Analysts say Trump’s ceasefire plan has no guarantees for the Palestinians and, once again, favours the Israelis.
The Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by US President Donald Trump, and which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has accepted, may not deliver the results Palestinians have long hoped for, analysts tell Al Jazeera.
While people on the ground would be infinitely relieved by a halt in Israel’s vicious bombardment that has killed at least 66,055 people and wounded 168,346 since October 2023, the 20-point Trump plan contains almost nothing else positive for the people of Palestine, analysts say.
“Ending the genocide is tied to this very colonial approach in which Israel – the party that has carried out the genocide – and the US – who has funded it – are the ones who get to decide the future of the people against whom they’re committing genocide,” Palestinian lawyer and analyst Diana Buttu, who was a legal adviser to the Palestinian negotiating team from 2000 to 2005, said
“If you read the agreement itself, there are no guarantees provided to the Palestinians, not a single guarantee,” she added.
“All guarantees are provided to the Israelis.”
Focus on Gaza, but no clarity
Under the plan, fighting in Gaza would cease, captives from Israel who are held in G
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