Trump Declares Gaza Peace, Forgetting History's Echo
According to Al-Monitor, Donald Trump expects to travel to the Middle East this Sunday to 'celebrate the first phase of the Gaza peace deal' and oversee a hostage release. He proclaimed the agreement 'ended the war' and assured 'nobody's going to be forced to leave' Palestinian territory. This 'peace plan' narrative feels suspiciously familiar: a US president flying in, declaring a resolution, and
ignoring the structural issues—like ongoing occupation and blockades—that fuel the conflict. It's almost as if the entire historical context of a century of displacement and resistance has been conveniently memory-holed for a photo op. We've heard versions of 'peace in our time' before, usually followed by renewed violence when the underlying conditions remain unchanged. How many times must the
cycle repeat, repackaged with a fresh coat of political rhetoric, before the 'peace deal' industry admits its repeated failures? Perhaps this particular 'deal' comes with a guarantee printed on the same paper as all those previous, now-forgotten agreements. One might wonder if the 'war' ending is just the media coverage, not the actual conflict.