EGGEC condemns the Trump "Peace" Plan

Edinburgh Gaza Emergency Committee (EGGEC) issued a statement on  10 October welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza while condemning Trump's so-called “peace plan”. As an organisation affilaited to EGGEC, SACC fully endorses this statement. 

Edinburgh Gaza Emergency Committee (EGGEC) Statement on the Trump–Netanyahu “Peace” Plan

The Edinburgh Gaza Emergency Committee (EGGEC) welcomes the announced ceasefire but unequivocally condemns the so-called “peace plan” announced by Trump and Netanyahu. This proposal, devised by a perpetrator and an enabler of genocide—one of whom is wanted by the International Criminal Court—represents a flagrant affront to international law and to the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination.

The wave of global solidarity with Palestine, seen in the United Nations and in the growing number of countries recognising the State of Palestine, marks a long-overdue and welcome shift toward justice. A shift that has been led from the front by the masses, taking to the streets in their thousands week after week for the past two years. Yet this plan seeks to reverse such progress by once again attempting to legitimise the theft and partition of Palestinian land.

Under this scheme, Palestinian territory is effectively being promised to foreign control through an alleged “Board of Peace,” reportedly led by figures such as Trump and former Prime Minister Tony Blair—individuals with well-documented records of deceit and war crimes. Their credibility, like that of Netanyahu, is non-existent.

Reports suggest that multiple versions of this plan were circulated: one to the President of Türkiye, another to certain Arab leaders, and yet a third version presented publicly. All iterations share a common feature—complete bias in favour of the occupying power. The plan’s 21 points serve the terror states’ interests exclusively.

Among its so-called objectives are the release of israeli captives in exchange for a limited number of Palestinian prisoners, the economic “rehabilitation” and “de-radicalisation” of Palestinians, and complete demilitarisation. The latter measures, coupled with efforts to encourage the displacement of Palestinians, would entrench rather than end occupation.

The proposal envisions the continuation of foreign military control under newly constituted colonial forces. While it calls for an immediate “cessation of hostilities,” it offers no justice for Palestinians. No independent investigation, no accountability for war crimes, no reparations, and no guarantee of sovereignty or statehood. The occupation of the West Bank is ignored, and the Palestinian Authority is sidelined entirely despite its collusion with israeli state against Gaza.

This so-called peace plan presents Palestinians with a false choice: submission or continued suffering. It constitutes yet another assault on Palestinian human rights and a further obstruction to their struggle for liberation and for a sovereign, independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.

EGGEC denounces this plan as a cynical mockery of international law, one that endangers any genuine prospects for a just and lasting peace in Palestine.