Peace without Justice: Liberal Imperialism and the Gaza Peace Framework (2025)

Abstract

The 2025 Trump Peace Plan for Gaza is examined to demonstrate how this plan continues the pattern of foreign control under the guise of peace and development. Though the plan aims to bring stability and rebuilding, it mainly serves the interests of powerful elites and restricts Palestinian independence. The researcher employed a qualitative and interpretivist research approach from primary and secondary sources, i.e. White House text on Gaza, Reuters, POLITICO, The New York Times, and The Atlantic Council. It draws on the theoretical framework of Postcolonial Theory and Liberalism to examine the Trump Gaza Peace Plan 2025. The findings indicate that the plan creates economic dependence, foreign control, and limited political freedom, rather than real peace and justice. It uses humanitarian rhetoric to hide inequity and control. The paper recommends that unless local communities are fully involved and injustices corrected, such economic plans will repeat cycles of dependency and control.