Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan: Will his ‘Agreement of the Century’ earn him a Nobel Prize and lasting peace in the Middle East? US President Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan requires Hamas’ full surrender. (via Reuters) Summary Trump, the self -conscious transaction manufacturer, seems to provide what he has long promised the world: an end to the brutal war in Gaza. Does he have? Hamas is “ready for a lasting peace”. That’s what US President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, after the US-designated terror group expressed the willingness to release all Israeli hostages for almost two years. Israel also responded positively to the announcement, saying it was preparing for the first phase of Trump’s 20-point peace plan. Voila-It seems to have delivered the self-conscious transaction producer he has promised the world for a long time: an end to the cruel war in Gaza that claimed more than 60,000 Palestinian lives in retaliation for the death of about 1,200 people, mostly civilians and kidnapping of 251 individuals. But will it translate a lasting peace in the region? For the beginning, Hamas did not sign on the dotted line – the list of discussions is long. Trump’s comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict requires the full surrender of Hamas, with the promise of a safe portion to go wherever they want – Jordan, Egypt, Qatar or Iran. But the group has been running the weakened city for almost two decades. And given the ominous history it shares with Israel, there is a long doubt about whether Benjamin Netanyahu will actually follow and leave them safely. No, Israel does not want to take over Gaza. The plan is that the Israeli army (IDF) slowly withdraws as the proposed peacekeeping force – the International Stabilization Force (ISF) —Comboir staff from the US, Arab countries and other countries, controls. The ISF would train local police, prevent weapons smuggling and ensure the smooth flow of help and supplies, in close coordination with Jordan and Egypt. Until then, the IDF will maintain a ‘security circumference’, which is essentially a buffer zone – and yes, people are not happy about it. Next come to run – the “day after” plan. Gaza will be managed by a temporary, neutral team of Palestinian professionals and international experts. They would handle daily activities,-and-out-of-the-day operations, and more and more report to a new body: the ‘Board of Peace’. And who would be at the helm of that board? You guessed it – Mr. Trump. Another surprise survey is Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister who served as an international peace center in the Middle East. (By the way, remember the WMD scandal of Iraq? What is the chance that people in the midst would have forgotten …?) The plan still contains measures to ensure that ‘new Gaza’ poses no threat to any country, and asks the neighboring states to keep Hamas and other groups in check. If all this works out, Trump can indeed become a Nobel Prize for Peace Prize. The most important participants in the Oslo chords-a series of similarities between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1990s, aimed at achieving a peaceful resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-won the prize. This and all the business opportunities for Trump’s real estate business-his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have strong connections with the Middle Eastern power players. Peace in the middle of the east can open important trading opportunities for India. But here’s the turn: Pakistan was extremely close to the US during the launch of this Peace Plan. Trump even thanked Jordan, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the local rival of India for being sincere participants in the process. It’s going to get a little uncomfortable for India. Meanwhile, there are some of the other headlines of the week: The US government is concluding while Trump was rectifying the world, the world’s oldest democracy has come to a standstill. Parts of the US government came to a standstill this week when the president’s Republican Party clashed with Democrats about a spending bill. Republicans control both rooms of the congress, but in the Senate – the upper room – they do not fall from the 60 votes needed to accept the legislation. The position focuses on spending healthcare. Democrats refused to support a Republican bill that, according to their health care, would make less affordable for Americans. Budget confrontations are common in American politics, but this one is especially tense because Trump has spent the size of the federal government over the past nine months. At retaliation, Trump frozen $ 26 billion allocated to democratic-learning states, and has a threat to use the closure to target democratic priorities. If normal operations can resume, someone thinks. The last shutdown of this nature, in 2018 during Trump’s first term, lasted 35 days – the longest in American history. Trump wants US forces to fight in the invasion of Trump, has suggested that US cities be used as exercise grounds for the armed forces and spoke that he needed US military power to combat what he called the ‘invasion of within’. The US president has a meeting of the top US military commanders who were suddenly called back to listen to Trump and the Minister of Defense (or War Secretary since the Department of War), and the US president set out a muscular and sometimes normal view of the army role in domestic matters. On his part, Hegseth claimed an end to “awake” culture and announced new instructions for troops that include “gender neutral” or “male level” for physical fitness. Xi is pushing Trump to resist Taiwan Independence China and the US to negotiate a trade transaction, and the negotiations were intense. Both presidents would like to tell their people that they have eliminated significant concessions of the other. The word is that Xi Jinping insisted that the US should change a decades-old phrase describing the position on Taiwan’s independence, a concession that would be seen as a great diplomatic victory for Beijing. China asked the Trump administration to officially declare that it “opposes” Taiwan independence. It would be stronger than the previous statement of the Joe Biden Administration that the US itself does not support. Taiwan looking for formal independence. Frozen Russian funds for rebuilding Ukraine The European Union (EU) is looking for a way to finance the defense and reconstruction of Ukraine with the Russian central bank’s assets in the west following the invasion of Moscow. In principle, there is political support for the idea. But there is a small problem: according to international law, sovereign assets cannot be confiscated. Some countries, especially Belgium, therefore want clarity on the legal and fiscal risks. Belgium offers the Euroclear Financial Clearing House which owns effects for the Russian Central Bank. These effects have mature, and the resulting cash balances were frozen due to EU sanctions against Moscow and are held by Euroclear. The EU believes it can bypass this issue by redirecting these cash balances to the EU. In return, the European Commission would issue zero coupon effects to Euroclear for the same amount. Elizabeth Roche is an associate professor at Jindal Global University. Catch all the business news, market news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. More Topics #Israel-Hamas War #Israel-Palestine War #Donald Trump Read Next Story
The Gaza Peace Plan is here: Will Donald Trump finally get his Nobel?
