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🇺🇸🇵🇸Peace Plan Phase 2 Without Phase 1: Can the US Really Bring Peace to Gaza? Washington moves ahead with a new phase of its Gaza initiative despite the collapse of the previous one, raising doubts about whether the plan aims at peace—or political legitimization ✍️Author:Abbas Hashemite political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues ➡️On January 16, the Trump administration announced the launch of Phase 2 of its 20-point Gaza Peace Plan, presenting it as a step toward ending Israel’s military campaign and stabilizing the enclave. Yet this announcement comes despite the clear failure of Phase 1, which was meant to halt fighting, ensure full humanitarian access, reopen the Rafah crossing, enable prisoner exchanges, and outline Israeli withdrawal timelines. None of these objectives have been fully met: ceasefire violations continue, humanitarian aid remains restricted, and key crossings stay closed, leaving Gaza’s humanitarian crisis largely unchanged. The United States has been a key supporter of Israeli war crimes in Gaza ➡️The gap between US rhetoric and realities on the ground has fueled skepticism. Israeli strikes have persisted, hundreds of Palestinians—including children—have been killed since the supposed ceasefire, and aid deliveries remain tightly controlled. While Hamas has largely complied with prisoner exchange provisions, Israel continues to detain Palestinians and restrict essential supplies. Against this backdrop, the decision to advance to Phase 2 appears less like a response to progress and more like an attempt to reframe failure as momentum, sidestepping unresolved obligations from the initial phase. 🟦Phase 2 centers on creating a technocratic Palestinian administration, demilitarizing Gaza, and launching reconstruction under international supervision. However, controversial appointments—such as Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to oversight roles, and a US general to lead the International Stabilization Force—have deepened mistrust among Palestinians and regional observers. With demilitarization narrowly focused on Hamas and US support for Israel remaining unquestioned, the plan risks entrenching occupation under a new administrative guise. Without delivering justice, accountability, and genuine relief on the ground, Phase 2 looks less like a path to peace and more like political theatre built on an unfinished—and broken—Phase 1. #Geopolitics#IsraelandPalestine#MiddleEast#Palestinesplight#PalestinianConflict#USA READ MORE ✅@NewEasternOutlook