Trump and mediators sign peace agreement in Gaza while Hamas and Israel release hostages and prisoners

Trump’s peace plan is not without criticism

Expert: The Gaza agreement lacks details to achieve lasting peace

Nader Hashemi, professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown University, welcomes the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas brokered by the United States. But he says he remains skeptical that the agreement alone will mean lasting peace, because it lacks the necessary details.

Now that Trump’s speech is over, let’s look a little further.

The day was marked by much relief and celebration, as the Israelis welcomed the remaining living hostages to their homeland and the Palestinians received nearly 2,000 prisoners freed from Israel. This exchange was a central point in the first phase of ending the war, according to the Trump administration.

The focus now turns to the next steps.

Although some experts are optimistic, they worry that Trump’s plan will not be effective.

Nader Hashemi, a professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown University, told CBC News that he believes the belief that Monday’s events represent the possibility of broader regional peace is a “gross distortion.”

Al-Hashimi said: “This peace plan that Donald Trump is promoting as the best peace plan in thousands of years was a peace plan that was made where neither side of the conflict – the Palestinians – had any voice.” “It was largely an Israeli peace plan crafted with the cooperation of the Trump administration and input from Arab dictators.”

Al-Hashemi hopes to achieve peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis “on the basis of equality, safety and security,” but he is concerned that “this is not the plan that will get us there.”

The concern, according to Al-Hashemi, is that Trump’s peace plan will only offer a temporary halt to the fighting, rather than a permanent solution to the decades-long conflict.