The Case · Gaza

The Hostages Came Home

Two years of war. Twenty points. One signature ceremony the world said was impossible.

By late 2025, the Gaza war had ground through two years, tens of thousands of lives, and every mediator who tried. Hostages still underground. No plan survived contact with either side. The default forecast was forever war.

In September 2025, President Trump put a 20-point plan on the table and did what committees cannot: forced the decision. In October 2025 the ceasefire took effect, and the living hostages walked free. At Sharm el-Sheikh, regional leaders co-signed the framework at a summit convened around one man’s deal — and Venezuela’s María Corina Machado, accepting the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize that same week, pointedly honored him.

This site’s view: ending the most-watched war on Earth and bringing the hostages home is not a talking point — it is the single clearest peace-prize case of the decade. The 2025 laureate herself seemed to agree. Oslo has one obvious way to settle the debate in 2026.