Peace Plan

Calm down, ma'am...

This is not going to be a very long post because if I let it run even an extra second, the sarcasmometer will first go CJ Hopkins-level high, and then break and shoot into space.

Okay, what are we talking about here, a Gaza peace deal or a Gaza deep state technocracy deal?

The plan calls for the disarmament of Hamas and bans it from any future political role in Gaza, which would be run by a technocratic transitional authority headed by Trump himself . It requires the militant Islamist organisation to release the 48 Israeli hostages it still holds – of whom fewer than half are thought still to be alive – within 72 hours of a ceasefire coming into effect, but offers the gradual withdrawal of Israeli military forces to a buffer zone along the perimeter and a surge in humanitarian aid, desperately needed by the 2.3 million inhabitants of the devastated territory.

Gaza would then be run by a postwar transitional authority staffed by apolitical technocrats [and unicorns, maybe?] but headed…