This week, Donald Trump faced a defining moment in his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and chose real concrete measures that break with past illusions of peace which have perpetuated further war.

Trump’s recent statement suggesting that Gaza’s population be accepted into surrounding countries is not an endorsement of displacement but an opportunity to allow Palestinians to escape from what has been termed an open-air prison and to rebuild a livable space for economic development and peaceful coexistence.

Today, civilians in Gaza are trapped as human shields for Hamas; the more who die, the more they suffer, the more Hamas benefits from global propaganda.

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