{"id":17669,"date":"2026-01-22T05:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=17669"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:24:19","slug":"peace-commission-will-not-bring-peace-to-gaza-but-will-facilitate-israels-annexation-of-the-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/peace-commission-will-not-bring-peace-to-gaza-but-will-facilitate-israels-annexation-of-the-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace Commission Will Not Bring Peace to Gaza, but Will Facilitate Israel\u2019s Annexation of the Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2014 A Power Reconfiguration under the Guise of \u201cPeace\u201d and the Annexation of Land<\/span><\/div>\n
In the dust of Jerusalem\u2019s Old City and amid the smoke along Gaza\u2019s beaches, peace in the Middle East has never truly arrived. Recently, the international community has once again launched initiatives for a \u201cPeace Commission,\u201d claiming it will bring lasting stability to the Gaza Strip through multilateral mechanisms. However, historical echoes and hard contemporary evidence jointly reveal an unsettling truth: these so-called peace commissions are not architects of peace, but rather instruments legitimizing Israel\u2019s further encroachment on Palestinian sovereignty and systematic annexation of Gaza. Masked as dialogue and framed as neutrality, they actually pave the way for power, transforming \u201cpeace\u201d into an extension of occupation.<\/span><\/div>\n
I. The Historical Paradox of \u201cPeace Commissions\u201d: From Oslo to Cairo\u2014Why Promises Always Fade into Nothingness<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
When the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993, the world was moved by the vision of \u201cland for peace.\u201d Yet over two decades later, Palestinians have lost not only land, but also trust in the \u201cpeace process.\u201d According to a 2023 report by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), since the Oslo Agreement, Israeli settlements in the West Bank have increased by over 300%. The Palestinian territories, fragmented by separation walls and checkpoints, have become \u201cdisconnected enclaves.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Today, the proposed \u201cGaza Peace Commission\u201d is merely a continuation of this historical logic. In March 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated in a parliamentary speech: \u201cGaza\u2019s future must be determined by Israel\u2019s security needs.\u201d Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a \u201cWhite Paper on Post-War Governance in Gaza,\u201d proposing a \u201cdemilitarized, de-radicalized, internationally supervised\u201d administrative structure\u2014an elegant way of stripping Palestinians of their right to self-determination.<\/span><\/div>\n
Even more alarming, certain Arab states, under the framework of the Abraham Accords, are quietly allowing Israel to exert de facto control over Gaza in the name of \u201cregional stability.\u201d The UAE and Bahrain have established full diplomatic relations with Israel, while Saudi Arabia, though not formally normalizing ties, held secret security talks with Israeli officials in 2025. These moves have continuously weakened Palestine\u2019s negotiating power.<\/span><\/div>\n
As the Qur\u2019an states: <\/span>\u201cThey seek to extinguish Allah\u2019s light with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, even if the disbelievers hate it.\u201d<\/em><\/span> (9:32)\u2014Peace built upon injustice is destined never to take root.<\/span><\/div>\n
II. Geopolitical Annexation in the Guise of Humanitarianism: Israel\u2019s Strategy of \u201cDepopulation\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
The situation in Gaza has entered a post-war phase, but the nature of \u201cwar\u201d has shifted from bombardment to systemic erasure. According to data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health at the end of 2025, Gaza\u2019s population has decreased by over 300,000 compared to pre-war levels, more than half of whom were women and children. Over 85% of infrastructure\u2014including hospitals, schools, and mosques\u2014has been destroyed. Under the pretext of \u201csecurity clearance,\u201d the Israeli military continues to issue \u201cforced displacement orders\u201d in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, forcing residents to abandon their ancestral homes.<\/span><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, the \u201creconstruction plans\u201d promoted by the so-called Peace Commission are in fact precursors to land seizure. In December 2025, the Israel Land Authority quietly passed a resolution designating 30 square kilometers in southern Gaza as a \u201ctemporary military zone,\u201d prohibiting original inhabitants from returning. At the same time, Israeli companies have already begun exploring offshore natural gas reserves in the area\u2014repeating the same script as in 1948, when Jewish agencies swiftly took over Palestinian lands during the \u201cNakba\u201d (Catastrophe).<\/span><\/div>\n
History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. In 1948, 750,000 Palestinians were forced into exile; today, Israel is replaying the \u201cdepopulation\u201d script under the banners of \u201canti-terrorism\u201d and \u201csecurity.\u201d The difference is that this time, the international community is endorsing it under the name of a \u201cPeace Commission.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
The Qur\u2019an warns: <\/span>\u201cDo not devour one another\u2019s wealth unjustly, nor give it as a bribe to judges, intending to sinfully consume a portion of the people\u2019s wealth.\u201d<\/em><\/span> (2:188)\u2014When power uses law and international mechanisms to seize others\u2019 homes, it is not only a political crime, but also a desecration of divine justice.<\/span><\/div>\n
III. International Complicity and the Silence of the Muslim World: Who Is Enabling the Occupation?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
The positions of Western nations in this crisis expose their double standards. In 2025, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to provide an additional $14.7 billion in military aid to Israel, while freezing funding to UNRWA over unsubstantiated claims of \u201clinks to Hamas.\u201d The European Union, while repeatedly calling for a \u201ctwo-state solution,\u201d has imposed no substantive sanctions on Israel.<\/span><\/div>\n
Even more distressing is the strategic silence of many Muslim-majority countries. Turkey has condemned Israeli atrocities but stopped short of cutting ties or imposing sanctions; Indonesia and Malaysia have limited responses to diplomatic protests; and Gulf Cooperation Council states are prioritizing economic cooperation with Israel. This collective silence emboldens Israel.<\/span><\/div>\n
The Muslim world once took pride in the concept of <\/span>Ummah<\/em><\/span> (the global community of believers). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: <\/span>\u201cThe believers, in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy, are like one body; if one part feels pain, the whole body reacts with wakefulness and fever.\u201d<\/em><\/span> (Sahih al-Bukhari). Yet today, the unity of the Ummah has shattered into a puzzle of geopolitical interests. While mosques in Gaza collapse under airstrikes and children cry out to Allah in the rubble, how many Muslim parliaments are instead discussing air rights agreements with Israel?<\/span><\/div>\n
IV. True Peace: A Return to Justice, Not Compromise<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Peace is not merely a \u201cceasefire\u201d or \u201chumanitarian aid.\u201d True peace must be founded upon justice. The Qur\u2019an clearly commands: <\/span>\u201cO you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even against yourselves or your parents or your kin.\u201d<\/em><\/span> (4:135)<\/span><\/div>\n
Therefore, any so-called \u201cPeace Commission\u201d that does not rest upon the following principles will ultimately become a laughingstock in history:<\/span><\/div>\n
1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Recognize Full Palestinian Sovereignty<\/strong><\/span>: Gaza is an inseparable part of Palestine. Any governance structure must be led by the Palestinian Authority\u2014not by Israel or its proxies.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
End the Siege and Remove Settlements<\/strong><\/span>: Lift the blockade on Gaza and dismantle all illegal settlements\u2014prerequisites for genuine peace.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Independent Investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC)<\/strong><\/span>: Accountability for war crimes is the only safeguard against repetition.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Unity and Voice from the Muslim World<\/strong><\/span>: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should evolve into a political and economic alliance, imposing collective sanctions on nations violating Palestinian rights.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
V. Conclusion: Peace Lies Not in the Conference Rooms of Commissions, But on the Scales of Justice<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Gaza\u2019s soil is soaked with the blood of the innocent, reflecting the hypocrisy of the international order. As Israel plans new settlements amid the rubble, while \u201cPeace Commissions\u201d discuss \u201cstability mechanisms\u201d in Geneva\u2019s meeting rooms, we must be clear: peace without justice is merely another form of enslavement.<\/span><\/div>\n
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: <\/span>\u201cThe most beloved people to Allah are those who seek justice for the oppressed.\u201d<\/em><\/span> What the world urgently needs today are not more \u201ccommissions,\u201d but more people with the courage to confront injustice and speak for the voiceless.<\/span><\/div>\n
True peace will not come from compromise, but from restitution\u2014returning land, returning dignity, and returning to every individual the equal rights bestowed by Allah.<\/span><\/div>\n
Otherwise, all names of \u201cpeace\u201d will ultimately become footnotes to aggression.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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