Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza: Another 'Art of the Deal' Masterpiece?
Newsweek recently mused on who might join Donald Trump's proposed 'Board of Peace' for Gaza. This piece of speculative journalism, devoid of any genuine interrogation, conveniently sidelines the actual history of 'peace' initiatives in the region. Let's recall the last time Trump spearheaded a 'peace' effort: the 'Deal of the Century' offered little to Palestinians beyond further land
expropriation and a deeply humiliating proposal for economic 'peace.' (Source: The New York Times, 'Trump's Mideast Peace Plan: What's in the Deal,' January 28, 2020). The concept of a 'Board of Peace' from an administration that oversaw the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and cut aid to Palestinian refugees (Source: UNRWA, 'United States funding for UNRWA,' January 16, 2018) is,
frankly, audacious. It reads less like genuine diplomacy and more like a rebranding exercise for a policy that consistently prioritized Israeli interests above all else. One might wonder, what exactly would a 'peace' brokered by those who've systematically disempowered one side even look like? More declarations of 'peace' while the occupation expands?