Trump's colonial plan

U.S. takes Gaza, and Israel takes the West Bank

- by SERENA WYLDE

AS Netanyahu and Trump self-congratulate with eerie glee, what has actually been agreed between Israel, the Hamas negotiators and the U.S.?

The first question to ask is what sort of agreement is devised entirely by one side, the U.S. and Israel, and presented to the other as a fait accompli, under threat that if they do not agree to the 'proposal' they will continue to be subjected to genocide? Some would call this straightforward blackmail.

Israel's increasing isolation on the international stage has lent a certain desperation to Trump's proposal. And a recent poll revealed that 40 per cent of U.S. voters think Israel was deliberately killing civilians in Gaza.

But there was another reason for Trump's desperation to get his '20-point proposal' over the line. On the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly meeting at the end of September, Trump met with Arab and Muslim leaders and presented them with a 21-point proposal to end the war on Gaza that vitally included a guarantee that Israel would not annex the West Bank. The proposal was announced to the world as a 21-point proposal and the foreign ministries of Qatar, Jordan, UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt issued a joint statement on 29 September 2025:

"The ministers welcome the announcement by President Trump regarding his proposal to end the war, rebuild Gaza, prevent the displacement of the Palestinian people and advance a comprehensive peace, as well as his announcement that he will not allow the annexation of the West Bank.