Middle East Eye: Trump’s plan for Palestine is a disaster.
The website of this English website added: The so-called “20-point peace plan” presented by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which the US President called “a major step towards lasting peace in West Asia”, is in fact nothing more than increasing domination and imposing colonial conditions on the Palestinians.
The report emphasizes: The plan, which was unveiled at a joint press conference of the two sides in Washington without any Palestinian representatives present, is reminiscent of the British colonial methods in the Balfour Declaration of 1917 (1296 AH) and the Palestine Partition Resolution of 1947 (1326 AH); when the future of the Palestinian land was determined without consulting its people.
An asymmetrical and colonial plan
The report states: The Trump-Netanyahu plan is fundamentally unbalanced: on the one hand, it calls on Hamas, which has not even been invited to negotiations, to disarm and surrender politically, and on the other, it provides Israel with complete security. This plan deprives the Palestinians of their right to self-defense and leaves their security survival to the Zionist regime.
The report also states that no Palestinian resistance group, including Hamas, should play a role in governing Gaza; in other words, political surrender to continued colonialism.
Conditional government and foreign supervision
Middle East Eye adds: The plan offers no guarantee for the formation of an independent Palestinian state and states in vague language that only after the elimination of Hamas and the implementation of reforms by the PA, “the conditions for moving towards autonomy and a Palestinian state may be created.”
The report adds: The conditions for the formation of a Palestinian state remain entirely in the hands of Israel, and Netanyahu can, as in the past, indefinitely halt the process of forming a Palestinian state.
The publication continues in its report: During the transition period, the administration of Gaza will be entrusted to a technocratic and apolitical committee that will operate under the supervision of an institution called the “Peace Council.” The council will be chaired by Trump and will include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. This structure is a clear example of replacing the will of the people with a foreign colonial mandate.
Continuing the siege and denial of justice
The report reads: Despite the US claim that Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza, the Trump peace plan allows the Israeli army to have a security presence around Gaza for an indefinite period. Netanyahu has also made it clear that Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza anytime soon.
The report continues: This means continuing the siege and maintaining the military control of the Zionist regime over Gaza. At the same time, the Trump plan does not mention the future of the West Bank, stopping settler attacks, ending raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque, or ending the stop-and-search regime. On the other hand, Netanyahu has called for stopping Palestinian legal proceedings in the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice; meaning that the Palestinians must also waive their right to justice and prosecution of Israeli war crimes.
Conclusion
Middle East Eye adds: Overall, the Trump plan for Gaza not only does not bring lasting peace, but on the contrary, it forces the Palestinians to disarm, surrender politically, accept foreign guardianship, and ignore historical justice.
At the end of this report, we read: This plan is a clear example of the continuation of the logic of colonialism under the guise of a “peace roadmap” and further threatens the realization of the Palestinian national ideal.