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GWYNNE DYER: Why Trump's peace negotiations in Gaza are just a charade

Trump's 15-point plan for peace in Gaza lasted mere hours

Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump announced “a monumental step toward lasting peace and security” in Gaza.

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Mediators from the ‘Board of Peace’ — his sketchy rival to the United Nations — had persuaded Hamas, the Palestinian armed resistance movement, to accept his ‘15-point document’ for Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

(You may object to my use of the phrase ‘armed resistance movement’ instead of ‘evil crazy terrorists’, but you would then be obliged to write an original 500-word essay explaining why you believe that the Stern Gang (Lehi) in the 1940s, the Viet Cong in the 1960s and the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s were (or were not) ‘evil crazy terrorists’.)

Three days after Trump’s announcement, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) bombed the Gaza Strip again, killing 18 Palestinians. But don’t get me wrong; this is not a piece about the perfidious and wicked Israelis. They are wicked and perfidious,........

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