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President Trump’s hard-nosed Gaza peace proposal, announced with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lays out a clear set of conditions: disarm Hamas, secure the immediate return of hostages, and install a transitional governance structure to prevent terror from reconstituting itself. Israel has signaled support for the framework, while Hamas has yet to agree, proving once again that only strength — not vague concessions — can force terrorists to the table.
Conservatives should welcome a plan that ties aid and reconstruction to explicit demilitarization and the surrender of Hamas’s grip on Gaza; anything less would be a recipe for rebuilding the terror machine that murdered innocent Israelis and Americans. This is not about sweep-it-under-the-rug diplomacy — it’s about ensuring that the sacrifice of the victims is not turned into a prize for their murderers.
So when Sen. John Fetterman told Greta Van Susteren that Hamas “won’t get a better deal,” he was speaking plain truth and showing uncommon spine for a Democrat. Fetterman’s insistence that rewards without accountability only embolden terrorists is the kind of common-sense realism Washington desperately needs right now.
Make no mistake: even Democrats who reflexively scold Israel are being forced to reckon with reality — Hamas cannot be left functional if there is to be any genuine peace or reconstruction in Gaza. Fetterman has repeatedly stood with Israel on this point, saying any deal that leaves Hamas in power would be unacceptable and would merely fuel more terror.
President Trump’s proposal gives Hamas a final, fair ultimatum: disarm and free the hostages or be dismantled. That clarity of purpose should be applauded by every American who cares about justice and the safety of our allies, and Congress should move to back measures that make the plan enforceable and irreversible.
This moment tests our nation’s resolve. Hardworking Americans should stand with leaders who demand accountability, back our ally Israel, and refuse to let appeasement be repackaged as diplomacy. If Washington shows the same courage as Fetterman’s blunt warning, we can give real peace a chance while making sure the terrorists get nothing but what they deserve.
