In the cynical end, its several virtues aside, about the best that can be said for President Trump and his diplomatic team’s complex, thoughtful new plan to end the Israeli war in Gaza is that it’s worth a try.

While so many facets of the proposal involve what the best initiatives between literally warring parties do — true compromises, which, if adhered to, would surely result in true peace and an end for now to the killing — they all have the same linchpin: Acceptance by the terrorist military and political organization that is Hamas, which still rules Gaza.

Even, hoping against hope, if there were such an acceptance of the president’s plan, mere cognizance of history and current realities in the Middle East surely leads us to doubts that the peace could hold. There is too much bad blo

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