The Challenges of Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan

 

 

 "The 20-point Trump peace plan is thin on details and principles. Who will administer Gaza in the meanwhile? Who will offer the billions required for reconstruction in the absence of a lasting political settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? The plan proclaims that Israel will not “occupy or annex Gaza” and Hamas “will not have” any direct or indirect role in the governance of Gaza. It envisions a transitional authority of technocrats led by Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, and supervised by a “board of peace” chaired by President Trump.

uring the negotiations, and in his dramatic social media post announcing the ceasefire, Trump’s stated focus has primarily been on the release of the Israeli hostages. The Israeli government also sees this agreement as a hostage release agreement. They see the ceasefire and withdrawing their military to a boundary, which reduces the Israeli military control of Gaza from more than 80% of the strip’s area to 58% as the price they pay for the return of the hostages. There is no evidence yet that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the extremists in his government have been fully convinced by this deal to abandon their stated expansionist plans in Gaza and the West Bank.

There is a risk they might see every bit of vagueness in the agreement as an opportunity to test the waters. Anything from Hamas’s refusal to accept terms of transitional period, completely disarming, or a violent incident could become a pretext to violate the ceasefire. By breaking the ceasefire agreement in March, Netanyahu has already demonstrated that he needs little excuse to violate a deal if it ceases to serve his broader strategic and political goals."

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The Challenges of Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan – DNyuz