President Donald Trump’s latest plan for ending the war in Gaza has potential to add a genuine peace-making success to his growing list of imaginary ones. But if this proposal is no longer silly, it is not yet serious. It remains too short on critical details and, to qualify, would need more than the three or four days he has offered for negotiations.

The test of this proposal will not, after all, be whether Hamas is happy accept it quickly. Hamas is not a negotiating partner, but the problem that needs solving. This deal aims to write it out of Gaza, exile its leaders and disarm its foot soldiers. That would be good for Gazans, Israel and the region, but not for Hamas, whose ability to use the territory as a base from which to pursue its jihad against Israel’s existence would be severely

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