Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many terms

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37048680

William Christou in Jerusalem Fri 3 Oct 2025 19.37 EDT

Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year war.

Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.

In a statement on Friday evening, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on other parts of the plan, and did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal unveiled on Monday.

Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE."

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    431·
    21 hours ago

    Nice, they called Netanyahu’s bluff. Now watch him torpedo his own peace proposal.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        That’s the thing most people don’t realize, even if you got lasting piece with Palestinians he will just start killing different Muslims to stay out of jail.

        He needs constant state of emergency, much like Trump so normal laws won’t catch up to them.

    • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      18 hours ago

      The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (a spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.[2] The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.[3] At the time, the ship was in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula, about 25.5 nautical miles (47.2 km; 29.3 mi) northwest from the Egyptian city of Arish.[1][4]

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident