That should probably be the lede here—Netanyahu got Trump’s endorsement for extending the war in Gaza to some vision of total victory—because, first, Hamas has rejected most of these terms in the recent past and, second, it is not clear that the Arab and Muslim powers in the region have agreed to all of the articles either. The peace proposal’s planks include the release of all hostages (and the remains of all hostages who have died) within 72 hours, a ceasefire with Israeli troops holding their positions, the disarming of Hamas and all other terrorist groups, their removal from any political positions, the destruction of their tunnels and all other military infrastructure, and the creation of a new international body to rebuild and reform Gaza, with all plans funneled through a “Board of Peace” to be chaired by Trump. is that most of these wars—all of those that have erupted since the founding of the Israeli state in 1948—have ended as the result of outside pressure: from the United States on Israel, from the Soviet Union on the Arabs (during the Cold War), from the United Nations on all the combatants, or some combination.
Author: Fred Kaplan
Published at: 2025-09-29 21:20:15
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