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Your post is basically poking the Trump administration for not introducing democracy to the Gazans.
No, it's not.
Democracy for the Palestinians has always been the one of the hardest things to craft a peace proposal around, because of Israeli fears that Hamas or a similar group would take power. That either they would win power in an election, or that they would just take power through coup. Other countries in the region weren't overly enthused by that prospect, either, in the last decade or two - since the most likely outcome is that whatever group took over would be sponsored by Iran.
But because it's such an established norm of international law these days that domestic populations are entitled to self-determination and autonomy, and should not be ruled by others from afar, any formal "day after" plan had to propose Palestinian autonomy. Regardless of whether you believe that Palestinians aren't "ready" to govern themselves, governing yourself is considered a fundamental human right. One of the most basic and important human rights, actually. And it was very difficult to work out a way to do that in a way that addressed Israeli security concerns enough that Israel would go along with it.
Now, Gaza's going to get occupied again. This time by the U.S. in concert with other nations in the region. They'll control the government and the military forces. Palestinians will get to hold jobs in civil positions in the government, but the "Board of Peace" will be in charge of all the decision-making. There's a fig leaf that this is just transitional, but there's no real mechanism for that new situation to ever really change.
That's why only Trump could cut this deal. It lets the other countries in the region sign off, because Israel isn't getting Gaza. It lets Israel sign off, because the Palestinians aren't getting Gaza. The ones who will be actually running Gaza are a collection of non-democratic nations - monarchies and authoritarian states - that Israel will soon have security agreements with. Again, a win-win-win for everyone except the Palestinian people, who are likely to now be forever occupied...just by someone other than Israel.
