{"id":35054,"date":"2025-10-04T11:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=35054"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:04:59","slug":"trump-issues-sunday-ultimatum-for-hamas-to-accept-gaza-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/04\/trump-issues-sunday-ultimatum-for-hamas-to-accept-gaza-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump issues Sunday ultimatum for Hamas to accept Gaza plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

US president has pushed a 20-point plan to ‘redevelop’ Gaza that critics say fails to support Palestinian sovereignty.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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United States President Donald Trump has issued a weekend ultimatum for Hamas to accept his\u00a020-point plan\u00a0for a ceasefire in Gaza, as Israel\u2019s war on the territory grinds on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, the Republican leader took to his social media platform Truth Social to denounce Hamas as a \u201cruthless and violent threat\u201d and to pressure it to accept his proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He warned that an agreement must be reached by 6pm US Eastern time (22:00 GMT) on Sunday, or else Gaza would face further violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,\u201d Trump wrote in a lengthy, 329-word post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration had discussed the peace plan with a group of Arab and Muslim leaders in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, on Monday, as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth visit to the White House, Trump unveiled the full text of the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, after his post went online, Hamas signalled it would move forward with some parts of Trump\u2019s plan, including the return of all Israeli captives, both living and dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this context, the movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss the details of this agreement,\u201d Hamas said in a statement on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the group expressed reticence about other elements of the proposal, saying they needed to be \u201caddressed through a comprehensive Palestinian national framework, in which Hamas will participate and contribute responsibly\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terms of Trump\u2019s plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The text does not include a pathway to Palestinian statehood, a major point of contention. And it makes few demands of Israel, whose military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An independent UN commission in September determined that Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza amounted to the crime of genocide, confirming similar reports from human rights observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Trump\u2019s outline does set forth a plan to \u201credevelop\u201d Gaza into a \u201cderadicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours\u201d. It also requires Hamas to \u201cagree to not have any role in the governance of Gaza, directly, indirectly, or in any form\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In exchange, aid will be allowed into Gaza, where famine has been declared for half a million people. An Israeli blockade has prevented adequate resources from reaching civilians, heightening the hunger crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan also calls for Hamas to release Israeli captives and the bodies of those who died. Israel, in return, will release the 1,170 Palestinians from Gaza who were detained after the start of the war on October 7, 2023, plus 250 people sentenced to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan also calls for the establishment of a \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d, led by Trump himself and helmed by other heads of state, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as a temporary governance structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A separate \u201cInternational Stabilisation Force\u201d would be put in place to bolster Palestinian police and work with Israeli and Egyptian border agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u2018last chance\u2019 for Hamas?
In Friday\u2019s social media post, Trump repeatedly called the proposal Hamas\u2019s \u201clast chance\u201d to come to the bargaining table. He also reiterated warnings that Hamas would face heavy losses should it fail to acquiesce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization, more than 25,000 Hamas \u2018soldiers\u2019 have already been killed,\u201d Trump wrote, citing unsubstantiated numbers. \u201cMost of the rest are surrounded and MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, \u2018GO,\u2019 for their lives to be quickly extinguished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for the rest, we know where and who you are, and you will be hunted down, and killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In apparent anticipation of further violence, Trump\u2019s message also included an appeal for civilians to relocate to safety, though it was unclear where he hoped they would move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am asking that all innocent Palestinians immediately leave this area of potentially great future death for safer parts of Gaza,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cEveryone will be well cared for by those that are waiting to help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Criticisms of ceasefire proposal<\/strong>
This time around, however, Trump told reporters that Hamas had \u201cthree or four days\u201d to agree to the newly unveiled plan, before setting a fixed deadline in Friday\u2019s post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas had said on Thursday it was considering the proposal and would respond \u201csoon\u201d, but critics, including several government officials, have expressed scepticism about Trump\u2019s demands and conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the news outlet Dawn that the published proposal had strayed from the original plan presented to Arab and Muslim leaders at the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChanges were made to our draft. I have the record,\u201d Dar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others have questioned the idea of appointing a \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d as a transitional governance structure. It is unclear who, besides Trump and Blair, would be leading such a council and what its timeline and end goals would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US has long been an ally of Israel, and it has supported Netanyahu\u2019s campaign in Gaza with billions of dollars in military aid since the start of the offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, ahead of Trump\u2019s Truth Social post, a group of 28 UN experts \u2014 including Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur for the Palestinian territory \u2014 raised some of those concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe US is a deeply partisan supporter of Israel and not an \u2018honest broker\u2019,\u201d the experts said. \u201cThis proposal is regrettably reminiscent of colonial practices and must be rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They warned that the plan could potentially \u201creplace Israeli occupation with a US-led occupation\u201d, in violation of international law. Palestinian self-determination, their letter added, should not come \u201cat the mercy of decisions by outsiders\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImposing an immediate peace at any price, regardless of or brazenly against law and justice, is a recipe for further injustice, future violence and instability,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in his social media post, Trump appeared to dig in his heels, pledging to hammer down a resolution to the nearly two-year-long conflict, which marks a grim anniversary in four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will have PEACE in the Middle East one way or the other,\u201d he wrote, a sentiment he underscored twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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