In this special Tel Aviv Diary episode, I share my first full reaction to President Trump’s new Gaza plan—which brings home the hostages, and why, despite the politics around it, I think it’s a good plan for Israel and for ending the war. I walk through the core idea: finally having a credible “day after” framework that rejects occupation and annexation, revives a reformed Palestinian Authority, and opens the door to broader regional normalization—if Hamas says yes.

We also look at the hard parts: whether Hamas (and its patrons) will accept, how the far-right in Israel is likely to respond, and why implementation details and verification will decide success. I reflect on what Ben-Gurion understood in 1949 about sharing this land, why realism now matters more than ideology, and how choosing a workable peace framework strengthens Israel’s security, economy, and future.

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