Trump’s Gaza Plan: A Point-by-Point Analysis
President Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza promises a ceasefire, a hostage deal, humanitarian relief, a technocratic caretaker, outside monitors, and a path to a more “normal” Gaza. If the problem were primarily political or economic, much of this would be sensible. But it isn’t. The root is theological and social. The engine is a worldview that treats Israel’s existence as a religious offense and frames violence against it as sanctified. That engine does not shut off because a committee is formed or a special economic zone opens.
Everything that follows rests on three premises I consider non-negotiable:
Hamas is not merely a party or a militia. It is the organized spearpoint of a wider social and religious ecosystem, families, schools, mosques, charities, neighborhood networks, that reproduces the same fighters even when you swap the logo on the flag.
The conflict is anchored in a sacred narrative. When destruction of Israel is treated as obedience to God, “material incentives” are not a cure. They’re a bribe that keeps getting pocketed while the war story continues.
Security must be effects-based, not calendar-based. Israel doesn’t pull back because a deadline arrives, but only when hostile capabilities are neutralized, institutions are cleaned of jihadist indoctrination, and those conditions hold long enough to prove they’re not just tactical pauses before the next round.
With those premises in view, here is a my read of the plan, point by point, and what would have to change for any version of it to work.