At The New York Sun, Rebecca Sugar wonders if the “fog of peace” is an illusion. Promises have been made, but now they must be kept. She writes:

Early Monday morning as the press reported on President Trump’s trip to Israel and videos of freed Israeli hostages reuniting with their families flooded social media, we were told that we were watching peace break out in the Middle East.

Two years — no, decades — maybe millennia — in the making, they said. Mr. Trump flew to Egypt for a Peace Summit with leaders from around the world and signed a “Peace Plan.”

The sight of 20 young men returning home after two years of torture could make one believe in anything, any miracle — even peace in the Middle East. We don’t yet have peace, though. We have promises. We’ve had those before.

The document that Mr. Trump signed at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt talked about the region becoming “a place where everyone can aspire to peace” and committed signatories to “strive for a comprehensive vision of peace.” Translation: we may have peace someday, but that day hasn’t yet arrived.

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