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At the start of the week, the US President pledged to employ the authority of his presidency to make certain that the Israeli government recognises it has accomplished “all that it can by force of arms”, and usher in an period of partnership in the Middle East that could eventually lead as far as a peace agreement with the Iranian state.

An Historic Beginning for the Middle East

During an address to the Israeli parliament, made hours after the final Israeli hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip, Trump proclaimed the “historic dawn of a transformed region” and an termination to the “long and painful nightmare” of the conflict in Gaza.

“This is not just the conclusion of conflict – this is the finish of an age of terror and death,” the US president declared. “The nation of Israel, with our support, has achieved everything possible by force of arms. Now it’s time to transform those successes against terrorists on the field of combat into the supreme objective of stability and wealth for the whole region.”

Promise to Arab States

Consistently affirming that Israel’s military victory was complete, the President's comments were meant as a guarantee to Arab states that he will not permit the Israeli government to reopen the war with the militant group nor permit Hamas to re-establish itself inside the Gaza Strip.

Trump then journeyed to the nation of Egypt to bring the idea of optimism to a summit of more than 20 global heads of state committed to supporting his proposal for peace, the reconstruction of Gaza and a restricted version of self-governance for Palestine.

Global Backing

The backers of the treaty – the United States, the Turkish government, the Qatari state, and the Egyptian administration – also signed a comprehensive document detailing their duties in securing harmony, and an future route to autonomy for Palestine.

The summit was jointly hosted by Trump and the Egyptian president, the Egyptian head of state, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Restoration Initiatives

During the start of the summit, President Trump informed journalists that phase two of his strategy for Gaza, regarding the reconstruction of the area, was currently in progress. He informed the media: “The second phase has begun. The phases are partially blended in with each other. The cleanup can begin. You look at Gaza, it’s a major restoration task.”

The US is currently requesting prosperous regional countries to commit substantial amounts to Gaza, a place he referred to as “an extreme level of rubble”. Projections for the reconstruction costs have reached over thirty billion dollars.

Positive Projections

An assured President forecasted “Gaza will be demobilized, arms will be removed from Hamas, and the defense of the nation will not be endangered anymore”.

Geopolitical Factors

President Trump additionally conveyed a subtle signal that the Israeli government had been losing public support due to its dependence on military action. He remarked: “There was getting to be a span over the recent months when the international community wanted peace and the Israeli people sought resolution. If the situation persisted for another three or four more years, maintaining the conflict, fighting, fighting, fighting, it was getting bad, it was becoming intense. So the timing of this is brilliant. I stated Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘you will be remembered for this decision much more than if you continued the conflict – kill, kill, kill’.”

Regional Treaties

The President additionally noted he was going to put pressure on Arab states to sign the peace treaties “quickly and without games”. These agreements mandate Arab states to recognise Israel. Iran, he insisted, was also ready for peace.

International Concerns

European diplomats are privately warning that the pace of the truce means arrangements for an global peacekeeping unit and a local law enforcement for Palestine need to be accelerated if proposals for Hamas to be demilitarized are to succeed.

Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since the year 2007, has stated it is ready to exclude itself of the upcoming administrative body of Gaza, but has insisted it will only disarm on specific terms to a Palestinian-led force.

Security Measures

Israel has stated it will decline to remove the Israel Defense Forces further from its present locations inside the Gaza Strip as long as the extensive system of military infrastructure stay under the authority of Hamas.

France, the US, and the United Kingdom have declared they are prepared to act as backstops to the global team, but it is recognised that the unit's legitimacy stems from troops hailing from Islamic nations such as the Indonesian government and the Turkish state, both nations that attended the conference.

Future Governance

The French administration is furthermore urging the team to be given a United Nations authorization, akin to that of the international unit in Lebanon.

A separate local administration police service has furthermore received instruction, mostly in the country of Egypt and Jordan, to enter Gaza, but representatives indicated that, if not it is implemented promptly, it faces the danger ending up in opposition with a re-emerging organization.

Non-Attendees

Neither Hamas or the Israeli Prime Minister were present at the summit.

Leadership Roles

Trump maintained he would contribute in the upcoming of the Palestinian territories by heading the diplomatic council that will supervise the large-scale restoration project and oversee a largely expert-led administration for Palestine.

He further stated that he desired the Egyptian President to be part of the board, but noted he was testing opinion in the region to see if there was backing for the former UK leader to be on it as well