THE TROUBLE WITH TRUMP'S GAZA BLUEPRINT

Those who believe that US President Donald Trump's so-called 20-point peace plan is a workable solution to end the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip understand neither the sinister designs of the Zionists and their partners in crime nor the root causes of the Palestinian question in its full complexity.

- By Ameen Izzadeen

The plan is Balfour Declaration 2.0, for it deliberately and derisively sidelines the Palestinians. No consultation was held with the Palestinian Authority (PA).

If the plan receives the approval of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas—blamed for the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and for triggering the war—what will dawn over Gaza is not peace, but the peace of the graveyard, wherein will be buried the Palestinians' quest for freedom and humanity's conscience.

The 20-point plan does not offer peace with justice. Any peace deal that fails to address justice and accountability is not worth the paper it's written on. The rightful place for Trump's plan is not Gaza, but the garbage bin of history.

After meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—alias the butcher of Gaza—at the White House, Trump announced on Monday his formula to end the Gaza war. It is more a choreography of deceit than a genuine effort at peace with justice. After all, Trump has enabled the Gaza genocide through the appalling abuse of his country's veto power at the UN Security Council and the relentless military and financial aid to Israel. The velvet dagger peace plan resonated more with Trump's Nobel Peace Prize ambitions and Netanyahu's designs to annex Gaza than with any sincere intention to deliver the Palestinian people from the yoke of Israeli occupation.

The so-called “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict” is primarily a formula to affirm Israel's control over Palestinian lives and to indefinitely delay the creation of a Palestinian state. It also seeks to stem growing anti-Israeli sentiments in the US.

Yet those who are traumatised by the horrific scenes on their mobile phones and TV screens—scenes of children being killed, maimed and starved to death—say Hamas should accept the proposal and let the Palestinians live and rebuild their lives.