President Trump announced a major breakthrough this week: Israel and Hamas have agreed to the so-called “first phase” of a U.S.-brokered peace plan, a development that conservative patriots should celebrate as proof that America still leads when it matters. The president made the declaration on his platform and signaled his willingness to move to the region to lock the deal in and protect our ally Israel.
The initial phase reportedly secures an immediate cessation of hostilities, the release of hostages, and an Israeli redeployment to an agreed line — concrete steps that prioritize lives and security over endless moralizing. This is not kumbaya diplomacy; it is a results-driven arrangement that demands verification and accountability from every player at the table.
Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, with heavy U.S. involvement, have been shuttling proposals back and forth, and Trump’s personal engagement pressured both sides to move from rhetoric to action. The administration’s readiness to put American muscle and diplomacy into the mix contrasts sharply with the feckless posture of recent years.
Let’s be clear about what changed the calculation: decisive U.S. military pressure on Iranian nuclear and military targets earlier this year altered Tehran’s calculus and gave negotiators leverage they didn’t have before. When the United States demonstrates it will act to neutralize existential threats, adversaries pay attention — and peace talks start to look like the smarter option.
Conservative Americans should be proud that strong leadership, not appeasement, produced this opening. For too long the Left’s ghost-of-diplomacy-in-chief approach treated adversaries as partners in progress; real peace only comes when bad actors are convinced force, and the prospect of force, is a real and present option.
That said, no one should be naive about Hamas or Iran. Demilitarization, verifiable disarmament and continuing pressure on proxy groups like Hezbollah must accompany any pause in the fighting, and Washington is already moving funds and security assistance to regional partners to shore up stability. We cannot trade Israel’s security or America’s interests for a shaky promise on paper.
This breakthrough is a reminder to every patriotic American: strength secures peace, and leadership backed by resolve gets results. Congress and the American people must stand behind policies that protect our allies, punish our enemies, and ensure that any agreement is enforced — because freedom and security are not given, they are defended.
