The Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has responded to a 20-point proposal forwarded by Donald Trump, which the US president says is aimed at ending the Israeli regime’s ongoing war of genocide on the coastal sliver.
The movement provided its response through a statement on Friday after “extensively studying” the plan and conducting “in-depth consolations” with various Palestinian factions as well as “out of keenness to stop the aggression and the war of extermination.”
The group also said it had come up with the response “based on national responsibility and out of concern for the constants, rights, and supreme interests of our people.”
As part of the response and for the sake of enabling cessation of the warfare and realization of withdrawal of the invading Israeli forces, Hamas said it agrees to “release all Israeli captives, living and deceased.”
The group, however, asserted that the release would take place “provided that the field conditions for the exchange process are secured.”
Accordingly, the group said, it is ready to enter negotiation with mediators towards realizing the purpose.
Elsewhere in the statement, Hamas said it approves of “handing over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats) based on Palestinian national consensus and based on Arab and Islamic support.”
Nevertheless, the group stated that the rest of the provisions mentioned in Trump’s proposal had to be agreed upon “through a comprehensive Palestinian national framework of which Hamas will be a part and to which it will contribute with full responsibility.”
It attributed the latter part of its decision to those provisions being linked to a comprehensive national position and based on relevant international laws and resolutions.
Earlier, the movement had expressed skepticism concerning the proposal, asserting that due to the sensitive nature of the elements involved, its response would be a distinctively collective one integrating the opinions of various Palestinian factions.
It had identified the matters at stake as the future of the Palestinian issue, Palestinians’ rights, core principles, and political identity, saying it would provide a conclusive answer following additional consultations with Palestinian groups.
(This item will be updated).
Sadly, Hamas agreeing to a deal isn’t the big development it’s made out to be because they’ve been taking the reasonable and responsible peaceable stance the whole time. Isntreal is the side that keeps rejecting peace deals, because they want to complete their genocide of the Palestinian people.
We didn’t have the internet before. For the first time, we don’t have the excuse of ignorance. If history remembers us, our time will be seen as the worst failure in human history.
I hope the people of the future remember everyone who acted and threw themselves into the fire, often literally, and those saints continue to give them hope for hundreds of years.
Israelis already complaining about Trump endorsing this and stabbing them in the back, Trump is Khamas rn
It sounds like Hamas is saying the same things they have been saying since the start. “We will release the hostages for a permanent end to the war and blockade.”
Quick reminder, comrade. It’s not a war, it’s a holocaust.
Just like dirty-ass rich kids pointing guns in farmers’ faces aren’t “settlers” they’re fucking colonizers.
It’s a tale as old as written human history.
Fuck off. The 2 are not mutually exclusive. Yes there is a holocaust going on but that does not mean there is not a war happening too. The Resistance is fighting a guerrilla war bravely and effectively. They are why the idf cannot occupy Gaza. The Resistance are why the idf hasn’t been able to ethnically cleanse all of Palestine. Saying they are not fighting a war is not just a semantic argument it is a lie and it is entirely disrespectful and dismissive of the people who are standing up against the imperialist system.
Resistance against a holocaust doesn’t mean this is a war - Wanna know how many civilians have died in the Ukraine-Russian war? This is a military holocausting a group of people you fucking lib shithead.
Do you know what the word war means? Go look it up.
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So you don’t know what the word “war” means and you refuse to look it up. No investigation no right to speak.
Next you are going to tell me that the Korean war wasn’t a war and neither was Iraq. If you had ever read a history book you would know that massive amounts of civilian causalities are the norm and The Ukraine situation is the odd one out. That is probably why Russia insists on calling it a Special Military Operation.
And if there was a holocaust happening in the 1940s does that mean that world war 2 wasn’t a war?
The opposition to call it a war stems from the equivalence it gives. The Israeli occupation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians is not the same as the resistance to it. Calling it a war is quickly followed by a liberal saying “both side is committing war crimes”.
War is an armed conflict[a] between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups
This is what war is defined as in Wikipedia, and I’d be honest, this is not what looks like happening in Gaza to me.
This seems a bit like a trap, Trump is the last person to be trusted, and I know that Hamas knows that, but it feels extremely fishy. The hostages are literally the only bargaining chip left, that’s the one thing the Israelis can’t control in Gaza, and if we give it to them then we may be completely screwed.
Seems similar to how Trump is disengaging from Ukraine, unilaterally announcing negotiations with Hamas without consulting with “israel”.
I doubt “israel” will hold up their end of the negotiations, as can already be seen by the reporting of increased bombing since the announcement.
Let us wait for the Israel/US response that Hamas rejected the deal or something.
For now, this is the reaction from Trump. Also, Trump published Hamas’s response to the 21-point ceasefire plan.
Has Satanayhu said anything?
I just have such a hard time believing anything good will happen especially with how insanely fucked the 21 point plan is.
From a Telegram channel I follow:
NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ‘surprised’ by President Trump’s response to Hamas’ statement
Other Hebrew media confirm this, some report that officials close to Netanyahu are calling it a ‘surrender agreement’, because it demands an immediate ceasefire and it does not specify the disarmament of Hamas.
I have a very hard time believing anything the Zionist Regime says. But I’m going to wait and see what happens. I’m trying to be patient and not assume the worst outcome of this, but I also don’t expect anything good from the Zionists’ response.
Thank you comrade. I suppose we will have to wait and see what happens. I’m not holding my breath.
That’s somewhat unfair to Satan…
I mean to the best of my understanding, Satan is a merciless, but considerably honest prosecutor in Judaism, but I could be wrong/incomplete in my understanding. 🤷♀️
“Satan” is a complex figure who takes on a variety of personas depending on the specific faith.
In Judaism he is ‘The Accuser’; the one who accuses the dead of sins when they go before God. He isn’t malevolent in this role so much as he is - as you said - a prosecutor in God’s Court. This isn’t the only interpretation of Satan but it’s the most common one and the origin for the versions in other religions. The figure plays a much smaller role in Judaism than in Christianity, Islam, or the Baháʼí Faith however his role as a source of temptation toward sin is consistent with the first two.
In Christianity he instead assumes the role of the rebellious son, sent to Hell as punishment for betraying God. Although popular culture likes to depict him as the ruler of Hell this is more conflation of him with Hades from Greek Mythology and isn’t strictly accurate to the theology of Christianity in most sects. This also assumes that Hell is a literal place and not a state of being, which are the two most common interpretations of Hell and the latter being more common while the former is largely a pop culture invention tracing back to Dante’s Inferno. The ultimate fate of Satan varies from sect to sect as well; some claim he is beyond redemption while others claim he will return to God in the end.
The Islamic Iblis (Shaitan) closer to the Christian Satan than the Jewish Accuser in that he was thrown out of Heaven, but instead of his crime being a failed coup it was his refusal to recognize Adam as his superior. Unlike the Christian Satan though he isn’t a strictly malevolent figure depending on the sect to the point that ‘Shaitan’ and ‘Iblis’ are sometimes distinct concepts, with the latter being the figure’s proper name and the former being a title for evil-doers. Iblis is either an angel or the father of jinn (genies) depending on the sect.
In the Baháʼí Faith there exists the concept of ‘Satan’ but this isn’t a literal figure and instead represents the capability for evil that humans possess; thus the struggle against sin is the struggle against ‘satanic urges’ or ‘Satan’. In other words because humans are capable of evil we’re all capable of becoming Satan according to Baháʼí scripture, but otherwise Satan isn’t a person so much as it is a moral state.
Nice about Baha’i, I didn’t know that. I have some (very loosely) NOI acquaintances (read, when it suits their ends) who won’t even utter the word. Jesus himself said “The Kingdom of heaven is within you.” That means the Kingdom of hell too, from my perspective.
There are certain Judeochristian adherents who, similarly to the Baha’i, hold that by confronting one’s “demons” and properly having them subjugated and in your service, they then become your holy guardian angels. Interestingly enough, throughout history, several of these who ever held any seats of power ended up being fascists, although not as frothing as Nazi Germany or the United States, or at least hadn’t the means, will, and mechanism at once to achieve their fascist tendencies on those levels. Others either ended up becoming barking mad, addicts, indigents, or involved themselves in the arts. A few carried on the tradition and brought the message to the masses, although largely were rejected by the masses.
I didn’t mean to be dismissive of the image. I appreciate it and laugh whenever I see it posted anywhere. Of the three largest Abramic traditions, I went to the eldest, to the best of my knowledge.
Yeah I mean, I am reading that as Trump saying to just stop bombing long enough to get hostages out. Like it’s ok to resume bombing after that.
i don’t know how to feel about this…i fear that palestinians won’t have much peace anyways
If anything, whatever happens next will just show that the Israelis are unambigously the aggressors.
As long as there’s no disarmament clause and the deal is upheld, this might not be so bad.
When have the zionists ever held up their side of any deal?
Gods help them.
Huh. I guess Trump did achieve peace in the Middle East
