President Trump’s peace deal was presented on Truth Social with the resounding words from the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the peacemakers”. And certainly, Donald Trump deserved his own plaudits: it was an historic achievement. Without his unique, brash style, setting clear and unambiguous goals, communicating directly on his own social media platform, taking a firm hand with Benjamin Netanyahu, and putting pragmatism first, this deal might not have come about. Peace was his aim, and he achieved it. The art of the deal worked. Yet one aspect of the settlement was striking: the normal peacemakers, elected politicians, professional diplomats, established rulers, were replaced by the president’s dealmakers. Think Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son in law, and Steve Witkoff, his special envoy. Both are pragmatists, property estate developers, who unapologetically see business opportunities in the settlement. Is that a problem? If the outcome of the dealmaking is an agreement which A...