Dr Achcar: Trump's Gaza plan 'most slapdash peace plan in the history of the Arab‑Israeli conflict''
• Nov 28, 2025, 6:42 PM
1 min de lecture
Tonight, Mark Owen welcomes Dr. Gilbert Achcar, Professor of International Relations at SOAS University of London and author of "The Gaza Catastrophe" delivers a searing critique of Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. With the dust barely settling on a fragile ceasefire, Dr. Achcar unpacks the structural flaws, political illusions, and moral hazards at the heart of a plan he deems “completely botched from the start.” His analysis challenges the veneer of diplomacy, revealing, instead, a grim architecture of power that risks perpetuating violent conflict under the guise of a forced peace.
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