Omar Baddar, a Palestinian-American political analyst based in Washington DC, said it was difficult to assess at this point the likely Hamas response to the proposed Trump plan for Gaza.
There are some good points in the plan, such as language excluding the possibility of annexation of Gaza and ethnic cleansing of its population by Israel.
However, there was still a “poison pill” in the proposed deal.
“Which basically says that Israel gets to indefinitely occupy a so-called security perimeter inside Gaza with no timeline for withdrawal and, basically, Israel gets to decide on its own when it might feel like leaving, which might in fact never happen,” Baddar said.
“Palestinians are being asked, once again, to live as a captive population under complete and total Israeli control and domination with no prospect for being a free people in their own country,” he said.
“And that is simply a recipe for long-term failure. It is difficult to imagine what incentive Hamas has to accept that in the short term, despite what I am sure is enormous diplomatic pressure against them”.
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Israel kills 39 in Gaza as Hamas reviews Trump’s proposal to end war
ReplyDeleteBalakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN special rapporteur on the right to housing, has raised concerns about details included in Trump’s plan, including a proposed “permanent buffer zone”.
ReplyDelete“This so-called ‘peace plan’ by Trump and Netanyahu is abominable on so many levels,” Rajagopal said in a post on social media.
“Among the worst: a ‘transitional authority’ headed by the war criminal Tony Blair [and] land grabs through a permanent buffer zone.”
The implementation of US President Donald Trump's plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could create momentum that would help bring peace to other regions of the Middle East and also influence the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff said.
ReplyDelete"President [Trump] wants to see an overall peace. It's not just about Gaza; it's about how this might percolate into all other areas in the Middle East, and what it's going to achieve, maybe even percolate into Russia and Ukraine," he told Fox News in an interview, commenting on the plan proposed by the US authorities to resolve the conflict in the Palestinian enclave.
Witkoff added that Trump's initiative is supported by both the Persian Gulf countries and European states.
Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey welcome Trump's plan for Gaza
ReplyDeleteIsraeli PM Netanyahu says he supports US President Trump’s plan to end war in Gaza
ReplyDeleteUnder Trump's plan, Hamas would lay down its arms and its tunnels and weapon production facilities would be destroyed.
ReplyDeleteFor every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 dead Gazans, the plan says.
European Council President Antonio Costa said he was "encouraged by Prime Minister Netanyahu's positive response" to the proposal. He added "all parties must seize this moment to give peace a genuine chance".
ReplyDeleteFrench president Emmanuel Macron praised the proposal, saying: "France stands ready to contribute" to the efforts to end the war and release hostages.
"These elements must pave the way for in-depth discussions with all relevant partners to build a lasting peace in the region, based on the two-state solution," said Macron.