Trump's "Peace" Council and the National Destiny

The failure of international law to ensure justice for Palestinians does not justify its abolition, nor is it a pretext for replacing it with new political arrangements marketed under the title of "peace." The flaw that afflicted the international system, and at its heart the United Nations, was not the result of purely legal shortcomings or neutral institutional dysfunction, but rather the result of repeated political obstruction when it came to Palestine. However, the growing danger today is not limited to the continuation of this obstruction, but extends to an attempt to bypass the justice system itself, and to redefine peace as conflict management rather than a solution, and a security settlement rather than a response to the right of self-determination.

Gaza: From an Open Tragedy to a Political Fulcrum

In this context, what is known as the "Trump Peace Council" falls within a political approach that seeks to bypass the existing international legal framework, based on the reality imposed by the devastating war on the Gaza Strip. Instead of dealing with what happened as a tragedy that requires accountability and the restoration of international law, the results of the destruction are being used as a starting point for reformulating a political approach to the Palestinian issue, managed outside the references of international legitimacy, and far from inalienable national rights.
The distinction here is fundamental between the faltering application of justice and turning this faltering into a justification for its exclusion, and between the international system's inability to do justice to Palestinians and exploiting this inability to redefine the concept of peace itself, in a way that empties it of its human rights content.
In this perception, Gaza is invoked not as an open wound in the international conscience, but as an existing reality upon which new arrangements are built. The Palestinian issue is reduced to a humanitarian dimension, while reconstruction is separated from the context of occupation, and the relationship between land and people is reformulated on the basis of administration, not sovereignty, and stability, not liberation.

Peace Without Rights: Managing Conflict Instead of Solving It

What is presented under the title of "peace" in this approach does not amount to a just historical settlement, as much as it reflects an endeavor to readjust the conflict in a way that takes into account the existing balance of power. The Palestinian is gradually excluded as a political actor, and re-included as a humanitarian file, while the occupying power is given the role of judge and guarantor at the same time. Thus, international law is not only bypassed, but emptied of its content and turned into a selective reference.

Gaza Administrative Committee: Temporary Necessity or Permanent Entry Point?

In parallel, the idea of forming an administrative committee to manage the Gaza Strip came as a practical response to a deep administrative and humanitarian vacuum left by the war. However, this formula, despite its temporary necessity, entails real challenges if it is not controlled by a clear political and national ceiling. Administration, when separated from the political horizon, may turn from an emergency tool into a disguised alternative, and from a temporary measure into a permanent reality, in which life's affairs are managed under occupation instead of working to end it.
These risks increase if the committee turns into a channel through which political arrangements outside national consensus, or "peace" formulas that are less confrontational in form and more marketable internationally, are passed without addressing the roots of the conflict.

Recognition of Palestine: From Symbolism to Action

In contrast, countries that have recognized the State of Palestine face a practical test of the credibility of this recognition. Theoretical recognition of the right to self-determination, if not translated into clear policies that reject circumventing it, remains limited in effect. Moreover, merely expressing reservations or concerns about projects that bypass Palestinians, without practical steps to obstruct them, opens the door for their consolidation as a fait accompli.

Global Popular Momentum and the Requirements for Revitalizing It

The war on Gaza revealed a remarkable shift in global public awareness, manifested in a wide wave of solidarity within Western societies and beyond. However, this momentum, despite its importance, remains fragile unless it transforms into an organized political force capable of influencing decision-making centers. This equation becomes more complex in the Palestinian case due to the absence of a unified political authority capable of addressing this public opinion in the language of rights and law.
What is being presented today under the name of "peace" reflects, in essence, a trend to manage the results of the conflict, not to address its causes, and to consolidate a reality imposed by force, not to dismantle it. In Gaza, not only the fate of Palestinians is being tested, but also the future of the international system itself: either the restoration of justice as a condition for any sustainable peace, or the entrenchment of the logic of hegemony with its permanent susceptibility to reproducing violence.
Nevertheless, the imbalance of power, however chronic it may seem, does not negate the ability of peoples to regain the initiative when they possess clarity of vision and tools for action. Palestinians, despite attempts at exclusion and marginalization, still possess latent strengths that go beyond traditional weaponry: the legitimacy of a cause deeply rooted in international law, a renewed moral presence in global consciousness, and the ability to rebuild their national narrative as a cause of liberation and rights, not a fleeting humanitarian file. Transforming this asset into organized political action, through genuine national unity, activating the tools of international law, and linking the Palestinian struggle to the ongoing transformations within Western societies themselves, is capable of re-imposing the Palestinian issue on the international agenda as a matter that cannot be erased or ignored. History was never written solely by the logic of power, but also by the persistence of those who refused to have their future defined by their enemies.