While Prime Minister Mark Carney and the United Nations were spouting empty rhetoric about recognizing a non-existent state of Palestine last month, U.S. President Donald Trump was working on a practical, 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

Practical because it focuses on the two things that must happen before there can be an end to the conflict.

First, Hamas must release the estimated 20 living Israeli hostages it still holds captive, plus the remains of 28 others believed to have died in captivity, in return for a release of Arab and Muslim prisoners held in Israeli jails.

Second, a ceasefire must be agreed to by both sides to allow the full restoration of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, 65,000 of whom have died in the conflict according to the Hamas-control

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