On Monday, US President Donald Trump spoke for more than an hour in the Israeli Parliament and took the winning round for an agreement on the ceasefire and repeatedly and sharply said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to stand out in Gaza.
Trump returned to the global scene to claim recognition for the end of the Gaza War, landed in Israel, as well as the first hostage to release Hamas, and later chaired a hurriedly organized peace summit in Egypt.
The triumphant visit to the US President – full of applause, spectacle and courageous statements about the “New Middle East” – increased the hope of peace, but also skepticism about what a ceasefire for Gaza and Palestin retired in the middle of its ruins.
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“Historical Dawn” or a fragile pause?
The dramatic arrival of President Donald Trump on Monday on Monday, after Hamas released the first hostage, he rarely saw the scenes of jubilation for a foreign leader.
The Tel Aviv hostage, the crowds sang “Trump, Trump” and in Knessa, lawmakers dressed the Red Maga -style hats. The mood was one of the triumphs – the country celebrated what many considered the end of two years of devastating conflict.
Trump said to the Israeli parliament that it was “not only the end of the war, but it was the end of the age of terror and death”. It was called “Historical Dawn of the New Middle East”.
But as Peace banners fluttered in Egypt’s Redual Resort of Sharm El-Sheikh during a hastily arranged “peace summit”, fundamental questions persisted.
What exactly does the ceasefire mean? And it really refers to the end of the war – or just the beginning of another uncertain chapter for Gaza and the wider region?
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What did Trump achieve in Israel?
Donald Trump’s visit in Israel was filled with a spectacle and symbolism. He was applauded when he appreciated Israeli military power and praised his strikes in Iranian nuclear places. “We threw a big cloud from the Middle East and outside Israel,” Trump said, claiming that the Arab states could not release Hamas, not if Iran’s main nuclear devices would destroy the main nuclear facilities.
He went further and offered an unexpected olive branch to Tehran – the nation of Israel and the United States only bombed a month ago. “You know what would be great if we could close the peace store with them,” Trump thought about the legislators. “Would you be happy with that?” The room responded with silence.
Netanyahu, often criticized for his tense relationship with Washington, appreciated Trump as “the greatest friend of Israel at the White House”. Among the Israeli legislators, they even spoke of nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Israel Award.
Yet the future of Gaza – and Palestinian statehood remained under the health and choreographic optics – strikingly vague.
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What does the Gaza truce actually say?
The ceasefire agreement, which is part of the so-called 20-point Peace Plan Donald Trump, includes the provisions for the release of the hostage, the flow of humanitarian aid and the gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. However, the complete military withdrawal of Israel is conditioned by Hamas’s disarmament – a clause that gives Netanyahu space to restore military operations, if considered necessary.
The main negotiator of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya, lasts differently. Last week he said that the group received “guarantees from American and international mediators confirming that this agreement means” war ended permanently “rather than represented a temporary ceasefire.”
But the ambiguity of these guarantees raises doubts about how binding they are.
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What will be for Gaza – and who will drive it?
Experts warn that the success of the ceasefire depends on the future Gaza administration. “You have what looks like a way to Palestinian statehood … but this is ultimately a Palestinian state that seems to have no place for Hamas,” said Burcu Ozcelik, head of the Middle East Security in Royal United Services Institute (Russian).
Ozcelik warned that “to what extent Hamas will agree and follow it in the coming weeks and months – I think it’s a big question.” She added that while Israel would probably maintain his “National Security Imperivs in Gaza, if he believes there is a credible threat”, the territory urges the ruling structure capable of ensuring security, enforcement and humanitarian aid.
Regional forces such as Egypt and Turkey are expected to play key roles in this transition. “I think all parties will want to be perceived as doing everything they can so that Trump’s plan works,” Ozcelik said.
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Why were Israel and Hamas missing at the Peace Summit?
At the Sharm El-Sheikh summit, the world leaders from more than 20 nations have gathered under the heading that read Peace 2025. Trump, visibly enjoyed the moment, said, “All these people came as 20 minutes.” Nevertheless, neither Israel nor Hamas participated, and no one could clearly explain what the signed peace document contained.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi framed a moment as a global turning point: “From Sharm El-Sheikh, the will of people encounters the determination of world leaders to end the war in Gaza. Everyone bears the only news for humanity: enough war.”
However, critics emphasized that without the key aggressive statements present, the summit risked, that they were purely symbolic.
Can Trump’s plan provide permanent peace?
For the time being, Trump’s political triumph abroad contrasts sharply with his divisibility at home. His supporters consider him an architect of an unlikely peace; His detectives, as a showman who earns fragile diplomacy.
He spoke for a long time about the role of his envoy Steve Witkoff – developer in New York, whom Trump described as “Henry Kissinger, who is not escaping”. Nevertheless, the closest helpers of Trump offered little details on how the 20-point plan would be implemented or who would finance the reconstruction of the broken Gaza infrastructure.
While Trump praised Israel as “more powerful and respected”, ignored the growing diplomatic isolation of the Earth. The European forces are now openly supported by the independent Palestinian state, partly powered by the outrage of civilian victims from Israeli bomb campaigns.
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Fragile peace under the celebrations
Despite the positive mood in Jerusalem, there is a sign of tension. Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, warned that Hamas’s delay in the release of hostage remains would be considered “a dull violation of the agreement and would be answered appropriately”.
Meanwhile, two Israeli lawmakers were forcibly removed from Knessset after they held a sign who read “recognize Palestine!” During Trump’s speech. One of them, Ayman, later wrote, “There are two nations and neither of them leave.”
When Trump went to Cairo and claimed that victory over terror and recognition for peace, Netanyahu’s office issued a cautious statement: “The military campaign in Gaza did not end.”
The ceasefire may have ended an active fight – for now. But without a clear plan for the management of Gaza, Palestinian statehood and security of Israel, Trump’s “Dawn of New East” could just as easily disappear to another long, unpleasant twilight.
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