it is the first time Israel has
authorized the release of such information.

He also said the U.S. would open a new embassy in "Eastern Jerusalem" to the
Palestinians, but it's unclear if that would be inside what are now considered the city's
boundaries or in a neighboring area.

On Monday, Trump met separately with Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, the leader of
Israel's Blue and White political alliance, Netanyahu's principal political opponent. Both
Netanyahu and Gantz have expressed their approval of the plan.