Milan, 7 October (LaPresse) – ‘Nothing doing. This round of negotiations between Israel and Hamas is also doomed to failure. The starting positions remain too far apart to reach a compromise.’ This is what historian Benny Morris, one of the leading experts on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera. ‘The Trump plan outlines some ideal solutions in a world that should be equally ideal. It offers the fundamentals of hope: it envisages the creation of a Palestinian state; it imposes the disarmament of Hamas; it talks about Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and good administration by technicians who will ultimately be controlled by a reformed Palestinian Authority,’ he said. "There are at least two main problems. Hamas will never agree to give up its weapons. If it surrenders, it will no longer be able to fight against Israel or defend itself from its enemies, both inside and outside the Palestinian world.‘ ’Added to this is the fact that Netanyahu and his government remain opposed to a Palestinian state, which is why they marginalise the authority of Abu Mazen and his people in the West Bank. The current Israeli administration remains determined to annex all the territories occupied in 1967. Trump is questioning their plans and will therefore be rejected,‘ he stresses, pointing out that, from his point of view, the Sharm el Sheikh talks ’will remain a dead letter".