— Feature, Musings —10.09.2025 03:00 PM
Peace, and the consequences of peace
First things first: Donald Trump deserves lots of credit. Even Trump critics like this writer agree.
On the second anniversary of October 7, I spoke at a vigil for the hostages still held by Hamas. Unsurprisingly, some of the Jews present kibbutzed with me about the rumoured coming peace deal. I asked them whether Trump could pull it off.
One woman summed it up perfectly. “I’m no fan of Donald Trump, like you,” she said. “He’s a bit crazy. But this is a situation where his craziness helps – Hamas obviously feels he’s crazy enough to wipe them out!”
We laughed, but that was – and remains – the key question: will Donald Trump’s peace deal result in the eradication of Hamas? Because make no mistake: Hamas is the biggest impediment to lasting peace in the Middle East. Israel, and every surrounding Arab nation agree on that.
Given that, what does the future hold? What challenges lie ahead, for Trump and the rest of the world? There are five main ones.
The Propaganda War. I’ve written a book about this subject, titled The Hidden Hand, and it’s out in February. One thing that is indisputable: the anti-Israel, anti-West propaganda campaign – overseen by Iran, funded by Qatar and assorted anti-Israel charities and NGOs, and staffed by Hamas and its axis – is not going away, peace or no peace.
The antisemitic, anti-Israel information war has been wildly successful for Hamas and its cabal – far beyond their own expectations, in fact. Just this week, Harvard-Harris released a poll showing nearly half of young Americans fully support Hamas over Israel. And, online and in the streets – and in academia, government and public sector unions – Israel is losing, or has lost, the information battle. The antisemitism we see everywhere is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.
The Governance of Gaza. There is a reason why no surrounding Arab nations ever took on Palestinian refugees – and why Egypt even built a wall bordering Southern Gaza that was impenetrable: stable Arab states regard Gaza, and Palestinians, as completely ungovernable. So who is going to run the Gaza Strip, if the Palestinian Authority can’t, and Hamas shouldn’t?
For the likes of Canada’s Mark Carney, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Keir Starmer, answering that question is very politically perilous. Those three, and others, recently recognized the state of Palestine and made grandiose pledges to pay for its reconstruction and rehabilitation. There will be a steep dollar cost for that, which Canadian taxpayers are unlikely to appreciate. And, if Carney makes good on speculation that Canadian troops could be sent to Gaza to keep the “peace,” what happens when some of them inevitably become casualties?
Words are cheap. Messrs. Carney, Macron and Starmer may soon regret theirs.
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Trump – no credibility, should live the rest of his life in jail
Netanyahu – no credibility, should live the rest of his life in jail
Hamas – no credibility, spending the rest of their lives in jail would be better than they deserve
There is no peace deal.
Its all just a bunch of head fakes setting up the next series of sucker punches.
The only surprising thing is that anyone takes it seriously.
Sean,
1000%.
Just like his trade deals, as Carney is finding out to his detriment. Total fake outs.
Ronald,
I am truly amazed at how weak Carney has turned out to be
Douglas,
Well, he’s a neophyte after all so to some extent it’s predictable. But the next election will save him as the narrative is already set: vote for me the amateur dud or vote for the dick. We all know which way most voters will vote. They will tightly hold their noses and vote Liberal once again.
Ronald,
Agreed. The narrative has been set. A strong Liberal majority government appears to be a certainty.
The Conservatives have, in the past, been extremely strong on social media.
Crickets, the past few months.
Conservatives have no shortage of content: 100,000 full-time jobs lost this past summer.
Folks continue to struggle with the cost of living.
Cabinet ministers, who continue to trip over the curb.
And an immigration policy that continues to cause massive harm.
Me thinks Carney will call a snap election, early in the New Year.
He’s going to romp
Douglas,
IMHO, Carney has already telegraphed a spring election : it’s called the NOVEMBER budget with an updated economic statement in April. Never happened before to my knowledge. Translation: they go with an economic statement in April and then pull the plug in May. We then get to die from a thousand cuts in the campaign because our dolts will have endorsed the leader in January in Soviet-style terms. FIFTH election loss in a row, will make me so proud to be a Conservative. We never, ever, should have merged with those bozos. They took over the party and it’s paid absolutely no dividends since 2015. Successive Harper governments have turned out to be a political one-off. I guess we’ll get what we richly deserve in the end. And then we can amuse ourselves watching Albertan heads explode when we blow it again, largely thanks to them and their minions in the party. And the topper will be when our dork will announce he’s staying after two election losses…
Douglas,
Praying that Martin will agree with us but don’t expect that he will. He still has some faith in the leadership. Martin is far more charitable and forgiving than I am.
I hope there will be peace. We have to wait and see.
Warren,
Trump just lost the Nobel. I know he would be particularly grateful if someone could call him to let him know who Habeas corpus is. Frankly, it won’t be very long now. No wonder he’s at Walter Reed today.