After it was announced that Israel and Hamas have both agreed to the 20-point plan of the Trump administration, celebrations broke out in both Israel and Gaza. The citizens of both needed this to happen.
It looks like the killing and bombing will cease (at least temporarily), Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners will be released, and food/medical aid will begin to flow into Gaza. Those are good things that needed to happen, and Trump (whatever his other many faults) can rightly claim some credit for it.
Is it the end of the Israeli/Gaza war? Maybe. Is it a giant step toward peace in the Middle East? Not likely. I hate to be the pessimist, but we are still a long way from either being accomplished.
The remaining parts of the plan are going to be very difficult. It won't be easy creating a government for Gaza that will be acceptable to all the parties involved. And some other parts of the plan are hard to believe will actually happen.
Will Hamas really give up their weapons? Not likely.
Will Israel completely withdraw from Gaza? Not likely.
And the biggest impediment of all -- none of the participants (Hamas leaders, Netanyahu, Trump) have shown they can be trusted to keep their word.
And this is not even a tiny step toward a real and lasting peace in the Middle East.
Hamas (and other Palestinian terrorist organizations) have not said Israel has a right to exist.
Netanyahu has not backed off his statement that there will never be a two-state solution, and continues toctreate new settlements of Palestinian land.
Until those two things change, there is no real hope for a lasting peace.
But the agreement is a small victory - and a small victory is better than none.
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