As He Did With the JCPOA (Iran Nuke Deal) Trump Throws The Gaza Ceasefire Deal Out The Window

Trump Sabotages The Gaza Ceasefire, Sets The Negotiation Ceiling and Handed Netanyahu a Free Pass To War.

by Elijah J. Magnier. February 13, 2025

US President Donald Trump has single-handedly dismantled the Gaza ceasefire agreement he helped broker just weeks before entering the White House. By issuing an impossible ultimatum – demanding that Hamas release all Israeli prisoners by midday on Saturday – Trump has deliberately derailed a phased agreement carefully constructed on the basis of Palestinian experience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a leader notorious for violating agreements unless forced to do so by significant pressure.

Trump’s reckless intervention has handed Netanyahu a diplomatic and military blank cheque, freed him from any commitment to a long-term peace process and paved the way for a full-scale resumption of the war in Gaza. Worse still, the US is no longer a mediator but an enabler of war, giving Netanyahu the perfect excuse to resume indiscriminate bombing while accelerating the forced displacement of over 2.5 million Palestinians.

This fits in perfectly with Trump’s vision for Gaza – a land emptied of Palestinians and repurposed as a real estate project, which fits neatly into the far-right Israeli dream of total Palestinian expulsion.

This is more than Netanyahu could ever have hoped for. By taking an even more extreme stance than Israel itself, Trump has relieved Netanyahu of the burden of justifying ceasefire violations – the US president has already done that for him. Instead of using the five-day deadline offered by Hamas to rectify Israeli ceasefire violations, Netanyahu seized the first opportunity to abrogate the agreement. Instead of honouring his commitments, he revealed his true intentions from the outset – to sabotage the agreement at the first opportunity.