Gaza strip: What U.S. President Donald Trump announced yesterday under the banner of achieving peace in the Gaza Strip cannot be seen other than as an Israeli plan issued with an American stamp - a scheme meant to complete what the Israeli aggression, ongoing for nearly two years, failed to accomplish. It seeks to place Gaza under a form of trusteeship that entrenches 'Israel's' security through a set of measures, foremost among them the elimination of the resistance, while also absorbing global outrage over Israeli crimes and shifting the burden of responsibility onto the Palestinian resistance factions. In all this, America's fascistic bias is glaringly renewed: a brazen affirmation of its absolute alignment with 'Israel.' In this respect the plan is a direct echo of the 'Deal of the Century' - the U.S. ball remains in the Israeli court.
According to Yemen News Agency, the plan calls for the unconditional return of Israeli captives and the remains of the dead within a timeframe set by Trump - an outcome the Israeli forces failed to secure through war. Now Trump seeks to obtain it under the pretext of peace, in a narcissistic rhetoric that reveals a racist perspective consistent across his dealings with Palestinian suffering during both his terms.
Trump's statements outline the plan's aim to dismantle all Hamas structures and disarm it - an Israeli demand unmet for many years. Trump presents it as a peace requirement, while Israeli forces would remain in Gaza and withdraw in stages agreed upon later. The timetable for their withdrawal is left vague and phased; this postponement effectively preserves occupation presence in Gaza long enough to strip the resistance of its capabilities. By remaining for an indeterminate period while seeking to disarm resistance, the plan reveals its true nature: marketed as peace but in substance a roadmap to surrender.
What Trump calls the 'Peace Council,' which he said he will personally chair and which will include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, reflects the same American mindset of superiority and hegemonic imposition. The council - an international body under American tutelage - would function as a parallel authority to Israeli forces, effectively placing Gaza under trusteeship and circumventing Palestinian political-administrative structures tied to resistance. In practice, this would exclude the resistance and any genuine Palestinian presence, subjecting Gaza to a new de facto Israeli reality - an indirect annexation of the Strip into the Israeli geopolitical sphere.
The plan states that 'Arab and Islamic countries will be responsible for dealing with Hamas.' This clause further pressures Arab and Muslim regimes by pre-positioning them as enforcers against Palestinian resistance, effectively turning them into instruments of 'Israel.' By channeling communication with Hamas through Arab and Islamic states, the plan aims to freeze Palestinian resistance within an Arab-Islamic cage, or draw those states into a politicized confrontation that would portray Hamas (and other factions) as solely accountable for the ongoing situation - an attempt to exonerate the occupier and shift blame onto resistance.
Trump's statement - 'If Hamas rejects this agreement, Netanyahu will have our full support to do what is necessary' - makes his stance unmistakable: unequivocal bias toward 'Israel.' The plan is therefore a response to Israeli needs, a solution to Israel's predicament in the Strip, and American complicity in that predicament. It is an effort to blunt international momentum against Israeli crimes and to redirect global anger toward the resistance, thus advancing Israeli demands and helping Washington and Tel Aviv escape their current diplomatic quandary.
The plan proposes that the 'Peace Council' will form a government in Gaza with 'Palestinians and others' in participation, while excluding Hamas. Outwardly this may appear as internationalization of Gaza governance, but in reality it is an 'Israeli-ization' - selecting actors hostile to the resistance and reconciled with the occupier. The main objective is reprogramming and engineering Gaza after vast destruction, hunger, and displacement, betting on the assumption that the population will accept any solution, including the removal of the resistance. That assumption misreads the Palestinian people's steadfastness and their readiness to sacrifice for their cause and for statehood; they will not bow to subjugation.
Trump's high degree of narcissism, coupled with arrogance, shone through his remarks - epitomized in his claim that 'many Palestinians want to live in peace and they have my support.' The question is: what kind of support will Trump provide to Palestinians compared to the support he has showered on the Israeli aggressor during nearly two years of brutal assault on Gaza? Will the same actor who helped arm and back the killer of your family now help you exact justice? He offers 'ending the war immediately, recovering hostages, securing lasting security for Israel and success for the Palestinians' - note the emphasis on Israel's security, while Palestinian 'success' is framed in ambiguous, submissive terms, not as security, safety, or recompense for irreparable losses. In Trump's parlance, 'success' equates to surrender.
Trump plainly states his position: 'I am with Israel, and I understand Netanyahu's stance against a Palestinian state.' He concludes with a boast: no American president has been better for Israel than he has been.
How else can we interpret this so-called peace plan for Gaza than as an attempt to finish what Netanyahu could not achieve by fire - and to win over some international positions to sustain the assault amid mounting global condemnation? The plan seeks to slow international momentum against the crimes of genocide, redirecting it toward the resistance and thereby advancing Israeli aims and relieving American-Israeli diplomatic pressure.
As for the plan's feasibility: reality contradicts its implementation. At best, it will produce a new framework requiring prolonged phased negotiations, thereby lengthening the duration of war and aggression against Gaza. Washington repeats itself in what it offers Israel; Trump repeats himself with a plan reminiscent of his role in the 'Deal of the Century' - the same field, the same battle.