MERA25 Netherlands forcefully rejects the so-called “20-point plan” presented by Donald Trump together with Benjamin Netanyahu as a solution to the war in Gaza. This plan is not a peace initiative but an attempt to temporarily freeze the genocide in exchange for the annexation of Gaza and the dismantling of Palestinian rights.

According to this plan, Palestinians would be required to surrender their political and humanitarian rights, while control over Gaza would fall into the hands of Trump himself, who intends to appoint none other than Tony Blair – infamous for his role in the illegal Iraq war – as administrator. The United Nations would be reduced to the role of aid distributor, Gaza would remain indefinitely under occupation by the US and Israel, and the Palestinian territories would be permanently partitioned so that Israel can continue its ethnic cleansing.

In addition, only 1,500 Palestinian prisoners would be released in exchange for 40 Israeli hostages, while more than 13,500 Palestinians remain imprisoned in Israeli jails. As if that were not enough, Palestinians would also be forced to renounce their right to resist the illegal occupation of their land.

This plan sidelines the International Court of Justice, violates international treaties, and makes a mockery of the recognition of Palestine by countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Australia. It represents a return to the law of the colonizer: deciding which land to seize, which peoples may survive, and which are to be eradicated.

MERA25 Netherlands stresses that this plan must never serve as a free pass to escape accountability for war crimes and genocide. Peace without justice is no peace at all. The international rule of law and the prosecution of those responsible for mass human rights violations are and remain indispensable conditions.

International pressure on Israel works. This disgraceful plan would not even exist otherwise. That is why this is the moment to increase that pressure – not to be distracted but to hold firm: for equal political and humanitarian rights, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

MERA25 Netherlands calls on the Dutch government, the EU, and the international community to firmly reject this plan. Only a peace based on equality, self-determination, and justice can end the bloodshed and make possible a future of freedom and equality for both Palestinians and Israelis.

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