Trump Urges 'Fast Peace,' Forgetting His Own 2020 Deal
Donald Trump, the architect of a 2020 'peace plan' that was effectively a carve-up of Palestinian land without Palestinian consent, now urges negotiators to 'move fast' on Gaza. This is the same Trump who cut off aid to UNRWA in 2018, shuttered the PLO office in Washington, and moved the US embassy to Jerusalem—all before presenting a proposal dubbed the 'Deal of the Century' by Israeli officials,
not Palestinians. One might wonder if 'moving fast' here means accelerating the current administration's (and his own past) policy of pressuring one side exclusively, while calling it 'peace.' The media frames this as a helpful interjection, rather than a reminder of a deeply one-sided approach to brokering a deal. It appears some 'peace deals' are more equal than others, especially when they
systematically sideline one party. Perhaps the phrase 'move fast' is meant to avoid critical examination of earlier, equally rapid, but ultimately destructive, initiatives.