The acceptance this week by both Israel and Hamas of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza has set in motion a series of events that could mean a partial Israeli withdrawal from the Strip and the release of all remaining Israeli hostages held by the terrorists.

But while the conclusion of the current fighting is being celebrated, it’s important to remember that none of the modifications promised by the new plan—demilitarization, collection of weapons, government by a “technocratic apolitical Palestinian committee”—will lead to peace until Point No. 1 of the Trump plan is met: “Gaza will be a deradicalized, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors.” And that is highly unlikely to happen.

For more than a century, Palestinian society

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