On Monday morning Sept. 8, 2025, Jerusalem was struck by horror.
At least six innocent people were murdered and dozens more wounded when terrorists opened fire on civilians at the Ramot Junction.
Standing at the scene, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said what we all know in our hearts: Israel is in an intense war against terror on several fronts.
This atrocity is not an isolated crime; it is part of a global doctrine of terror — a perverse ideology that justifies the slaughter of innocents, sanctifies violence, and glorifies those committing it.
We must be clear: terrorism is not only about the killers who pull the trigger.
It’s about the poisonous creed that trains them, funds them, and exalts them as martyrs.
That doctrine must be named, banned, and fought with the greatest firmness.
It’s the real enemy of peace.
America has faced such evil before, and it knows the cost of hesitation.
President Trump, I beg you to act before it’s too late.
You’ve already demonstrated to the world that bold leadership can reshape reality — the Abraham Accords proved it.
Now the free world looks to you again.
The fight against terror is not just Israel’s fight; it’s a fight for civilization itself.
And yet, amid tragedy, we must ask: what vision will replace terror’s destruction?
If terror seeks to erase life and hope, what can inspire people toward dignity and progress? The only answer is prosperity, connectivity, and opportunity — the same pillars that once underpinned Washington’s most ambitious peace efforts.
The idea of transforming Gaza’s coastline into a “Gaza Riviera” of high-tech cities was not born in a vacuum.
It built on Jared Kushner’s 2019–2020 Peace to Prosperity plan, endorsed by President Trump. That vision promised billions in investment, millions of jobs, and integration with Israel and Jordan — if, and only if, Gaza met clear conditions: demilitarization, disarmament of Hamas, the return of hostages, and governance acceptable to Israel.
Critics called it fantasy.
But then the Abraham Accords showed that impossibilities can become reality.
Under Trump’s leadership, Israel normalized relations with several Arab states, sparking new cooperation in trade, technology, and defense.
The Palestinian issue remained unresolved, but the region’s map had already begun to shift.
Then came Oct. 7, 2023 — the deadliest day in Israel’s history, when Hamas terrorists murdered 1,200 people and abducted hundreds more.
That atrocity shattered the fragile hope that Gaza could leap from siege to prosperity without first confronting terror.
The dream of renewal collided with the nightmare of mass murder.
Still, the logic of prosperity endures.
No coastline can become an engine of growth under rulers who glorify death.
Development is the only sustainable antidote to extremism.
But it cannot exist alongside militias, tunnels, and rockets. Security and governance must come first.
The greatest obstacle is not economics or geography — it’s ideology.
The terror doctrine of the Muslim Brotherhood inspires networks across the region.
It fuels recruitment, spreads propaganda, and finances violence.
Unless it is dismantled at the root, Gaza’s youth will remain trapped in a culture of martyrdom instead of a future of opportunity.
This is why American leadership is indispensable.
President Trump has already proven he can defy convention to secure peace.
The next step is to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization and build a wider global coalition to strip extremist movements of legitimacy, funding, and influence.
Only then can Gaza’s young people be offered a choice beyond despair.
The choice before Gaza is stark.
Will its people accept demilitarization, reform, and entry into a new regional economy?
Or will they remain pawns of leaders who exploit their misery and militants who glorify their deaths?
No glossy prospectus can decide that.
But if guns give way to growth, what was once dismissed as fantasy may yet become the hard reality of peace: ports that move goods, crossings that move people, and a shoreline that belongs to its children.
History reminds us that what skeptics dismiss as impossible can become fact.
The Abraham Accords were once derided as naïve. Kushner’s Gaza plan was mocked as a mirage. Yet both rested on the same truth: courage backed by vision can dismantle destructive doctrines.
Oct. 7 proved how fragile dreams are in the face of terror.
But it also underscored why resisting terror’s ideology — and replacing it with prosperity— is urgent.
President Trump has already shown that bold leadership can redraw the map of the Mideast. He can do so again.
The crossroads are clear: terror’s ruin or prosperity’s promise. For Gaza, for Israel, and for the region, the future can still be drawn in bold, unapologetic colors.
Ahmed Charai is publisher of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, TV Abraham, and Radio Abraham. He serves on the boards of several prominent institutions, including the Atlantic Council, the Center for the National Interest, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is also an international councilor and a member of the Advisory Board at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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