Peace Board and the US-Israel tag team
The Gaza peace proposal presented by President Donald Trump has become the most discussed issue in world politics today. I would like to highlight five key areas to determine whether this peace proposal will be able to commence its journey, make any headway, and be implementable and sustainable. The key areas are: President Trump's specific foreign policy style; stonewalling Hamas; Israel's real plan; future of the Abraham Accords; and the likely endgame.
Trump sees himself as a no-war President, but he stands out as the promoter, collaborator and tag team member of the most brutal, one-sided war on Gaza. The twelve-day war imposed on Iran couldn't have been possible without his approval and military assistance. The one-month bombing of Yemen and threatening Venezuela with a military intervention are all matters zipped in President Trump's foreign policy purse.
The impulsive president is more of a businessman and a state tycoon. He is anti-war, not because wars are inhuman and bad, but more because he wants to make deals and do business, which is not possible in a world at war. Before his first term as President in the office, he had never served as an elected official, and so he is as good or bad a diplomat as the people that surround him would want him to be. The love and admiration for the leaders of the Muslim world that he publicly expresses is quite in contrast to his core belief about the Muslim community that he expressed during his election campaign in 2015.
He promised Americans a total and complete shutdown........
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