Gaza after the “Trump Deal” – More Questions than Question Marks?!

After the first wave of euphoria — the tears of families embracing their 20 returned loved ones and the solemn relief of finally burying others — a heavy silence remains. Yes, Israel got 20 hostages and 12 bodies back (16 still in #Gaza). But at what price? Two thousand terrorists and 350 Palestinian bodies were exchanged.

So where do we go from here? Will all remaining Israelis still held — be brought home? Can President Trump’s 20-Point Plan for a New Gaza actually take shape, or will it fade like so many peace frameworks before it?

Gaza may now be “post-Hamas,” but who truly governs it? A technocratic council? Arab peacekeepers? International supervision? And will they be accepted by Gaza’s people — or rejected as foreign occupiers with new logos?

#Israel too stands at crossroads. Does this deal bring security or just postpone the next round of violence? Can Israel trust again after paying such a moral and emotional price? Will this plan empower moderates — or prove to radicals that terror still pays?

Across the region, #Arab capitals speak of reconstruction and investment. But who will guarantee that cranes, not rockets, define Gaza’s skyline? Will the international community stay when the headlines fade, or only until the first disagreement erupts?

To be honest, this paragraph was added after I received feedback that simply asking the “already known” questions is not enough anymore. So I will allow myself to add this:

Only a genuine, honest, educational and value-based transformation within Palestinian society can lead to real change. As long as hate and victimhood dominate the narrative, no plan — not even the most generous one — will create peace.

True change will begin the day a Palestinian majority says:

“Enough. We want to live differently. We want to build a better future — for us and for our children.”

Only then will all the international initiatives, political frameworks, and peace plans have real, fruitful impact.

Do I see such a process happening right now? No — not yet.

But I choose to believe that it is possible. Because hope is not naïve — it’s necessary in this region!

The deal has changed the map, but not yet the mindset. Peace is not built on press conferences but on accountability, education, and courage — the hardest kind, the moral kind. The question is no longer whether Gaza can be rebuilt. It’s whether this time, the world — and we — have learned what needs to be built differently !!!

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