"In a long and rambling speech, President Trump called his proposed Gaza peace plan "the whole deal, everything getting solved.... peace in the Middle East." Standing next to a grinning Israeli prime minister, he said it was a "historic day for peace." In fact, he said, it would be "one of the great days ever in civilization." Lots of smiles, lots of commercials for Trump's incessant "I Deserve the Nobel Prize" campaign."
"If you scan the text quickly enough, there are some potentially encouraging words. "The war will immediately end." "Israeli forces will withdraw." "Military operations will be suspended." "All hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned." And "Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1700 Gazans who were detained after October 7, 2023, including all women and children detained." Also: "Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza." "Distribution and aid in the Gaza Strip will proceed without interference.""
The proposal lists multiple ceasefire and release provisions: immediate end of the war, Israeli withdrawal, suspension of military operations, return of all hostages alive and deceased, release of 250 life-sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans detained after October 7, 2023, and assurances against Gaza occupation or annexation while aid distribution proceeds without interference. Significant limitations are embedded: Israeli forces would withdraw only to a US-and-Israel-agreed line inside Gaza and could remain indefinitely; hostage release timing conditions delay Palestinian prisoner releases; no independent enforcement or accountability mechanisms are specified; international law and justice guarantees are absent, leaving Palestinian suffering and potential impunity unresolved.
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