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Today the White House released a 20 point program for a ceasefire in Gaza and a way forward whose approval by the United States and Israel were discussed by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, at a joint press briefing at the White House, following their meeting there earlier. The “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict” was reportedly then provided to Hamas for their consideration, by envoys of Egypt and Qatar. Within hours, a joint statement was released by six nations in the region, along with Pakistan and Indonesia, thanking the United States and committing to “working on the program.”
President Trump spoke extensively at the press briefing, which did not take questions, thanking these nations, many of whose representatives he met in New York City last week, and others, and ebulliently calling the new program “historic,” and a breakthrough after “thousands of years” of strife. Trump reported how during his talks with Netanyahu this morning, Trump called Qatar’s Prime Minister al Thani, and Netanyahu apologized to him for having bombed his country, an act only “aimed at Hamas,” Netanyahu rationalized.
The main specifics Trump chose to announce were that a “Board of Peace” will be formed to oversee the implementation of the proposed terms, such as demilitarizing Hamas, and Trump will head it, though he demurred that he is very busy. Trump made a point of saying that a member of the Board of Peace will be Tony Blair.
This factoid alone cast a pall on the packed occasion, given that Blair is infamous for his record of lies, direct manipulation of Washington leaders, and causing the deaths of millions of Iraqis and thousands of Americans in Iraq and other wars. Even including the ebullience of President Trump, and the fawning smiles of Netanyahu, the hour-long briefing was a grave occasion, for conspicuously omitting any acknowledgment of the scale of IDF murder and destruction in Gaza—genocide—and the urgency to stop it. Instead, there were real estate developer undertones in Trump’s talk about how the seacoast should never have been given to the Palestinians in the first place. Trump asserts that the Abraham Accords, advanced five years ago, will now have a comeback.
On economic development, there is barely a veneer of a point or two on the topic, with Point 10 opening by saying, “A Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza will be created by convening a panel of experts who have helped birth some of the thriving modern miracle cities in the Middle East….”
In reality, the starting point in the whole region is that the current population of 450 million, in the 10 nations and Gulf states, from Egypt eastward to Iran, and Yemen northward to Türkiye, must have the means to life, and for generations ahead, which calls for the LaRouche Oasis Plan approach. Each person, in every sovereign nation, deserves the water, the power, the food, the industry, the healthcare, the education, the surroundings for a productive life.
We don’t know what will happen next on this 20-point “Comprehensive Plan,” over the coming hours and days, but any wait-and-see mode of reaction is wrong. We need to organize to spread the reality of the Oasis Plan concept, and variations on it worldwide.
This is the dramatic reality of the direction of the Global Majority now underway. Today was also the last day of the UN General Assembly annual General Debate. There were many messages of demand for truth, peace and development over the past six days, though blacked out from general reporting to the international public. EIR will publish several of them in a review.
For example, among the ringing speeches from Africa, came the words on Sept. 25 of Ghana President John Dramani Mahama. He said: “Ghana has long recognized the state of Palestine and supported a two-state solution to the conflict. Contrary to the claims of some, a two-state solution would not be a reward for Hamas, but rather, a reprieve for the hundreds of thousands of innocent people who have been facing collective punishment and forced starvation for no reason other than the fact that they are Palestinian….” He called for an end to the prevarication by the UN General Assembly, and spoke of how Africa is transforming itself to take responsibility for humanity.
There were dozens of bilateral and group meetings in New York in the past 10 days, among the Global Majority, for example, the BRICS foreign ministers on Sept. 26.
Schiller Institute leader Helga Zepp-LaRouche today stressed that, “The Global Majority is not silent about what is going on.”
At the same time, there are critical actions in other parts of the world, to end the genocide in Gaza, and also to stop the insane perpetual war stance in Europe, blocking any resolution of the Ukraine conflict. The demonstration in Germany over the weekend was massive. Even more is expected this week in Berlin and elsewhere, for October 3, marking the National Day of Germany.
Be sure to attend the International Peace Coalition on Friday, October 3, this week. Sign the international petition, “The Nations of the West Must Cooperate with the New World Economic Order!”
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