Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to resume the war on Gaza triggered a wave of condemnations, including from key Arab capitals. Alas, such statements are likely to have the same ineffectual impact as previous ones.

Indeed, the time for condemnations is over; action is long overdue. And it should now entail Arab leaders offering President Trump a strategic game-changing deal.

The Arab League took the first step in embracing a detailed plan for Gaza rehabilitation and a less detailed roadmap for making it happen. Netanyahu’s predictable rejection was swift.

Nonetheless, the American reaction was most telling: Netanyahu’s dismissal did not dictate Washington’s position. After initially rejecting the plan, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff changed course, making public the administration’s view that the plan represented “a good-faith first step” worthy of further discussion.

That display of daylight between Washington and Jerusalem was the second since Trump was reelected. The first was when Witkoff forced Netanyahu to accept the three-phase ceasefire........

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