WhatsappPresident Trump announced that 59 countries have already signed up to take part in some capacity in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). For those who believe that the Gaza “Peace” Deal is Trump’s way of securing Israel’s security, all of this sounds great. However, an international force anywhere in the Land of Israel, whether its in areas that are disputed or not, is an existential danger to Israel.
There is an assumption by supporters of Israel, even many on the right, that this entire “peace” deal is some sort of 4D chess move by both Netanyahu and Trump to outmaneuver Hamas, yet this is a far-fetched notion and delusional.
Trump has dreamed of making a trade corridor that runs from India through Saudi Arabia and then exits the Middle East at Ashdod. This would bypass China – depriving America’s chief rival of a monopoly on shipping cheap goods westward. In Trump’s eyes the end of the Gaza war is critical to the success of this plan, mainly because it gets Saudi Arabia to inch closer to signing a normalization agreement with Israel. Internationalizing Gaza is part of the plan as it puts the ISF as a type of policeman in the region, ensuring everyone plays ball – especially Israel.
Trump was able to get the Arab states to sign on because it gave them the leverage they needed over Israel.
The prevailing assumption is that Hamas will ruin this entire plan. However, Trump is serious, and it’s getting clear that Witkoff and Kushner are his agents in making it happen. Despite Hamas’ repeated violations of Trump’s “peace” plan, Witkoff and Kushner are currently here in Israel to ensure Israel keeps its end of the agreement. Reports circulating on Israeli news stations indicate that Witkoff and Kushner have put the onus on Netanyahu himself to tow the line.
“Do not act in a way that would endanger the ceasefire. We want to do everything to reach the second phase,” Witkoff and Kushner supposedly told Netanyahu, adding that while “self-defense” is acceptable, “risking the ceasefire” is not.
This deal is no typical deal. Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, and the US are signatories to it, putting Muslim Brotherhood sponsors directly in charge of the very “peace” plan that is supposed to disarm Hamas and ensure Israel’s security.
With tens of nations joining the ISF in some capacity, Trump’s Gaza plan is becoming farm more about an internationally imposed “palestinian” state than anything else.
With Hamas deeply rooted in Judea and Samaria, it is not far-fetched to assume the ISF will be headed there after Gaza. Trump sees this as key to ensuring stability, but even more importantly, he sees this as a way of luring Saudi Arabia into a normalization agreement with Israel.
In fact, Jared Kushner himself just said in a 60 Minutes Interview the following: “The biggest message that we’ve tried to convey to the Israeli leadership now is that, now that the war is over, if you want to integrate Israel with the broader Middle East, you have to find a way to help the Palestinian people thrive and do better.”
Israel appears to have allowed the ultimate Trojan Horse into its homeland, one promising security and peace. While the Trump plan moves forward, Israelis are beginning to realize the deal might not be what they thought it was. With JD Vance due in Israel tomorrow, Israel’s leaders have little maneuverability within the constructs of the Trump plan. On one hand, they don’t want to be seen as crashing the US President’s dream of Middle East “peace” and on the other hand, going along with it appears to lay the groundwork for Israel’s destruction.
While in times past, the Arabs always screwed up the designs of the Western world’s desire to force some sort of ill-conceived “peace” treaty on Israel, this time appears to be different. Trump wants what he wants, and he is willing to throw Israel under the bus to get it. After all, to him, Israel is only a protectorate. The real answer to whether Israel should follow the deal all the way to its destruction or risk getting Trump angry is maybe it’s truly time for Israel’s leaders to act independently of America. Instead of sacrificing soldiers to make Trump happy, Israel should use its soldiers to finish of its enemies once and for all.
Unfortunately, Israel’s leaders are stuck and not ready to make the final leap to true independence.
