Trump’s Plan to Finally End the Gaza War

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1. Yair Rosenberg: “When Donald Trump brokered the Abraham Accords in his first term, he heralded the normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states as ‘the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region.’ In truth, the Accords were a diplomatic handshake between countries that had never fought a war. They did not resolve the region’s conflicts, and were not the seismic achievement that Trump presented them to be. Last night, however, Trump finally struck his first real blow for Middle East peace—if all goes according to his plan.

   “‘I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan,’ the president announced on Truth Social. ‘This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace.’ The declaration capped a dramatic two weeks that included the rollout of Trump’s own peace plan, presidential strong-arming of the parties, and feverish negotiations in Cairo. It was also careful in how it couched what had been achieved.

   “Thus far, the parties have only agreed to some form of exchange in which Hamas will release its remaining hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners, including many serving life sentences in Israeli jails for terrorism. Even if this release goes forward in the days ahead, that will only end the Gaza hostage crisis, not the Gaza war. That’s because this first phase of Trump’s peace plan does not resolve any of the underlying issues that continue to drive the conflict. Among other outstanding concerns: Hamas will still be standing, still be armed, and will not have been supplanted by an alternative Palestinian regime. Far-right members of Netanyahu’s government will still seek to vanquish the terror group and potentially resettle parts of Gaza. But Trump is counting on the force of his personality, the exhaustion of the parties, and the momentum created by the initial agreement to ultimately end the war entirely.”

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2. Reuters is reporting Israeli tanks were seen firing on a crowded coastal path near Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip shortly after a ceasefire and hostage deal were announced.

   With videos too, let’s see how this will go…

3. They make a desert and call it peace

4. The moment that Hamas disarms and releases the hostages. Peace and this war can be forcefully imposed. Otherwise, Israel has the casus belli to keep bombing and expanding their buffer zone throughout the West Bank.

   Hamas was given a 20 yr tryout for sovereignty. Instead of using the international aid to build an economically-self sufficient society. They decided to build tunnels or launch rockets towards their neighbors which provided legitmacy to the blockade. Then their decision to commit the October 7th Atrocity which vindicated the Israeli Far Right, totally lambasted the Anti-Occupation Crowd within Israel similar to the Second Intifada.

   I am unsure about what Trump can do here. It seems like he is just running to get the Nobel Peace Prize, neither party in this conflict respects him. Israel launched strikes on Iran and Qatar without getting the greenlight earlier this year. Hamas is Hamas, their leaders are still thirsty for war based on the CNN interviews and the misery in Gaza seems to inflict no pressure on them.

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