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𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 ‘𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐢-𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠’
October 25, 2025According to Haaretz, the US expects to be notified before Israel launches any major airstrikes in Gaza
Israel’s genocide in Gaza impossible without global complicity, UN report says
October 23, 2025Report shows how 63 states, largely European, sustained the genocide against Palestinians while Arab states failed to take ‘decisive action’
Special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese speaks during a press conference at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22 October (Wikus de Wet/AFP)
Published date: 22 October 2025 22:01 BST | Last update:18 hours 3 mins ago
A new United Nations report reveals that more than 60 countries are complicit in the “collective crime” of enabling Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
An advanced version of the report by UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, was made available on Monday.
In her second report this year, Albanese called the genocide a “collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel”.
“Framed by colonial narratives that dehumanize the Palestinians, this livestreamed atrocity has been facilitated through Third States’ direct support, material aid, diplomatic protection and, in some cases, active participation.”
The report shows that without the support of mostly European countries, Israel would not have been able to sustain its full-pronged assault on Gaza.
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She categorised the support into four main categories: diplomatic, military, economic and humanitarian.
No ‘decisive action’ from Arab states
Albanese argues that diplomatic immunity for Israel and failure to hold it to account for violating international laws, particularly in the West, has allowed it to continue its genocide with impunity.
The report says this took place through western media and political discourse, which “parroted Israeli narratives” and failed to distinguish between Hamas and Palestinian civilians, and drew on colonial tropes of Israel’s right to defend itself as a “civilised” nation against “savages”.
Albanese highlighted that the US used its UN Security Council veto power seven times to control ceasefire negotiations and provide diplomatic cover for the genocide. But she notes that the US did not act alone. It was helped by abstentions and delays, as well as watered-down draft resolutions from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.
All of these actions helped stymy concrete actions while creating “an illusion of progress”.
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While she noted that Arab and Muslim states support the Palestinian cause, they failed to take “decisive action” and some regional players “facilitated land routes to Israel, bypassing the Red Sea”. Egypt continued to maintain relations with Israel, including energy cooperation and closing the Rafah crossing.
She highlighted notable failures with regard to international courts, including the fact that most western countries failed to support South Africa or Nicaragua before the ICJ and continue to deny that Israel has committed genocide, as well as uphold the ICJ’s ruling on the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
In addition, her report says that most western countries have undermined the arrest warrants the ICC issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of the government. Instead, the US has imposed sanctions on the ICC, and the UK has threatened to pull its funding.
Unfettered military support
Despite UN resolutions calling for arms embargoes on Israel since 1976, the report notes that many countries supplied it with military support and arms transfers throughout its genocide, and described the US, Germany, and Italy as “among the largest suppliers”.
The US currently guarantees $3.3bn per year in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and, until 2028, an additional $500m per year for missile defence.
She highlighted the key role that the UK has played in military cooperation with Israel and reported on more than 600 surveillance flights over Israel and intelligence-sharing with its government, which she said suggests “cooperation in the destruction of Gaza”.
Albanese said 26 states sent at least 10 consignments of “arms and ammunition” – the most frequent being China (including Taiwan), India, Italy, Austria, Spain, Czechia, Romania, and France.
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She said 19 countries, 17 of which have ratified the Arms Trade Treaty, were complicit in supplying components and parts for the “F-35 stealth strike fighter programme” that was key to the military assault in Gaza. These include Australia; Belgium; Canada; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Greece; Italy; Japan; the Netherlands; Norway; Poland; South Korea; Romania; Singapore; Switzerland; the UK; and the US. Some of these countries continue to supply parts.
While the Arms Trade Treaty does not recognise a distinction between “defensive” or “non-lethal” arms sales, some countries used these terms to justify arms trade to Israel.
Some countries, such as Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, France, and Morocco, permitted the transfer of weapons through their ports and airports.
She noted that Spain and Slovenia had cancelled contracts and imposed embargoes.
Other states continued to buy weapons and military technology produced by Israel, which the report says has been tested on Palestinians under occupation. Exports to the EU more than doubled during Israel’s war on Gaza and accounted for 54 percent of Israeli military exports in 2024. Exports to Asia and the Pacific and Arab countries under the Abraham Accords made up 23 and 12 percent of exports, respectively.
In addition, the report states that thousands of US, Russian, French, Ukrainian, and British citizens who have served in the Israeli military have enjoyed immunity and have failed to be investigated or prosecuted for war crimes in Gaza.
Economic ties and aid
The report says that states’ maintenance of normal trade relations with Israel “legitimizes and sustains the Israeli apartheid regime”.
While Israel’s international trade in goods and services decreased from 61 percent of its GDP in 2022 to 54 percent in 2024, Albanese noted the European Union (Israel’s largest trading partner) continued to provide almost a third of total trade to Israel for the last two years.
Some European countries increased their trade with Israel during the genocide against the Palestinians, such as Germany, Poland, Greece, Italy, Denmark, France, and Serbia.
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Arab countries, such as the UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco, also increased their trade.
Only Turkey suspended trade with Israel in May 2024, although Albanese reported some trade continued indirectly.
Albanese said that before the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, most Palestinians were dependent on aid, with the United Nations relief and works agency for Palestine refugees (Unrwa) providing the bedrock of that aid.
Albanese pointed out that when Israel alleged Unrwa staff were involved in the Hamas-led attacks without citing evidence, 18 states immediately suspended funding without investigating Israel’s claims.
Despite inconclusive investigations, most donors took months to resume contributions to Unwra. The US, its largest donor, passed a law prohibiting US funding to Unwra. When the Israeli Knesset outlawed Unrwa, only a few states took action by seeking an ICJ Advisory Opinion.
The report accuses countries like Canada, the UK, Belgium, Denmark, and Jordan of being distracted from the key issue by parachuting aid in, a move she says was both dangerous and ineffective.
Albanese, who has been one of the most vocal and forceful critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza throughout its two-year genocide, said that complicit states perpetuate “colonial and racial-capitalist practices that should have long been consigned to history”.
“Even as the genocidal violence became visible, States, mostly Western ones, have provided, and continue to provide, Israel with military, diplomatic, economic and ideological support, even as it weaponized famine and humanitarian aid,” she said.
“The horrors of the past two years are not an aberration, but the culmination of a long history of complicity.”
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬
October 22, 2025
According to a report from The New York Times, the opposite is true, as regional countries are hesitant to send a peacekeeping force into Gaza
by Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. com, October 21, 2025 at 6:22 pm ET
President Trump claimed on Tuesday that many of the US’s allies in the Middle East are willing to send a force into Gaza to fight Hamas, a claim that came as The New York Times reported that regional countries are hesitant to be part of a peacekeeping force in Gaza over fears of potential clashes with Hamas.
“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and “straighten our Hamas” if Hamas continues to act badly, in violation of their agreement with us,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
While Trump claims Hamas has been violating the ceasefire, he has been silent on Israeli violations, which include continued attacks in Gaza and restrictions on aid entering the Strip.
President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS
“The love and spirit for the Middle East has not been seen like this in a thousand years! It is a beautiful thing to behold! I told these countries, and Israel, “NOT YET!” There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right. If they do not, an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL!” Trump said in his post.
The president didn’t mention any countries that were willing to send troops to fight Hamas, but thanked Indonesia in his post for its willingness to be involved in the ceasefire process. “Also, I would like to thank the great and powerful country of Indonesia, and its wonderful leader, for all of the help they have shown and given to the Middle East, and to the U.S.A. TO EVERYONE, thank you for your attention to this matter!” he said.
The New York Times report said that representatives of countries that are expected to be a part of a future peacekeeping force in Gaza have said privately that they will not commit troops until there is more clarity on what they’re expected to do. Their main concern is that they don’t want their troops to be expected to fight Hamas on Israel’s behalf.
The Times report said that recent discussions on the potential for deploying troops to Gaza have included Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Israel has expressed opposition to the idea of a Turkish presence. Vice President JD Vance was asked about Israel’s position on the potential of Turkish troops being sent to Gaza and said the US wouldn’t “force” anything on Israel.
𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝟏𝟓𝟑 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚, 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥
October 21, 2025At least 44 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza on Sunday despite ceasefire
Abdelraouf Arnaout, Rania Abu Shamala, AA. com, 20.10.2025
Israeli premier says 153 tons of bombs dropped on Gaza, admits breach of ceasefire deal Israel begins a series of attacks across Gaza despite the ceasefire, and thick smoke rises from the eastern part of Khan Yunis, Gaza, following the attacks, on October 19, 2025.
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted Monday that his army struck the Gaza Strip on Sunday with 153 tons of bombs, in what amounts to an admission of violating a ceasefire agreement.
Speaking at the opening of the Knesset’s winter session, Netanyahu faced repeated interruptions from opposition lawmakers protesting his government’s policies and its deliberate prolonging of the Israeli war in Gaza.
“During the ceasefire, two soldiers fell… We struck them with 153 tons of bombs and attacked dozens of targets across the Gaza Strip,” he said.
The Gaza government media office reported 80 Israeli ceasefire violations since the US-sponsored agreement came into effect on Oct. 10, resulting in 97 Palestinians killed, including 44 on Sunday alone, and 230 others injured.
Tel Aviv alleged that Hamas had attacked its forces in the southern city of Rafah. The Palestinian group has denied any involvement and reaffirmed its commitment to the ceasefire agreement.
The ceasefire deal was announced on Oct. 10, based on a phased plan presented by US President Donald Trump. Phase one included the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
The plan also envisages the rebuilding of Gaza and the establishment of a new governing mechanism without Hamas.
Since October 2023, the Israeli genocidal war has killed over 68,200 people and injured more than 170,200, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℕ𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕝 ℙ𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕓𝕪 🇮🇪𝕀𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕠𝕖𝕥 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕄𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕟
October 17, 2025Oh what a surprise,
Goes to María Corina Machado
A supporter of Trump and Bolsonaro,
A woman who supports Netanyahu
A wanted war criminal.
What’s wrong with this Norwegian team,
It seems they don’t know what “Peace” means!
Why was Francesca Albanese overlooked,
A woman the world can’t corrupt.
She has tirelessly worked to show the truth to the world,
But in Norway, has her voice been heard?
Or maybe Greta Thunberg? Who twice has sailed with humanitarian aid.
This young woman is so brave.
A warrior for peace and justice
For the climate and for humanity,
that the committee failed to see!
I wonder if they discussed Ms. Rachel?
So gentle and mild,
has shown love to every child.
Another woman who seems more worthy,
was she discussed by the committee?
Bisan Owda, a brave journalist,
How did the committee miss?
Is it because she’s Palestinian,
That she isn’t winnin’?
The prize could have been given to all the Gazan journalists!
Did they even make the final list?
Or the Global Sumud Flotilla, who bravely sailed,
A humanitarian mission, that sadly failed,
To arrive on Gaza’s shores,
By the Committee were they ignored?
Or how about the Doctors, the nurses and medical workers
In Gaza working day and night.
Has the committee seen their plight?
Or were they afraid of being called antisemitic?
If workers in Gaza were to get it?
When one thing is clear, these 5 Norwegians aren’t a Peace committee,
They are just part of the Western Hegemony.
The Nobel Peace Prize has become a joke,
They might as well have given it to the orange bloke!
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— From: tassydahlan
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 ‘𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐟𝐟’ 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥
October 9, 2025President Trump said he may soon travel to the region
by Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. com, October 8, 2025 at 6:44 pm ET
Updated on October 8, 2025, at 10:18 pm EST
President Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have both “signed off” on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal.
“I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly!” the president wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday night.
“This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!” Trump added.
Drop Site News reported earlier that Hamas and other Palestinian factions had agreed to a framework for a Gaza ceasefire deal. Before his announcement, President Trump said that a deal was “very close” and that he could be traveling to the region this weekend.
According to the Drop Site report, Hamas agreed to a deal that will involve Israeli troops remaining in Gaza after they release all of the Israeli captives. Hamas was initially opposed to a deal that didn’t include a full Israeli withdrawal along with the release of the hostages.
A source told Drop Site that Hamas was now trusting President Trump to guarantee that Israel won’t restart its genocidal war. “Trusting [Trump’s] word is the gamble they are taking. If it works, they will be considered geniuses. If it fails, they will be considered fools. It’s as simple as that,” the source said.
Israel previously broke a Gaza ceasefire deal that was signed in January and has constantly violated a Lebanon ceasefire deal that it signed in November 2024. After Trump’s announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will convene his government on Thursday to “approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home.”
Al Jazeera reported that Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza City as Palestinians were celebrating Trump’s ceasefire announcement. Since President Trump called on Israel to “immediately” stop the bombing in Gaza on October 3, Israel has killed more than 100 Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli attacks have been less intense over the past two days, but they haven’t stopped.
𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚
October 8, 2025The Palestinian group accused Netanyahu of attempting to “obstruct and thwart” a deal
by Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar. com, October 7, 2025
Hamas issued its demands for reaching an agreement with Israel to release the remaining hostages and end the war. Israel and Hamas are engaged in indirect negotiations to attempt to reach an agreement under a framework proposed by President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, Hamas gave its demands for reaching a deal. The Palestinian group’s positions include a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from all of Gaza, the unrestricted entry of humanitarian and relief aid, and the immediate rebuilding of the Strip overseen by Palestinians.
Demanding the full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza may create a barrier to reaching a deal. Under Trump’s 20-point peace plan, Israel would engage in a phased withdrawal from Gaza but retain a large buffer zone around the Strip.
Additionally, the President’s proposal called for the rebuilding of Gaza to be completed by a trust that includes Trump as the chair and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on the board.
Trump unveiled the peace plan in a presser with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week. However, after Hamas agreed to release the Israeli hostages on Friday and Trump called for an immediate ceasefire, Netanyahu has continued military operations in Gaza.
Tuesday’s negotiations between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Egypt and Qatar, were the second day of talks. On Monday, Egyptian and Qatari officials reported the negotiations were “positive,” and Trump said the deal had a “good chance.”
Netanyahu has remained pessimistic that a deal will be completed, reportedly leading to friction with Trump. On Friday, Axios reports, Trump lashed out at Netanyahu on a call when he expressed skepticism about Hamas agreeing to release the hostages.
Hamas and Trump have said that a ceasefire is critical to facilitating the release of the remaining 48 Israeli hostages in Gaza. Israeli strikes in Gaza continued on Tuesday. Netanyahu says he will not order the IDF to halt operations until all the hostages are returned to Israel.
Hamas’s spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, said that the group was working to “overcome all obstacles” to reach an agreement, but Netanyahu was attempting to “obstruct and thwart” a deal as he had “deliberately thwarted all previous rounds.”
Israel has assassinated multiple Hamas negotiators over the past two years. Last month, Netanyahu ordered the assassination of the Palestinian group’s leadership in Qatar as they were meeting to discuss a ceasefire and hostage exchange proposed by Trump. The Israeli strikes failed to kill the targeted Hamas official.
On Tuesday, Trump said he had dispatched American negotiators to join the ongoing talks in Egypt.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Anitwar.com and news editor of the Libertarian Institute. He hosts The Kyle Anzalone Show and is co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Connor Freeman.
𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
October 6, 2025— Nasir Khan
Uncle Tomism is the defining trait of people who get some prominent official positions under the rule of colonial masters, who were instrumental in creating the monster that is now devouring Palestinians. As a rule, they do what their superiors ask them to do, and they do more than they were supposed to do.
Haven’t we seen what Priti Patel and Suella Braverman did before Shabana Mahmood stepped in as PM Starmer’s Home Secretary? She is a disgrace to the people who stand for the national rights of Palestinians, oppose their genocide by a terrorist colonial power in the Middle East and stand firm by their protests despite all the oppression and brutality of the Starmer government.
Shabana Mahmood is using the police force to suppress the voice of the protesters against the crimes of Israel. Her policy and actions to suppress the voice of the British protesters against what Israel has been and continues to do in Gaza is an affront to all those who value freedom to voice their views and oppose what the indicted war criminals do with impunity, merely because they are backed by US president Trump.
G𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
October 1, 2025Aljazeera, 1 Oct 2025, (20:28 GMT)
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been taken by Israeli forces after the interception of vessels from the Gaza aid flotilla.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on X that “several vessels of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been safely stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port,” adding: “Greta and her friends are safe and healthy.”
The ministry also shared a video showing Thunberg being escorted away. Israel has provided no substantive evidence to support the claim the flotilla is linked to Hamas.
Activists have called the interception illegal and “piracy”.
Gaza Plan Released by US Includes Significant Changes Requested by Netanyahu in Kushner-Witkoff Meeting
October 1, 2025According to a report from Axios, the changes infuriated Arab officials involved in the negotiations
by Dave DeCamp, Antiwar. com, September 30, 2025 at 1:43 pm ET | Gaza, Israel, Palestine
The Gaza ceasefire proposal released by the White House on Monday included significant changes that were requested by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reported on Tuesday.
The Times of Israel also reported that Netanyahu was able to secure key changes to the proposal during a meeting on Sunday with US envoy Steve Witkoff and his top advisor, Jared Kushner. According to Axios, the release of the deal with the changes infuriated Arab officials involved in the negotiations.
At a press conference with Netanyahu, President Trump presented his proposal as something that has been widely accepted by the Arab world, though the deal was significantly different than what the US and a group of Arab and Muslim countries had previously agreed to due to the changes.
The changes were related to two of the most sensitive issues in the negotiations: the disarmament of Hamas and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. The new proposal ties Israel’s phased withdrawal from territory to the “demilitarization” of Gaza and the ability of an international force to take over the land.
The proposal also essentially gives Israel and the US a veto over the withdrawal from Gaza by stating the IDF “will withdraw based on standards, milestones, and timeframes linked to demilitarization that will be agreed upon between the IDF, ISF, the guarantors, and the US.”
According to The Times of Israel, the initial proposal approved by the Arab countries simply stated that the IDF “will progressively hand over the Gaza territory that [it] occup[ies].” Even after all conditions are met, the new proposal will allow Israel to occupy a perimeter zone until Gaza is “properly secure from any resurgent terror threat.”
While the language could be interpreted as a requirement for a full Israeli withdrawal, Netanyahu has made clear that he does not see it that way. “Now the whole world, including the Arab and Muslim world, is pressuring Hamas to accept the terms that we created together with Trump, to bring back all the hostages — the living and the dead — while the IDF stays in the Strip,” he said in a video statement on Sunday night.
Hamas’s long-standing position has been that it’s willing to release all remaining Israeli captives in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Hamas has also rejected the idea of disarming until the creation of a Palestinian state or a Palestinian force that could replace its armed wing.
While many details need to be worked out, Trump and Netanyahu have framed the proposal as a final offer that must be accepted or Israel will “finish the job” in Gaza. Trump has also made clear he’s willing to continue backing the genocidal war if an agreement isn’t reached. “If Hamas rejects the deal, Bibi you will have our full backing to do what you have to do,” he said on Monday.
Trump said on Tuesday that he will give Hamas “three or four days” to respond to the proposal. “All of the Arab countries are signed up, the Muslim countries all signed up, Israel’s all signed up. We’re just waiting for Hamas, and Hamas is either going to be doing it or not – and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end,” he said.
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