American-Israeli initiative

Trump's initiative is not typical in its aim to achieve a ceasefire, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the release of Palestinian prisoners, the non-expulsion of residents from their homeland, the introduction of food and health aid, and the tools necessary for debris removal. These are crucial issues vital to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and serve as pressing factors for Hamas, other factions, and the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to accept this initiative, despite its heavy political costs for both sides of the Palestinian equation: 1- the Authority in Ramallah, 2- Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad movement in the Gaza Strip, which is the only one that has declared its rejection of the American plan.

Trump's initiative and its American-Israeli criteria seek to serve the Israeli colony and extricate it from the bottleneck it has placed itself in due to its repeated, deliberate, systematic crimes against Palestinian civilians and its involvement in acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing. This has led Europe, both publicly and officially, to detach itself from supporting the colony, condemn it, vote against it, and shift towards supporting and backing the Palestinian people politically by recognizing the Palestinian state and the right of the Palestinian people to independence and freedom, as well as providing financial and supportive aid to cover their essential needs.

Washington also seeks to remove the colony from the description of failure and defeat towards a description of political achievement, despite Israel's inability to achieve its three war objectives: 1- eliminating resistance, which it has failed to do, 2- releasing Israeli prisoners, which it has failed to do, 3- expelling, displacing, and relocating the people of the Gaza Strip outside their homeland, which it has failed to do.

Trump's initiative does not speak of restoring Gaza's freedom and choices but will keep it besieged by occupation forces as it was before October 7, 2023. It excludes any role for Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in managing the Gaza Strip, does not mention the West Bank and Jerusalem and their fate, talks about temporary phases, and does not approach the required conclusions represented by the complete departure of the occupation from the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.

The exclusion of the Authority and Hamas from the mandatory future, considering them the leadership of the Palestinian people, through unity, partnership, and ballot boxes, and through establishing the tools of the right to self-determination, the retreat and elimination of the occupation, the removal of settlements, and their departure, and the seizure of freedom and independence and the return of refugees.

The pressing factors on Trump and the Israeli colony are: 1- Israeli demonstrations against the war, 2- the failure of the occupation forces to achieve their goals in the Gaza Strip, 3- positive developments in the European position in favor of Palestine, 4- the Arab-Islamic summit meeting of the eight leaders with President Trump, have not yielded enough for him to respond to the conditions, demands, and rights of the Palestinians genuinely.

Trump will not yield anything beneficial to the Palestinian people, no matter how strong the pressing factors are to change his positions in support of the colony, because his repelling factors in favor of the colony are stronger than the pressing factors on him in favor of Palestine. This is due to the results of the October 7 battle and its repercussions, which were not decisive in favor of the Palestinians, despite Palestinian steadfastness, whether from the population or from the resistance factions.

In any case, the political scene will remain open and exposed as long as the battle of October 7 and its repercussions have not achieved a decisive outcome for either side of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.