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Gaza at the Crossroads — Will the 2025 Peace Plan Hold? By : Malik Mukhtar, October 2025 Two years into a devastating war , Gaza lies in ruins. The humanitarian catastrophe is staggering: over 66,000 lives lost , tens of thousands more injured, entire neighborhoods turned into rubble . While rockets and tank shells continue to dominate headlines , this past week marked a turning point in diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. A new U.S.-brokered 20-point peace proposal has plunged the region into fresh hope — and renewed debate over whether promises can outpace bullets. What’s on the Table: The 20-Point Proposal On September 29, 2025, President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping 20-point plan to end hostilities in Gaza . Immediately, the plan called for: A ceasefire , freezing conflict lines instantly Hostage returns : within 72 hours , all captives (alive and deceased) released Prisoner swaps : Israel releases 250 life-sentence prisoners and 1,700 Gazans detained since...

  Tony Blair has always enjoyed his favorite costume: the peacemaker. A Nobel-prize smile, a PowerPoint full of “solutions ,” and a rolodex of Gulf patrons . But peel back the PR varnish and what remains is one of the most destructive salesmen of war in modern times — a man whose policies turned Iraq into rubble, Afghanistan into a graveyard of promises, and who now, with astonishing audacity, is whispered about as the “ Regent of Gaza.” Yes, you read that right: the man who sold a lie to Parliament about Iraq’s “weapons of mass destruction,” who tied Britain’s destiny to George W. Bush’s cowboy wars , is now being floated as a manager of Gaza’s future . If it weren’t grotesque , it would almost be comic. Iraq: The War That Had “No Imminent Threat” The Chilcot Inquiry laid it bare: “When Britain joined the US-led invasion in March 2003 , the Iraqi dictator posed ‘ no imminent threat’ . ” “Policy on the Iraq invasion was made on the basis of flawed intelligence asses...