IDF Spokesperson (Res.) Doron Spielman argues that President Trump’s new “Gaza Board of Peace” plan is a glossy rebrand that ignores street-level reality and risks putting Israel’s enemies in the driver’s seat. You’ll learn the strategic difference between separating Gaza’s civilians from Hamas versus leaving the population (and Hamas’s human shield infrastructure) intact, why a multinational “board” that includes states like Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt creates perverse incentives and what leverage a U.S.-led plan would need to actually break the cycle of terror rather than manage it. The takeaway is a blunt framework for evaluating any Gaza proposal: instincts vs. focus groups, reality vs. committees, and who holds veto power when Israel is the one living one mile from the outcome.