Like Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners On Monday, we took the first step towards peace. US President Donald Trump dealt with Knesset, Israel’s parliamentannounced that the 8th war had ended.
“After years of constant war and endless danger, the skies are calm today, the gunshots are silent, the sirens are silent, and the sun is finally rising on a sacred land that is at peace,” Trump said.
He also increased the number of wars he claimed to have ended in his first eight months in office, saying, “Yesterday I said seven. Now I can say eight.”
But President Trump’s claims are exaggerated. Much work remains before the war between Israel and Hamas can be declared over. This is also the case in other countries where President Trump claims to have ended wars.
Let’s take a closer look here:
Israel and Hamas
Although the ceasefire and hostage agreement are major achievements, they remain at an early and delicate stage on the road to peace. end the war foreverNot to mention the two-state solution.
first step of agreement mediated by trump These include the release of hostages in Gaza, the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, a surge in humanitarian aid, and a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza’s main city.
However, key factors remain to be resolved.
After his visit to Israel, President Trump gathered in Egypt with other world leaders and said: peace summit President Trump acknowledged that leaders had taken “first steps toward peace” and urged them to build on this breakthrough. Trump and other leaders signed a document that they described as “very comprehensive, spelling out a lot of rules and regulations and a lot of other things,” but details were not immediately available.
The next stage of negotiations is expected to address issues such as: Disarmament of HamasEstablished a postwar government in Gaza, reconstructionand its range withdrawal from Israeli territory. President Trump’s plan also provides for regional and international partners to work to develop new policies. Palestinian security forces.
At least some, if not all, of these factors will need to be resolved, and negotiations over these issues may break down. President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, spoke with him on Monday. Jared KushnerTrump’s sons-in-law and others are “already working” on implementation issues.
israel and iran
Trump is credited with ending the war. 12 days war.
Israel in June launched an attack in the center of Iran’s nuclear program Military leaders have said they want to prevent Tehran from building nuclear weapons. Iran denies trying to do so.
President Trump ordered American warplanes to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities in Ford, Isfahan, and Natanz before negotiating a ceasefire.
Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, said Trump should be given credit for ending the war.
“There is always the possibility that things could flare up again if Iran resumes its nuclear weapons program, but the two countries were nonetheless at war with each other,” she said. “And there was no real end in sight until President Trump got involved and issued an ultimatum.”
Lawrence Haas, a senior fellow on U.S. diplomacy at the Foreign Policy Council and an expert on tensions between Israel and Iran, agreed that the United States has contributed to tensions with Iran. Securing a ceasefire. But he characterized it as a “temporary respite” from the ongoing “day-to-day cold war” between the two countries, which often flares up again.
egypt and ethiopia
This can be described as a tense situation, and peace efforts that do not involve the United States directly have stalled.
of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam The Blue Nile power project has caused friction between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since it was announced more than a decade ago. Ethiopia in July declared the project complete. it was Launched in September.
Egypt and Sudan oppose the dam. Although most of the water that flows down the Nile originates in Ethiopia, Egypt’s agriculture is almost entirely dependent on the Nile. Sudan fears flooding and wants to protect its power-generating dams.
During his first term, Trump tried to broker a deal between Ethiopia and Egypt. Unable to get agreement from each country, he suspended aid to Ethiopia due to the conflict. In July, he posted on social media that he had “cooperated in the fight over the giant dam,” adding that “at least for now there is peace.” But disagreements persist, and negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have stalled.
“To say these countries are at war would be a complete exaggeration,” Haas said. “I mean, they’re not.”
india and pakistan
April murder of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir pushed aside India and Pakistan A cease-fire was reached, although it came closer to war than in years.
President Trump has claimed that the United States brokered the cease-fire, saying it was prompted in part by the United States offering trade concessions. Pakistan thanked President Trump and recommended him. nobel peace prize. India denied Trump’s claims and said there were no trade conversations between the US and India related to the ceasefire.
Although India downplayed the Trump administration’s role in the ceasefire, Haas and Farkas believe the United States deserves some recognition for its role in ending the fighting.
“I think President Trump played a constructive role from all standpoints, but it may not have been decisive. And I don’t know if I would define this as an all-out war,” Farkas said.
Serbia and Kosovo
White House lists conflicts between the two countries Serbia and Kosovo As one Mr. Trump decided. But there was no threat of war between the two neighbors during President Trump’s second term, and the Republican president has not made any significant contributions this year to improving relations.
Kosovo is a former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008. Tensions have continued ever since, but mainly because they haven’t reached the point of war. NATO-led peacekeeping force It is also deployed in Kosovo and is recognized by more than 100 countries.
During his first term, Trump negotiated a wide range of deals However, much of what was agreed upon was never implemented.
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Trump has played a key role in peace efforts between Africa’s neighbors, but he is not alone and the conflict is far from over.
Eastern CongoIt is rich in minerals and has been destroyed in battles with over 100 armed groups. The most powerful is M23 rebel group. Neighboring Rwanda is also assisting, saying it is protecting its territorial interests, and some Rwandan participants are 1994 Rwanda Genocide He defected to the Congo and is cooperating with them. Congo army.
The Trump administration’s efforts bore fruit in June when the foreign ministers of Congo and Rwanda met. signed a peace agreement At the White House. However, M23 said it was not directly involved in the U.S.-brokered negotiations and would not abide by the terms of an agreement that did not involve M23.
The last step towards peace was supposed to be like this Agreement between Congo and M23 brokered by Qatar It would result in a permanent ceasefire and a final agreement, facilitated by the regime, to be signed separately between Congo and Rwanda. but, negotiations are stalled Deadly fighting continues in eastern Congo, with conflict between factions continuing amid the setbacks.
Armenia and Azerbaijan
In August, President Trump Welcomed the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan At the White House, they signed a deal aimed at ending decades of conflict. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan He called the signed document “an important milestone.” President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President Trump hailed it as a “miracle.”
The agreement aimed to reopen key transport routes and reaffirm the commitment of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign the agreement. peace treaty. The text of the treaty was initiated and given preliminary approval by the foreign ministers of each country at that conference. However, the two countries have not yet signed or ratified the agreement.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been in a bitter dispute over territory since the early 1990s, when ethnic Armenian forces took control of the internationally known Karabakh province. Nagorno Karabakhand neighboring territories. In 2020, azerbaijani army recaptured a large area of territory. Russia brokered a ceasefire It has dispatched approximately 2,000 peacekeepers to the region.
In September 2023, Azerbaijani forces launched a blitzkrieg to retake the remaining parts. Since then, the two countries have worked towards normalizing relations and concluding a peace treaty.
cambodia and thailand
Thai and Cambodian officials believe it was President Trump who urged the Asian neighbors to agree to a ceasefire after a brief border conflict this summer.
Cambodia and Thailand have clashed over the border in the past. The latest fighting began in July after the conflict. Landmine explosion along the border Five Thai soldiers were injured. Tensions have been high since May, when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a clash that caused a diplomatic rift. Thai politics in turmoil.
The two countries agreed to an unconditional ceasefire during talks in Malaysia in late July.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim They pressed for a deal, but little progress was made until President Trump intervened. President Trump said on social media that he had warned the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia that the United States would not move forward with a trade deal if hostilities continued. Both countries were facing economic difficulties, and neither had a customs agreement with the United States, although most of their Southeast Asian neighbors had one.
“President Trump’s decision to condition a successful ceasefire on these talks likely played an important role in ensuring both sides came to the negotiating table,” said Ken Rohatepanon, a political analyst and doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan.
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Associated Press writers Michelle Price, Chinedu Asadu, Melissa Goldin, John Gambrell, Grant Peck, Dasha Litvinova, Faye Abuelgasim, Rajesh Roy and Dusan Stojanovic contributed to this report. ___
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