Two years ago, this day, Hamas invaded Israel and executed a massacre and took over 200 hostages into its Gaza tunnels. That day triggered a war on Gaza that goes on, two years on. And two years on, comes Donald Trump, who proposes a 13-point programme that promises to end the horror show that has claimed nearly 70,000 lives. The world finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, it’s the headlights of the oncoming train. In the driver's seat is the orange oracle of Mar-a-Lago.
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Donald J. Trump believes, in all caps, naturally, he has “THE GREATEST PEACE DEAL EVER. NO BLOOD, NO BOMBS, JUST HUGE HUGS!" In the grand tradition of diplomatic doodles, this one's less a treaty and more a suicide pact wrapped in gold leaf. When the Grim Reaper hands you a pen, it's time to read the fine print; or in Trump's case, the invisible ink.
Let's unpack this masterpiece. Picture the scene: a dimly lit room in Sharm al-Sheikh (we Indians know it well, been there, done that). On one side, Israeli negotiators, all steely-eyed and armed with maps that conveniently redraw borders mid-sentence.
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