The Fog Clears in 21 Points

Why Macron’s Recognition Falters and Trump’s Proposal Prevails.

Between the barbaric and the civilized, the world is being stirred—not by facts, but by framing. Emanuel knows this well. With every statement and social media post, he distances himself from the US-Israeli axis, trying to reorient global opinion toward a vision of Palestinian statehood that feels morally urgent but politically suspended. There’s a lot at play, and none of it is linear. It’s like putting the cart before the horse.

France has tried to punch above its weight. Macron floated his own Gaza plan—an international security force to defeat Hamas and manage the strip. But words are easy, and France is no match for the operational heft of the US or Israel. The proposal felt more like a diplomatic performance than a viable strategy. Trump’s 21-point counterproposal was the real deal—its mere announcement, even before the plan was revealed by the Times of Israel, served as a gesture of dismissal. A reminder that in this arena, weight matters more than eloquence.

And yet, Macron went further. His recognition of a Palestinian state came without conditions—no demand for a reformed Palestinian Authority, no call for societal deradicalization, not even a request for mutual recognition from Saudi Arabia or other Arab states. Logic would suggest that recognition should be reciprocal, or at least strategically timed. But in Macron’s version, it was unilateral, symbolic, and untethered from the realities on the ground. Not a peace initiative—just a gesture of positioning.

In Israel, the public is angry, wounded, and temporarily resistant to the two-state idea. But this resistance is not the same as the far-right’s definitive rejection. The “time being” matters—it creates a space where mainstream Israelis can oppose annexation without endorsing partition. The progress of the plan, and how successful it proves to be, will give Israelis room to breathe and time to rethink their convictions.

Unlike the gestures and declarations that preceded it, Trump’s proposal carries weight. It effectively puts a definitive end to the so-called Palestinian cause and the ideological mythology built around it. Deradicalization, in this context, means the collapse of an entire worldview—one rooted in death, terror, and hate—under a sweeping indoctrination program that would encompass Palestinian communities in both the West Bank and Gaza. It implies a shift in perspective, a dismantling of entrenched bigotries, and a reengineering of identity.

Let’s be fair: the deal is a strategic win for Israel. It meets every Israeli requirement to end the war. It should be taken—for the sake of those cadavers languishing in the dungeons of hell. And Israel, one suspects, will take it. The far right has been muted by Trump’s brutal declaration that the dream of annexation is dead. Netanyahu, newly empowered, may now be more able to accept the prospect of a Palestinian state—especially since the timeline for its creation remains undetermined. And time, as always, changes everything.