Trump Finds Peace Board for Gaza, Just 100,000 Lives Later
France 24 reports Donald Trump's latest contribution to Middle East diplomacy: a 'board of peace' for Gaza, with members to be named 'shortly.' This from the architect of the 'Abraham Accords,' which pointedly ignored the Palestinian question, and the 'deal of the century' that offered Palestinians a fraction of their land in exchange for what amounted to glorified Bantustans. One might recall
that during his presidency, Trump also moved the US embassy to Jerusalem—a move celebrated by Netanyahu, but condemned internationally as undermining any pretense of neutrality. (His administration also cut aid to Palestinian refugees, just for good measure.) The timing, of course, is impeccable: after Hamas' October 7th attack and Israel's subsequent brutal retaliation, which has now claimed over
37,000 Palestinian lives, largely women and children. This 'board' isn't peace brokering; it's crisis management for a disaster his prior policies helped inflame. One wonders if securing peace only becomes a priority when the death toll is high enough to warrant a soundbite.