Trump's peace plan: An "offer you can't refuse" to Gaza

Trump's peace plan: An "offer you can't refuse" to Gaza


3 Oct 2025 • 8:00 AM MYT


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It is a “beautiful day – potentially one of the greatest days ever in civilization,” Trump said exuberantly, to exclaim his 20-point peace plan for Gaza.


Is the peace plan really as great as Trump makes it sound?


Well, for what it’s worth, at least Israel thinks so.


Trump’s peace plan has at least received the approval of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


“I support your plan to end the war in Gaza which achieves our war aims,” Netanyahu said in a joint press conference with Trump.


Netanyahu, by the way, was the only half of the belligerent party that was with Trump when he unveiled his 20-point peace plan.


The other half, Hamas, was conspicuously absent, and it has yet to give its judgment on the proposal that Trump unveiled alongside Netanyahu at the White House, leaving the fate of the 20-point plan to end the nearly two-year-old war mired in uncertainty.


But Netanyahu seems absolutely unperturbed by Hamas’s absence.


“If Hamas rejects your plan, Mr President, or if they supposedly accept it and then basically do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself,” Netanyahu said, as if he is half hoping that Hamas will reject Trump’s plan, so he can continue with his genocidal mission to wipe Palestine off the map.


Personally, I think what Trump has given the Palestinians is an “offer that they cannot refuse.”


He has put a contract on the table with a gun to the Palestinians’ head, and said that either the Palestinian signature will be on the contract paper, or their brains will be. Either way, the war in Gaza will be solved.


What is the peace plan, you ask?


Well, you can read the full 20 points below, but my impression of it is that it basically involves the capitulation of Hamas and the Palestinian struggle, and in return the Palestinians will be allowed to keep their lives and stay in Gaza, while Hamas members will receive fully amnesty.


For the price of their lives and the privilege to continue to stay in their homes, Hamas and the Palestinians will have to promise to “deradicalize,” resign themselves to no longer have any role in the governance and future of Palestine, and accept the governance of an international transitional body called the “Board of Peace,” which will be headed and chaired by President Donald J. Trump, with other members and heads of State to be announced, including Former Prime Minister Tony Blair.


Tony Blair, by the way, is the former Prime Minister of the UK, who blatantly lied to sanction the invasion of Iraq, by saying that the invasion of Iraq is necessary because there was credible evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, when Blair clearly knew that there was no such evidence.


A senior Hamas official told AFP that the group would “respond once we receive it (the peace proposal),” but if you were to ask me, what Hamas will have to decide when they receive the proposal is whether they are willing to surrender unconditionally and accept the fact that their long struggle – which includes the current war in Gaza that has claimed more than 66,000 lives – will end in vain.


Personally, I certainly doubt that Hamas or the Palestinians will see Trump’s peace plan as something that has been made after taking into account their dignity, position, interest, prospects, point of view and sacrifice.


Instead, they are likely just going to see it as a “third world boss” offer – or a “take it or leave it” offer that a third world boss gives to a foreign worker, knowing full well that the foreign worker will have to accept the deal because they have no other choice.


Either that, or they are going to see it as a “gun to their head” offer that they cannot refuse, lest it cost them their lives.


Either way, we will know the outcome of the peace plan in the next 72 hours.


We will know by then because 72 hours is the time that Trump has given Hamas to release all captives held in Gaza alive and dead, as a sign that they have agreed to the peace plan.


If Hamas releases the captives, it will be Trump's peace plan that will be set in motion and if not, it will be ” Netanyahu that will be moving ahead to “finish the job”.


Here is Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza, published in full:

• Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.

• If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli forces will withdraw to the agreed upon line to prepare for a hostage release. During this time, all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment, will be suspended, and battle lines will remain frozen until conditions are met for the complete staged withdrawal.

• Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned.

• Once all hostages are released, Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context. For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans.

• Once all hostages are returned, Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty. Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.

• Upon acceptance of this agreement, full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip. At a minimum, aid quantities will be consistent with what was included in the January 19, 2025, agreement regarding humanitarian aid, including rehabilitation of infrastructure (water, electricity, sewage), rehabilitation of hospitals and bakeries, and entry of necessary equipment to remove rubble and open roads.

• Entry of distribution and aid in the Gaza Strip will proceed without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies, and the Red Crescent, in addition to other international institutions not associated in any manner with either party. Opening the Rafah crossing in both directions will be subject to the same mechanism implemented under the January 19, 2025, agreement.

• Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities for the people in Gaza. This committee will be made up of qualified Palestinians and international experts, with oversight and supervision by a new international transitional body, the “Board of Peace,” which will be headed and chaired by President Donald J Trump, with other members and heads of State to be announced, including Former Prime Minister Tony Blair. This body will set the framework and handle the funding for the redevelopment of Gaza until such time as the Palestinian Authority has completed its reform program, as outlined in various proposals, including President Trump’s peace plan in 2020 and the Saudi-French proposal, and can securely and effectively take back control of Gaza. This body will call on best international standards to create modern and efficient governance that serves the people of Gaza and is conducive to attracting investment.

• A Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza will be created by convening a panel of experts who have helped birth some of the thriving modern miracle cities in the Middle East. Many thoughtful investment proposals and exciting development ideas have been crafted by well-meaning international groups, and will be considered to synthesize the security and governance frameworks to attract and facilitate these investments that will create jobs, opportunity, and hope for future Gaza.

• A special economic zone will be established with preferred tariff and access rates to be negotiated with participating countries.

• No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return. We will encourage people to stay and offer them the opportunity to build a better Gaza.

• Hamas and other factions agree to not have any role in the governance of Gaza, directly, indirectly, or in any form. All military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels and weapon production facilities, will be destroyed and not rebuilt. There will be a process of demilitarization of Gaza under the supervision of independent monitors, which will include placing weapons permanently beyond use through an agreed process of decommissioning, and supported by an internationally funded buy back and reintegration program all verified by the independent monitors. New Gaza will be fully committed to building a prosperous economy and to peaceful coexistence with their neighbors.

• A guarantee will be provided by regional partners to ensure that Hamas, and the factions, comply with their obligations and that New Gaza poses no threat to its neighbors or its people.

• United States will work with Arab and international partners to develop a temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF) to immediately deploy in Gaza. The ISF will train and provide support to vetted Palestinian police forces in Gaza, and will consult with Jordan and Egypt who have extensive experience in this field. This force will be the long-term internal security solution. The ISF will work with Israel and Egypt to help secure border areas, along with newly trained Palestinian police forces. It is critical to prevent munitions from entering Gaza and to facilitate the rapid and secure flow of goods to rebuild and revitalize Gaza. A deconfliction mechanism will be agreed upon by the parties.

• Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza. As the ISF establishes control and stability, the [Israeli military] will withdraw based on standards, milestones, and timeframes linked to demilitarization that will be agreed upon between the [Israeli military], ISF, the guarantors, and the Unites States, with the objective of a secure Gaza that no longer poses a threat to Israel, Egypt, or its citizens. Practically, the [Israeli military] will progressively hand over the Gaza territory it occupies to the ISF according to an agreement they will make with the transitional authority until they are withdrawn completely from Gaza, save for a security perimeter presence that will remain until Gaza is properly secure from any resurgent terror threat.

• In the event Hamas delays or rejects this proposal, the above, including the scaled-up aid operation, will proceed in the terror-free areas handed over from the [Israeli military] to the ISF.

• An interfaith dialogue process will be established based on the values of tolerance and peaceful co-existence to try and change mindsets and narratives of Palestinians and Israelis by emphasizing the benefits that can be derived from peace.

• While Gaza re-development advances and when the PA reform program is faithfully carried out, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.

• The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous co-existence.