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US President Donald Trump’s newly announced plan to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza has injected a rare note of cautious hope into one of the darkest chapters of the modern Middle East.
After nearly two years of relentless bombardment, engineered starvation and mass displacement, the people of Gaza are desperate for any pathway out of this nightmare. Trump’s proposal, if fully implemented and enforced, could offer such a path. But its fate ultimately hinges on the same obstacle that has torpedoed countless initiatives before: Benjamin Netanyahu’s failed gamble and Israel’s entrenched defiance of international law.
On paper, the plan appears promising. It calls for an end to hostilities, humanitarian access and a renewed push toward the two-state solution — the only framework that has ever held the potential for a just and lasting peace. Yet, as encouraging as this sounds, the plan lacks what history teaches us is most essential: binding guarantees. Neither Washington nor the international community has put forward concrete mechanisms to compel Israel’s compliance. That omission looms large, particularly in light of Netanyahu’s long record of exploiting peace initiatives as political cover while deepening the Israeli occupation and intensifying violence.
