The universal welcome which has greeted Donald Trump’s peace proposal to end the two-year conflict in Gaza is a measure of the horror felt worldwide at what a UN Commission of Inquiry described as a deliberate genocide of Palestinians by Israel.

But the relief expressed by national leaders at the proposals may be largely wishful thinking because it supposes that the Trump plan is more than a skeleton framework unlikely to be realised in full or even partially.

The White House has released a 20-point document calling for an immediate ceasefire, an exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, delivery of food aid, a staged Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, disarmament of Hamas and a transitional government led by an international body.

At a White House pres

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