Just days after the theatrical Sharm el-Sheikh summit, Trump — who had declared the “end of the Gaza war” with an air of triumph — threatened that Hamas must immediately disarm or face swift and violent U.S. action. His words expose not only the hollowness of Washington’s peace claims but also a return to overt militarism in the region. On the surface, Trump presents himself as a saviour of peace, but in reality, he speaks in the same warmongering language once used by Bush and Obama.
In the same vein, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that “hell will break loose if Hamas is not disarmed” — a statement in perfect harmony with Trump’s threat. Such synchrony clearly signals the continued U.S.–Israeli axis of crisis-making in the region, a partnership that arrives under the banner of “peace” but leaves only destruction and occupation in its wake.
An Unintentional Admission of a Two-Year Failure
The latest statements by American and Israeli officials amount to an implicit confession of failure in their two-year military project against Gaza. Their declared goals — to free hostages, annihilate Hamas, and end the rule of resistance — have not materialized. On the ground, Hamas remains intact, its authority visibly strengthened through the ceasefire agreement and the deployment of thousands of resistance fighters now securing Gaza.
Trump and Netanyahu’s renewed call for Hamas’s “disarmament” is a political disguise for their defeat. The shift from hard war to diplomatic confrontation reflects the inability of the Israeli-led axis to achieve its military aims. Their claim of having “severely weakened Hamas” rings hollow; if Hamas were truly crippled, there would be no need for new threats or disarmament demands. This implicit admission reveals that Palestinian resistance is not only alive but entering a stage of reconstruction and political consolidation.
Selling Peace at Price of Gaza’s Blood
Trump has long boasted of pursuing “peace in the Middle East”, yet his record is one of escalation — from moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem to unreservedly backing Israel’s killing of Gazans. His latest threat against Hamas stands as further evidence of Washington’s direct complicity in genocide. In truth, the U.S. is no peace mediator; it is a partner in crime.
The Sharm el-Sheikh summit — trumpeted as a celebration of “the end of war” — was less an effort to resolve the Gaza crisis than a public relations exercise to whitewash Israel’s image and revive Trump’s standing at home. His condescending tone toward some Arab leaders and his disregard for the question of a Palestinian state revealed the summit’s real purpose: not peace, but the consolidation of American influence and the imposition of one-sided schemes on Arab governments.
Thus, Trump’s subsequent threat of “rapid and violent” action against Hamas exposed the summit’s deceitful nature — a gathering that, rather than healing the wounds of war, planted the seeds of a new regional conflict.
Regional Security Depends on Unity Against U.S. and Israel
The final statement of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit was filled with words like “peace, security, and shared prosperity”, yet the reality on the ground tells a different story. As long as Israel, with U.S. backing, continues its occupation, assassinations, and siege, no notion of sustainable peace can exist in the region. Decades of experience — from Camp David to Oslo — have shown that Israel abides by no commitments; such agreements have been nothing more than lies to buy time for further expansion and occupation.
True security in the Middle East will not emerge from compromise with Israel but from regional solidarity against the crisis-driven policies of Washington and Tel Aviv. As the resistance in Gaza has demonstrated, balance of power is forged through steadfastness, not submission. Trump’s repeated threats to disarm Hamas and Hezbollah — and even to attack Iran — underscore that U.S. policy remains anchored in dominance and destabilization.
In these circumstances, regional countries have no option but to forge consensus against these twin centers of crisis. A new regional order must be founded on mutual respect, non-interference, and security cooperation — an order that would finally dismantle the American–Israeli dream of hegemony “from the Nile to the Euphrates.”
Only when the Islamic world stands united against this axis can there be talk of a “true peace” — one born not from the corridors of the White House, but from the will of the peoples of the region.
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