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On Monday, President Trump vowed to employ the power of his presidency to ensure that the Israeli government accepts it has accomplished “all that it can by force of arms”, and usher in an period of cooperation in the region that could potentially result as far as a peace agreement with Iran.

A Fresh Start for the Middle East

During an address to the Israeli Knesset, made hours after the remaining captives were let go from the Gaza Strip, the President proclaimed the “unprecedented start of a new Middle East” and an end to the “prolonged and agonizing experience” of the conflict in Gaza.

“This is not just the end of war – this is the cessation of an time of terror and death,” President Trump said. “Israel, with our help, has won everything possible by armed conflict. The time has come to transform those successes against terrorists on the field of combat into the final goal of harmony and economic growth for the whole region.”

Guarantee to Middle Eastern Countries

Consistently affirming that the success of the Israeli defense was absolute, Trump’s remarks were intended as a guarantee to regional nations that he will neither allow the Israeli government to restart the war with the militant group nor allow Hamas to re-establish itself inside the Gaza Strip.

The President then flew to the nation of Egypt to take the message of optimism to a summit of more than 20 world leaders focused on backing his proposal for peace, the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip and a partial model of self-governance for Palestine.

Global Backing

The supporters of the peace agreement – the United States, Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt – also signed a detailed agreement detailing their obligations in guaranteeing stability, and an eventual path to autonomy for Palestine.

The meeting was co-sponsored by the US President and the Egyptian president, President Sisi, in the tourist destination of the location.

Rebuilding Plans

During the start of the conference, Trump informed journalists that phase two of his Gaza plan, about the restoration of the territory, was currently in progress. He stated to journalists: “Stage two has begun. The steps are partially blended in with each other. The cleanup can begin. Observing Gaza, it’s a lot of clean-up.”

The US is already asking prosperous regional countries to commit significant funds to Gaza, a location he referred to as “an extreme level of rubble”. Projections for the reconstruction costs have exceeded over thirty billion dollars.

Positive Projections

A confident Trump projected “Hostilities will cease, Hamas will be disarmed, and Israel’s security will no longer be threatened”.

Regional Dynamics

The US president also sent out a subtle signal that Israel had been experiencing reduced backing due to its use of armed conflict. He remarked: “It reached a period of time over the past several months when the world sought harmony and the Israeli people wanted peace. If you had gone on for a few additional years, keeping fighting, engaging in combat, it was worsening, it was becoming intense. So the timing of the present situation is ideal. I stated the Israeli Prime Minister: ‘history will recall you for this far more than if you persisted with hostilities – conflict, conflict, conflict’.”

Diplomatic Agreements

The President furthermore suggested he was going to put pressure on Middle Eastern nations to ratify the peace treaties “swiftly and transparently”. The accords necessitate Arab states to accept Israel's existence. The Iranian government, he maintained, was willing to engage in talks.

Worldwide Worries

International representatives are confidentially cautioning that the rapidity of the truce means plans for an global peacekeeping unit and a civilian police for Palestinians require hastening if proposals for Hamas to be demilitarized are to bear fruit.

The organization, which has been in power in Gaza since 2007, has said it is ready not to be part of the upcoming administrative body of Gaza, but has asserted it will surrender weapons solely on certain conditions to a local Palestinian authority.

Security Measures

Israel has stated it will refuse to pull back the Israel Defense Forces further from its existing posts inside Gaza as long as the array of tunnels and guns continue under the authority of the militant group.

France, the United States, and the United Kingdom have stated they are willing to provide reinforcement to the global team, but it is recognised that the force’s credibility comes from soldiers provided by Islamic nations such as Indonesia and Turkey, two countries that participated in the meeting.

Prospective Leadership

France is furthermore urging the force to be given a UN mandate, comparable to that of the United Nations team in Lebanon.

A separate Palestinian National Authority police service has also been trained, mostly in Egypt and Jordan, to operate within the region, but officials from France indicated that, unless it is sent in quickly, it risks being in opposition with a revitalized militant group.

Non-Attendees

No representative from Hamas and Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the conference.

Leadership Roles

Trump insisted he would play his part in the upcoming of the Palestinian territories by leading the board of peace that will supervise the vast reconstruction programme and guide a primarily Palestinian technocratic government.

He added that he hoped Sisi to be part of the board, but noted he was gauging sentiment in the Middle East to see if there was support for Sir Tony Blair to be on it as well