Darrell Castle talks about President Trump’s 20-point proposal to bring peace or at least the absence of war and famine to Gaza.

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WILL THERE BE PEACE IN GAZA

Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today’s Castle Report. This is Friday the 3rd of October in the year of our Lord 2025.  I have decided to talk about what seems to be most important for the United States and the world in this report. The government shutdown will have to wait but it might be a good thing anyway. President Trump’s 20-point proposal to bring peace or at least the absence of war and famine to Gaza is my beat for today.

The people of Gaza are certainly important and certainly worth talking about because they and their land are central to Mr. Netanyahu’s plan for the Middle East. Israel seems to appear in almost every discussion about almost everything today. Keeping all that in mind, I have a question to ask before I begin the discussion of Trump’s proposed peace plan.

According to articles by Max Blumenthal who has done yeoman’s work on the subject, Charlie Kirk had expressed to him his one fear and it was not trans people, homosexual activists or anyone of that ilk. No, he said that what he feared the most was the “the Israeli regime backed by powerful and wealthy Jewish donors in the United States.” He went on to allege that Bibi Netanyahu offered Charlie $150 million to come back into the Zionist fold but Charlie chose to keep his honor.

According to Blumenthal, sources within Charlie’s inner circle said that Charlie and Erika had been attending Catholic Mass together. Why is that important, well Mr. Netanyahu was apparently very frightened by it. Candace Owens, close friend of Charlie’s and a recent convert to Catholicism confirmed that for several weeks before his murder Charlie had been distancing himself from the Israeli donors. The investigation by Blumenthal revealed through conversations with Charlie’s inner circle, that many members of that circle as well as members of the Trump administration, believed that Israel killed him. Blumenthal admitted that such beliefs might not be correct, but he was shocked that they were so widespread even with no help from the media.

Reportedly, Israeli donors were furious and shocked that Charlie refused Bibi’s money and more importantly his invitation back to the fold. Apparently, Charlie discounted Bibi’s open boast that he controlled America. Afterall isn’t it obvious that both American political parties support Israel’s policies one way or the other. Those donors thought they could threaten Charlie with the end of his career if he didn’t cooperate. He was obviously aware of the threats and intimidation but that did not stop him. I could make this entire report about Charlie again, but I promised Gaza in the introduction so how is Gaza related in any way to Charlie Kirk. Apparently Charlie was separating from the views of his Israeli donors over Gaza and that links them together, but one more thing about Israel and Mr. Netanyahu before I let it go. Foreign Agents Registration Act documents reveal that the Israeli government is paying pro-Israel influencers $7000 per Instagram and Tik-Tok post for each post spreading Netanyahu’s propaganda. So, we know they were putting that $4 billion U.S. taxpayers give them each year to good use.

Before I get into Trump’s peace proposal I will ask the question that if members of the Trump Administration really believe that the Israelis killed Charlie as his inner circle believes then how can the U.S. Government, the shining light on the hill, the bastion of freedom, the world’s example of rule by law and not by men continue to act as if nothing happened. The answer to that question would appear to be very frightening indeed.

 Well, having said all that Donald Trump, like so many presidents before him, has developed a plan for peace in the Middle East, specifically Gaza. Netanyahu quickly accepted the plan publicly, but Hamas has said it might reject it because it benefits only Israel. I’m fairly well acquainted with the plan and I don’t see that about it. It would allow the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the release of remaining hostages, and it would allow the people of Gaza to be fed, to get medical care, etc.

The plan is much too long for me to discuss all 20 of its points but I will choose just a few of the more important or obvious ones to summarize and give my own thoughts. 1. Gaza will be a deradicalized terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. Well, that’s easier said than done and it obviously requires the terrorists to stop acts of terror and revolutionary resistance to the new rule.

2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough. Sounds good, at least in principle but I don’t understand what redeveloped means and it is not defined. Who pays for all this redevelopment and if Israel is to contribute where will that money come from.

3,4, and 5. If both sides agree then the war will immediately end. IDF will withdraw to the line agreed upon in the proposal. All military activity will cease and all hostages alive and dead will be released within 72 hours. Once hostages are released Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners along with 1700 Gazans detained since October 7, 2023. The 2nd anniversary of that attack is next week so it is a fine time for peace.

6,7, and 8. Hamas fighters will decommission their weapons and commit to peaceful coexistence. All Hamas members who do that will be given amnesty. Those who wish to leave will be given safe passage to other countries. I hope that safe passage doesn’t include the United States. Humanitarian aid will immediately commence and both sides pledge to refrain from interfering with the UN’s effort to deliver the aid. The Rafah passage will be reopened according to what was laid out in past decrees.

9. Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic apolitical Palestinian committee responsible for running day-to-day public services. The committee will be made up of qualified Palestinians and international experts with oversight by a new body the “Board of Peace.” Which will be headed and chaired by Donald Trump and will also include Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain. I knew from other sources that Blair was coming in to run this thing if it is enacted.

10, and11. A Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza will be created by convening a panel of experts who have helped to birth some of the thriving, modern miracle cities in the Middle East. A special economic zone will be established with preferred tariff and access rates to be negotiated with participating countries.

13. Hamas agrees to not have any role in the new government and all terror networks including tunnels and arms stashes will be destroyed and not rebuilt.

14. A guarantee will be provided by regional partners to ensure that Hamas, and their factions comply with their obligations and the New Gaza poses no threat to its neighbors or its people.

15. This seems to me to be the most important one because upon security depends all the others. The U.S. will work with Arab and international partners to develop a temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF) to immediately deploy to Gaza. I don’t know if some of these troops will be American but I am certain that the force and this proposal is why Netanyahu was invited to the White House last week for the fourth time this year. While he was there, Trump forced him to call the Qatari government and apologize for his attack and attempt to kill the Hamas leaders invited there by the U.S. for peace talks. He used American fighter jets and weapons systems to attack an American ally without even paying the U.S. the courtesy of informing them.

He really didn’t say I’m sorry I did it because Bibi would have trouble saying that. Instead, he said he regretted the decision to do it. By the way, apparently the attack killed only Qatari citizens and no Hamas terrorists. In response to the call and to Trump’s executive order guaranteeing Qatar’s security, the Qatari government agreed to once again host the peace talks and I would expect them to participate in the new Gaza peace keeping force.

16. Israel will not annex or occupy Gaza.

18. An interfaith dialogue will be established based on the values of tolerance and peaceful co-existence by emphasizing to the Gazans and Israelis the benefits to be derived from peace.

19. I will end the plan’s summation with this 19th point and that is the hope and intent that if this works the conditions will finally be there for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood which is recognized as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.

In conclusion, I conclude this report with a quote from Bibi Netanyahu which is a not so veiled threat. “If Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they supposedly accept it and then basically do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself. This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done. We prefer the easy way, but it has to be done. All these goals must be achieved because we didn’t fight this horrible fight, sacrifice the finest of our young men, to have Hamas stay in Gaza and threaten us again and again and again with these horrific massacres.”

Trump has been maneuvering in the Middle East the entirety of his time in office. Next week is the 2nd anniversary of the October 7th, 2023, Hamas attack and as I said earlier it would be a perfect date for a peace settlement. I pray that it works and it holds.

Finally, folks I argue that the current relationship with Washington’s special ally, Israel, is not in the national security interest of the United States. Furthermore, the Constitutional Republic or if you prefer, our democracy, is severely threatened by the donor class and its control of the institutions of government. That Israeli billionaires have so much control of American policy tells me that America will soon be at war with Iran.

At least that’s the way I see it,

Until next time folks,

This is Darrell Castle,

Thanks for listening.