Opinion by Mathew Carr

Oct. 9, 2025 — The so-called Trump peace deal won’t work if there is deception.

And a pretend withdrawal by Israel just won’t do.

All Israel soldiers/military need to leave Gaza at least to areas 500 m or so outside the pre-Oct. 7, 2023 perimeter.

Occupiers need to withdraw from all improperly-taken land….instigating abusers should never be put in charge of peace solutions. That is a reward for abuse.

Islamic/UN/Arabic blue helmet forces should immediately take over from the Israel defence forces [IDF] (which have, in truth, become the Israel attack forces the past two years and stand credibly accused of genocide).

Only then ….can the 20 living Israel hostages be released (without risking further harm to Gazans by violent IDF members and genocidal Israel immediately after that release).

I’m happy to be proven wrong, but the leaders of Israel are just not trustworthy.

This move by Israel this week seems like a cynical attempt to get undeserving Trump a Nobel peace prize tomorrow.

Right now, Gaza peace seems far from secure. The Nobel committee and Mr Trump must surely know this.

NOTES

Claude AI

CarrZee…So the “Israel task” was never finished?

That’s an interesting way to frame it, and you’re essentially correct – the process that began with international efforts to resolve the competing claims to the land was never completed in the way originally envisioned.

What remained unfinished:

• The UN Partition Plan (1947) was never implemented – war broke out instead
• The Palestinian Arab state proposed in that plan was never established
• Permanent borders were never agreed upon (except with Egypt and Jordan decades later)
• Jerusalem’s status as an international zone (as the UN proposed) never happened
• The Palestinian refugee issue from 1948 was never resolved
• Final status negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians have repeatedly failed

Why it remained unfinished:

• The 1948 war immediately followed Britain’s withdrawal
• Subsequent wars (1967, 1973) further complicated matters
• Deep disagreements over core issues: borders, refugees, Jerusalem, settlements, security
• Multiple peace processes (Camp David, Oslo, etc.) achieved partial agreements but not a final resolution

Current situation:

Rather than a “finished task,” there’s an ongoing conflict with:

• Israel as an established state
• Palestinians divided between the West Bank (partially self-governed) and Gaza (controlled by Hamas)
• No agreed-upon final borders or resolution to the Palestinian national aspirations

So yes, the original international “task” of peacefully partitioning the land into two states and resolving competing claims remains unfinished over 75 years later.

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Strange maps

• AI maps re Gaza Palestine….some quite weird and funny: