Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that
Palestine is now the conscience of the world. No deal will change that
This week, US President Donald Trump introduced a proposal in Washington that fell short of genuine peace, instead presenting a hollow imitation of a plan. Though hailed as a breakthrough, the agreement was crafted between an American supporter and an Israeli aggressor, sidelining the very people it aims to liberate.
Trump exuded confidence as he stood alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing gratitude for his ‘agreement’ to a blueprint drafted by the American leader. Palestinians, however, were absent from the scene. Neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority were represented—only a superficial tokenism to give the illusion of legitimacy.
The agreement mirrors the same colonial mindset that underpinned the Abraham Accords: concluding pacts over Palestine without consulting its people. It applauds ‘peace’ while overlooking the occupation, the blockade, and the ethnic cleansing. It echoes the rhetoric of reconciliation, yet systematically marginalizes the sole community entitled to speak for themselves.
The deal represents not dialogue, but imposition. It disguises surrender as statesmanship, offering a façade of diplomatic achievement while eroding Palestinian autonomy.
Netanyahu’s history is marked by the elimination of Palestinian negotiators, from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to those ambushed in Doha while deliberating Trump’s draft. His strategy has consistently involved removing the voices of negotiation, quashing discussions, and then aligning with Washington to unveil a plan designed by his genocidal allies.
To lend credibility to the spectacle, numerous Arab and Muslim leaders were invited—not to advocate for Palestinians, but to coerce them. Their purpose is to act as a veil for Trump and Netanyahu, not to protect Palestine, but to propel it toward subjugation.
Netanyahu boasted in disbelief: ‘Who could have imagined it?’—that Muslim regimes would willingly serve as a facade for Israel’s unilateral decree.
Behind the façade of ceremony, the plan reveals itself as insubstantial. Its sole tangible achievement is the return of hostages. The rest is mere distraction—no assurances of withdrawal, no enforceable agreements, just hazy assurances as Israeli forces stay firmly in place.
Trump’s offering to Netanyahu was not compromise, but a symbolic victory—precisely the triumph he couldn’t secure through military action, despite two years of bombardment and atrocities.
Israel’s efforts to subdue Gaza, to return hostages through conflict, and to crush Palestinian resistance have all fallen short. Trump’s deal seeks to convert these failures into perceived success, using diplomacy to manufacture outcomes that war alone couldn’t achieve.
Yet, Israel remains isolated. At the United Nations, Netanyahu addressed an empty podium as 77 delegations withdrew, leaving him to speak to vacant seats. Public sentiment in Europe and the US is increasingly shifting against Israel, driven by younger generations. A growing global solidarity with Palestine is gaining momentum, and this trend alarms Washington and Tel Aviv.
This is the deal’s true objective: to halt that growing tide. To suppress the momentum of boycotts, protests, and an emerging global awareness. To substitute Palestinian self-determination with a forced custodianship, a ‘Peace Board’ led by Trump and managed by Tony Blair—a figure whose colonial fantasies and bloody legacy in Iraq make him unfit to oversee even a schoolyard, let alone Gaza’s fate.
History will judge this moment harshly. A ceasefire agreement that excludes the occupied is not peace—it is a colonial decree. The language of mandates and tutelage has been reborn in the 21st century. It echoes the same arrogance that ceded Palestinian land in their absence, without consent, as seen in the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Mandates, protectorates, trusteeships—every euphemism of empire is reused to silence Palestinian voices.
