This blog is an opinion piece, i do not consider myself to be an expert. Some sections maybe generated through AI.
I want to start this one by saying that we, the people outside of Gaza, cannot even begin to fathom what these people have gone through the past 2 years. This is only an attempt to provide a response from their perspective on this Gaza peace plan.
The world is buzzing with all this talk of the ‘peace’ plan. In Washington, London, and Tel Aviv, they are calling it a “historic breakthrough.” A “20-point plan,” freshly printed and announced under flashing cameras by President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, promises an end to the war and a new future for Gaza.
Diplomats will issue statements. Analysts will fill hours of airtime. But here at RazaRants.com, we believe the most important analysis comes not from a pristine television studio, but from the dust and rubble of Gaza itself. What does this plan mean to a person whose entire reality has been shaped by siege, war, and occupation?
First, let’s listen to that voice. A voice pieced together from the shared sentiment of a people who have learned to read the fine print on every promise. Then, and only then, can we discuss the crucial role Pakistan must play.
Part 1: The View from Gaza – Our Response to Your ‘Peace’
You have presented us with 20 points. We have 60,000+ reasons to be skeptical. But let us look at your plan.
1: The Ceasefire & Hostages
- Your Plan: An “immediate end to the war,” hostage returns, and a prisoner exchange.
- Our Response: We have seen ceasefires before. They are often just a pause for the occupier to reload. Will this “end to the war” mean the end of the siege that has strangled us for nearly 7 decades? You talk of releasing 1,700 Gazans detained since October 7th, but this is a drop in the ocean. What about the thousands of our people who have been languishing in your prisons for years, many under ‘administrative detention’ without a single charge? What about our children, who are snatched from their beds in nightly raids and detained regularly, their childhoods stolen in your military courts? Your exchange rates have always valued our lives as less than yours. A pause in the bombing is welcome, but a pause is not peace. It is merely a breath.
2: Demilitarization and Amnesty
- Your Plan: Hamas disarms completely, and its members are given “amnesty” and “safe passage” to leave.
- Our Response: And then we get to the disarmament clause – though Hamas doesn’t have the Palestinian people’s well-being at heart or their current mandate (and what they did was not justified). What guarantee is there that you will not create another Hamas once, or even if, this one disarms? Your evil of a Prime Minister has admitted to funding and keeping Hamas in power. Why will not he do that again if it suits his or another’s needs? You offer ‘amnesty’ for our existence and ‘safe passage’ as a euphemism for exile, the very outcome this has all been about. You ask us to trade what little we have left for promises from those who have never kept a single one.
3: Governance and Redevelopment
- Your Plan: A “technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee” supervised by an international “Board of Peace” chaired by Donald Trump. A massive economic plan will create a “New Gaza.”
- Our Response: Let us be clear. A committee of hand-picked experts and foreign overseers is not self-governance. It is colonialism dressed in a business suit. Your promises of a “New Gaza” sound hollow when your own ministers have openly spoken of their dream to build seaside resorts on the ruins of our homes. This isn’t a redevelopment plan; it’s a blueprint for our erasure. We don’t want a prettier cage built on our graves; we want the key to our freedom.
On the Long-Term Vision
- Your Plan: A vague “pathway to statehood” if we meet your conditions. No forced displacement. An “International Stabilization Force.”
- Our Response: The promise of a state has been dangled before us for 50+ years, always just out of reach. A “state” with no army, no control over its borders, no claim to Jerusalem, and no justice for our refugees is not a state. It is a Bantustan. It means Gaza will remain the world’s largest open-air prison, just with a new coat of paint and different guards at the gates. You say “no forced displacement,” yet your economic and political pressures have always been designed to make life so unlivable that leaving becomes the only choice.
We have read your 20 points. They are points of surrender, not peace. They are designed to manage the occupation, not end it.
Part 2: Pakistan’s Moral Imperative – Demand a Just Peace
So, what should Pakistan do? The government faces a critical choice. An outright rejection, while emotionally satisfying, will see us dismissed as rejectionists. Outright acceptance would be a betrayal of the highest order.
The only path forward is assertive, principled diplomacy. Pakistan must lead the OIC and the wider Muslim world not in rejecting the plan, but in demanding its fundamental renegotiation. Here is what Pakistan’s counter-proposal should focus on:
1. Demand True Sovereignty:
Pakistan must insist that any future Palestinian state has all the attributes of sovereignty. This includes control over its own borders (including the Allenby Bridge and Gaza’s crossings), its airspace, and its territorial waters. A state that cannot control who and what comes in or out is not a state.
2. Jerusalem is a Red Line:
The “Trump Board” is a non-starter. Pakistan must be unequivocal: a viable two-state solution is impossible without East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, in line with decades of international law and UN Security Council resolutions. This is non-negotiable.
3. Champion Genuine Self-Determination:
Instead of an appointed committee of technocrats, Pakistan must demand a clear, internationally supervised timeline for free and fair Palestinian elections in both the West Bank and Gaza. Let the Palestinians choose their own leaders, whoever they may be.
4. Uphold the Right of Return:
The issue of Palestinian refugees cannot be swept under the rug. Pakistan must insist that UN Resolution 194, which affirms the right of refugees to return, remains a cornerstone of any final status negotiations. This is a matter of justice, not charity.
5. Economic Justice, Not Economic Control:
The economic plan must be delinked from political surrender. Pakistan should advocate for a framework that gives Palestinians control over their own economic assets—from the gas fields off Gaza’s coast to trade and customs revenue. The goal should be economic independence, not donor-dependent servitude.
Here is another blog on Gaza situation.
Conclusion: The Time for Action is Now
The Trump-Netanyahu plan, as it stands, is an insult to the intelligence and resilience of the Palestinian people. It offers a gilded cage and calls it a state.
Pakistan has long been a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause. But words are no longer enough. Now is the time for bold, strategic action. The government must leverage its diplomatic capital in Washington, Beijing, Riyadh, and Ankara to build a coalition that can force a renegotiation.
We cannot accept a peace plan written by the occupier for the occupied. Pakistan has the opportunity and the duty to help write a new chapter—one based on justice, equality, and true freedom for the Palestinian people.
