Trump Gaza peace plan wins support; world awaits Hamas response

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s peace plan met with cautious optimism by The leaders of the Middle East and the world, but others were more skeptical about the proposal – And if it would be greeted by Hamas.

The plan was unveiled by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after talks who seemed to exclude Hamas, the militant group saying that “not a single Palestinian” had seen the plan before his announcement.

While the world awaited Hamas’ response, the world powers have lined up behind the plan supported by the United States to end the Israeli assault and free hostages still held in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

In a joint declaration, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan welcomed the 20 -point plan, qualifying the efforts of “sincere” Trump.

He also received support from Europe, where a number of countries had recently challenged Washington to officially recognize the Palestinian state. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron urged Hamas to accept the plan, while Germany and the European Union itself offered public support.

Trump called the moment a “historic day for peace” – but he warned that if the militant group did not accept the proposal, Israel would forced us to “finish work to destroy the threat of Hamas”.

Ismail Al-Thawabta, head of the government’s media office managed by Hamas in Gaza, described the plan to “attempt a new form of guardianship” on the besieged enclave. But Hamas said on Tuesday that it would study the plan before providing its official response, reported the Associated Press news agency.

The plan would oblige the members of Hamas to lay arms, a request that the group previously rejected.

The Palestinian authority praised the plan, praising Trump for his “sincere and tireless efforts” to “end the war against Gaza” and reiterate his commitment to reforms that could open the way to a future Palestinian state.

As part of the plan, the Israel’s offensive in Gaza would end immediately once agreed by both sides, with all the hostages, living and dead, to be released within 72 hours. The plan says that no one will be forced to leave Gaza.

A path to self -determination and the Palestinian state are described as a possibility – but not as a guarantee.

And a few hours after announcing the plan alongside Trump, Netanyahu once again swore to oppose a Palestinian state. “Instead that Hamas isolates us, we have turned the tables and isolated Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a Hebrew video discussing his American trip.

Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer and former adviser to the Palestinian Liberation Organization of Yasser Arafat, said that the Palestinians and the leaders of the Middle East had no choice but to accept the plan.

However, she criticized her as “not a single guarantee” for the people of Gaza, who would be supervised by an international security force and a transitional authority chaired by Trump.

“Because everyone wants to see the end of the genocide, you will see that so many people will welcome this plan,” Buttu told NBC News in a telephone interview.

But, she said, “there is not a single guarantee that is given to the Palestinians, not one.” Buttu added that she had little confidence in the possibility that the plan if he was executed would lead to an internationally recognized Palestinian state.

In Gaza, tired Palestinians have long been desperate to see the end of the deadly offensive of Israel in the enclave.

“Life is unbearable, there is nothing – no food, no drinks without clothes,” Abdallah Qamar said in the AP last week of the city of Gaza struck by famine, where Israel made a land offensive.

In Israel, the plan to put an end to the assault should be welcomed by many in an increasing critical population of the war. The removal forum and missing families, which represents the hostage families, praised the plan.

However, it is unlikely that the proposal will gain in favor among the far -right members of the fragile government coalition of Netanyahu to which its management is based.

In a long post on X Tuesday, the Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, said that he thought that Trump’s plan would only “end in tears”, calling the first “absurd” celebrations.

On this point, Buttu accepted, condemning the apparent lack of involvement of the Palestinians in the attempt to determine their future.

“They decide and speak of the Palestinians, but never for the Palestinians – and that is the really terrifying part.”