The question now was whether this terrible war would finally end.
Dois anos após os ataques do Hamas a Israel, que ceifaram cerca de 1.200 vidas e desencadearam uma guerra que matou mais de 67.000 palestinianos, o mundo encontra-se diante de um limiar raro: uma proposta de paz americana que reúne, pela primeira vez, o apoio simultâneo dos Estados Unidos, da União Europeia e dos mediadores árabes. No Parlamento Europeu, em Estrasburgo, a comissária Dubravka Suica deu voz a uma esperança cautelosa — a de que o sofrimento acumulado de dois anos possa, finalmente, abrir caminho a uma solução política duradoura. A convergência diplomática é real, mas a distância entre um plano na mesa e a paz no terreno continua a ser a mais difícil de percorrer.
- Dois anos de guerra deixaram Gaza em ruínas: mais de 67.000 mortos, centenas de milhares de deslocados e uma crise de fome que já matou mais de 400 pessoas, a maioria crianças.
- O plano Trump propõe um cessar-fogo, a retirada do Hamas, a libertação dos 48 reféns ainda em cativeiro e a criação de um governo de transição para Gaza supervisionado por Trump e Tony Blair.
- A União Europeia alinhou-se com os pilares centrais da proposta, reiterando o seu compromisso com uma solução de dois Estados e o reforço da Autoridade Palestiniana.
- Pela primeira vez desde o início do conflito, EUA, UE, Egito e Qatar parecem mover-se na mesma direção — uma convergência rara que alimenta a esperança, mas ainda não garante qualquer acordo.
- A questão que paira sobre Estrasburgo e sobre o mundo não é retórica: se esta janela diplomática se fechará sem resultado, ou se dois anos de dor serão suficientes para forçar uma saída política.
No Parlamento Europeu, em Estrasburgo, a comissária para os assuntos mediterrânicos, Dubravka Suica, dirigiu-se a uma assembleia que aguardava há dois anos por um momento como este. A mensagem era direta: o mundo chegou a um limiar. A guerra entre Israel e o Hamas, iniciada a 7 de outubro de 2023 com ataques que mataram cerca de 1.200 israelitas e resultaram no rapto de 251 reféns, tinha entrado no seu segundo aniversário com um peso devastador. Mais de 67.000 palestinianos morreram em Gaza. Suica disse que a situação era insuportável — e que tanto israelitas como palestinianos tinham vivido dois anos dentro de uma realidade de dor.
A destruição em Gaza vai muito além do número de mortos. As operações militares israelitas arrasaram praticamente toda a infraestrutura do enclave. Centenas de milhares de pessoas foram forçadas a abandonar as suas casas. O bloqueio israelita à ajuda humanitária contribuiu para uma catástrofe secundária: mais de 400 mortes por desnutrição e fome, a maioria crianças.
O plano que Suica endossou foi proposto pelo presidente Donald Trump e inclui o fim das hostilidades, a retirada do Hamas de Gaza, uma troca de prisioneiros envolvendo os 48 reféns ainda em cativeiro, e a criação de um governo de transição supervisionado conjuntamente por Trump e pelo antigo primeiro-ministro britânico Tony Blair. O objetivo final é criar condições para a coexistência de dois Estados na região.
A União Europeia manifestou apoio aos elementos centrais desta proposta. Marie Bjerre, ministra dinamarquesa dos assuntos europeus, reiterou em nome do Conselho da UE o compromisso do bloco com a solução de dois Estados e com o reforço da Autoridade Palestiniana. O que torna este momento singular é o alinhamento: EUA, UE, Egito e Qatar parecem, pela primeira vez, mover-se na mesma direção. Se essa convergência se traduzirá num acordo real, permanece incerto. A proposta está sobre a mesa. A maquinaria diplomática está em movimento. Mas dois anos de guerra criaram feridas profundas — e a pergunta de Suica não era retórica.
In the European Parliament chamber in Strasbourg, Dubravka Suica, the European Commission's Mediterranean affairs commissioner, stood to address a gathering that had been waiting two years for this moment. She was speaking about a peace proposal from the United States—a country that, alongside Egypt and Qatar, had positioned itself as a mediator in the grinding conflict between Israel and Hamas. What Suica wanted to say was simple and urgent: the world had arrived at a threshold. The question now was whether this terrible war would finally end.
Two years earlier, on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched attacks on Israel that killed roughly 1,200 people and left 251 others taken hostage. The response from Israel had been swift and overwhelming. In the two years since, more than 67,000 Palestinians had died in Gaza. The figure hung in the air as Suica spoke—a number so large it had become almost abstract, yet behind it lay the specific weight of individual loss. She called the situation unbearable. Both Israelis and Palestinians, she said, had spent these two years living inside a reality of pain and suffering.
The destruction in Gaza extended far beyond the death toll. Israeli military operations had leveled nearly all of the enclave's infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands of people had been forcibly displaced from their homes. Israel had imposed a blockade on humanitarian aid flowing into Gaza, a restriction that had contributed to a secondary catastrophe: more than 400 people had died from malnutrition and starvation, the majority of them children. The war had created not just casualties but a humanitarian emergency layered on top of the conflict itself.
The plan that Suica was endorsing came from President Donald Trump. It contained several components: an end to hostilities initiated by Tel Aviv, the withdrawal of Hamas from Gaza, a prisoner exchange involving the 48 hostages still held in captivity, and a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave. Beyond the immediate military arrangements, Trump had proposed something more ambitious—a transitional government for Gaza that would be overseen jointly by Trump and Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. The goal was to establish conditions for two states to coexist in the region.
The European Union had signaled its support for the key elements of this framework. Marie Bjerre, Denmark's minister for European affairs, spoke on behalf of the EU Council, reiterating the bloc's commitment to a two-state solution—a Palestinian state and an Israeli state existing side by side. The European Commission itself backed the plan's central pillars: an end to hostilities, the removal of Hamas from power, and a strengthened Palestinian Authority that could govern effectively in the aftermath.
What made this moment significant was the alignment. The United States, the European Union, and the Arab mediators—Egypt and Qatar—appeared to be moving in the same direction. Whether that convergence would translate into an actual agreement remained uncertain. The proposal was on the table. The diplomatic machinery was in motion. But two years of war had created deep wounds and entrenched positions on both sides. The question Suica posed—whether this war would finally end—was not rhetorical. It was the only question that mattered now.
Notable Quotes
The world has arrived at a threshold—the question is whether this terrible war will finally end.— Dubravka Suica, European Commission Mediterranean affairs commissioner
The situation is unbearable. Both Israelis and Palestinians have spent two years living inside a reality of pain and suffering.— Dubravka Suica, speaking to the European Parliament
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why did the EU feel compelled to endorse this plan right now, rather than waiting to see if it gains traction first?
Because silence at a moment like this reads as indifference. The EU has been watching this conflict destroy an entire region for two years. By endorsing the framework publicly, they're signaling to both sides that there's international will behind a settlement. It's not a guarantee, but it's a statement.
The numbers are staggering—67,000 Palestinian deaths against 1,200 Israeli deaths. Does that asymmetry complicate the EU's position?
It does, and Suica acknowledged it directly. She named the 67,000. She didn't hide behind abstractions. But the EU's position isn't about moral accounting—it's about ending the mechanism that produces those numbers. A two-state solution is their answer to the asymmetry itself.
Trump and Tony Blair overseeing a transitional government sounds ambitious. What's the realistic chance that works?
That depends entirely on whether Hamas and Israel actually agree to the ceasefire first. The transitional government is the architecture for what comes after. You can't build it until the shooting stops. Right now, that's the bottleneck.
The blockade on aid has killed over 400 people from starvation, mostly children. Why hasn't that become the dominant story?
Because it's happening inside a larger war. The starvation is a consequence of the blockade, which is a consequence of the conflict. But it's also invisible in a way that combat deaths aren't. You don't see it on video. It happens quietly, in hospitals and homes. That doesn't make it less real—it makes it easier to overlook.
What happens if this plan fails?
Then you're back to the status quo—a conflict with no resolution, a humanitarian catastrophe that deepens, and international mediators looking for the next opening. The EU will have put its credibility behind something that didn't work. That's a real cost.