The cease fire in Gaza is eliciting sighs of relief from some Palestinians in Maine.

But Fateh Azzam, a Georgetown-based human rights expert, says that relief is mixed with trepidation about the future of Palestinians.

"People in Gaza and in Palestine, in the West Bank, as a whole, need to be able to live free," Azzam says. "They need to be free from occupation. They need to be free to determine their own futures. And from what I've seen now in the 20 point plan that Trump has presented, that's not what it's looking like at all."

Under the plan, Gaza would be governed by a board chaired by President Trump. Azzam calls the 20-point peace plan "awful."

"If I can put it simply, it's a plan of bludgeon diplomacy: 'You do what we say, or even more hell will be let loose on you.' That's basi

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