In a conversation with Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov spoke about solutions for Gaza. He started by saying that the Trump administration proposal is a dramatic shift in the paradigm of how the world relates to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and he doubts it will become the basis for negotiations between Israel and Palestinians. Mr. Mladenov believes that negotiations are still possible although if Israel tries to implement unilaterally the Trump proposal, negotiations will then become impossible. He stated that annexation would be the wrong way to go. In the absence of a peace process, the UN has spent most of its time trying to prevent an outbreak of violence, and even a long-term ceasefire in Gaza. He believes that the only way to solve the conflict is through a sustainable political arrangement. Mr. Mladenov mentioned that military action to destroy Hamas’s military wing would leave Israel with another Somalia—an ungoverned, ungovernable area—on its borders. Currently, he said that managing the conflict to prevent deterioration and to create conditions for prospects of negotiations and for the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza is the best option now. In five years he hopes that there will be a deal based on dignity and on recognition.