Trump's plan regarding Gaza .. between threats and opportunities

It is clear that the reasons that drove Trump to present his plan, which consists of twenty points, stem from the desire to prevent the continued isolation of Israel and to try to save it from itself, while maintaining normal and good relations with Arab and Islamic countries due to its connection to American strategic interests and his personal desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Certainly, popular and international pressure played an important role in this regard, which led to the recognition of several Western countries, considered friendly to the occupying state, of the State of Palestine as a result of the joint Saudi-French campaign that produced the New York Declaration.

It is clear that one of Trump's goals lies in surrounding the two-state solution conference and working to dismantle Israel's isolation, which has become a pariah state practicing war crimes and genocide.

A look at the points presented in Trump's plan reveals serious risks that emerge from criminalizing resistance by insisting on disarming Hamas and removing it and its leadership from the scene through a safe passage mechanism, which contradicts the legitimate right to resistance enshrined in international law for a people suffering under occupation.

The danger also lies in Israel retaining the right to military intervention if it feels any threat and the absence of a timeline for the withdrawal of the occupying army, as the only timeline stipulated in the plan is the seventy-two hours during which the prisoner exchange process will be implemented, as well as Israel's continued control over the buffer security zone.

The danger also lies in the fact that the International Stability Authority, which will be headed by Trump and whose executive director will be Tony Blair, does not have international legitimacy, as the pro-Israel American administration will manage and control it, opening the door to reviving the idea of turning the Gaza Strip into the Riviera of the Middle East in the presence of both Kushner and Blair in the Gaza scene the next day, knowing that reconstruction will be funded by Arab money, which absolves Israel of its responsibility for the destruction it inflicted on the Strip.

The talk of Gaza Riviera carries within it the continuity of the risks of (voluntary) displacement.

The danger also lies in returning to the mechanism of international trusteeship and separating the Strip from the West Bank, conditioning the return of the authority to manage the affairs of the Strip on achieving reform within it, which is a difficult-to-measure issue and makes the matter of reform contingent on the Israeli vision.

Therefore, there are many mines in the path of the plan, but there are opportunities that can be exploited.

The first opportunity lies in stopping the ongoing massacre against our people in the Strip for about two years, as well as stopping the processes of displacement and ethnic cleansing. Here, I believe that these two issues are central at this stage, indicating the failure of the ruling fascist right-wing project that aimed to restore occupation and settlement to the Strip and implement the forced displacement of our people, which they falsely call voluntary.

The opportunity also lies in the presence of elements from the Palestinian Authority within the framework of the transitional technical government, which opens the door for the possibility of a unified Palestinian political system managing the affairs of the West Bank and the Strip, i.e., the territories occupied since 1967, which are the lands of the State of Palestine according to international law.

It should be noted here that the plan includes recognition of the Palestinian people's right to establish their independent state.

Thus, it is true that Netanyahu succeeded in eliminating some points, including the annexation of the West Bank and not allowing the return of the authority, in order to please the right-wing public and the ruling coalition, but it is also true that Netanyahu did not succeed in achieving the displacement plan, which is the practical interpretation of the concept of absolute victory from the perspective of the fascist right.

From here, if we realize that the current priority lies in stopping genocide and displacement, we must deal flexibly with Trump's plan despite the risks and the pain that grips us due to some unjust and oppressive points.

And because politics depends on the balance of power, rationality lies in internal Palestinian understanding as well as between Hamas and the Arab and Islamic system that met with President Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, which welcomed the plan.

The continued presence of our people on their land, stopping the bloodshed, and reconstruction form an important foundation for restoring the vitality and health of our people in the context of the continuity of their legitimate struggle towards achieving their goals of freedom, independence, and return.