Trump's Gaza 'Breakthrough' Turns Out to Be a Phantom Plan

Slate’s Fred Kaplan argues that Trump’s touted Gaza “historic breakthrough” is a hollow claim: the claimed 15-point Roadmap rests on non-existent security bodies, lacks any clear sequencing or credible signatories, and was likely written by Kushner and Witkoff rather than seasoned negotiators. Hamas and Israel have shown no willingness to move first, Hamas demanded first steps before disarming, and Israel resumed attacks, rendering the Roadmap more a vanity project than a real peace plan and a distraction from broader issues in the region.