Trump’s Gaza peace plan lacks details to resolve, experts say
Emir Olivares Alonso
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, October 24, 2025, p. 18
Specialists in peace issues and Middle East studies considered that the solution to the conflict in that region, particularly in the Gaza Strip, must go beyond the short-term visions and the disarmament of Hamas, as proposed in the peace agreement presented by Donald Trump, president of the United States.
They pointed out that there are more details to resolve, such as the dismantling of other armed groups that operate in the region, beyond Hamas; the next election of the leader in Israel, since the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who can be reelected, responds above all to the interests of the ultra-Orthodox; the need for international pressure for the two parties to reach agreements, and the guarantee of security and respect for 2 million inhabitants in the strip.
In a virtual forum convened by the Save Democracy organization, Mario Sznajder, professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, pointed out that there will be no way to stabilize the Middle East without a political solution to the Palestinian problem.
He added that without strong international pressure, particularly from Washington, the parties in conflict will not be able to move forward. “There are so many problematic details here: how do you do the disarmament of Hamas and the disarmament (of other groups) of the Gaza Strip in general to establish a normal level of governance, where there is personal security for the 2 million people who live there?”
Edgardo Buscaglia, president of the Citizen Action Institute for Justice and Democracy in Mexico, highlighted that Trump was only concerned about the first phase of the peace agreement: stopping the conflict, but without compromising other actors in the region, Arabs and non-Arabs.
Zidane Zeraoui, a researcher and Middle East specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, stated that today there is no clarity as to whether there is hope with the peace plan launched by Trump.
He highlighted that there are two factors that could destabilize the agreement: the existence and operation of armed groups other than Hamas, and that Netanyahu responds above all to the interests of the far-right and ultra-Orthodox in his country, which are “those who are dictating his position.”
