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Middle East at war

Opinion

Anas Iqtait Professor September 30, 2025 — 5.24pm

Donald Trump’s 20-point “peace plan” for Gaza, unveiled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s endorsement, has been presented as a blueprint to end the war. In reality, it is a document designed less to resolve conflict than to reframe it.

Its language is intentionally vague, its mechanisms impractical, and its assumptions historically dishonest. The plan reinforces Israel’s position while leaving Palestinians with little more than recycled illusions. Yet at this stage, it may be the only practical path to pause the killing and save what remains of Gaza’s population from Israel’s unhinged war machine.

The first problem is the deliberate ambiguity woven into every stage o

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