The agreement, which must still be formally ratified by both countries, must also be accepted by Hamas, entrenched in Gaza City and with dozens of hostages in their possession.
“We are at least very, very close (…) and I want to thank Bibi for really getting involved and doing their job,” Trump told reporters, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamín Netanyahu for the diminutive of his name, by his side at the press conference.
The proposal includes the formation of a transition body formed by Palestinian and foreign technocrats and apolitics to manage the Gazatí Administration “under the supervision of a new international transition body, the Peace Board, which will be chaired by President Donald J. Trump,” explains a statement from the White House.
In this Board there would also be other heads of state and former British prime minister Tony Blair. “This agency will create the framework and manage the financing for the development of Gaza until the Palestinian authority has completed its reform program (…) and can recover the control of Gaza,” he says.
The final horizon of the proposal is that “when the conditions are met, there is a credible route for Palestinian self -determination and that has its own state, which we recognize as aspiration of the Palestinian people.”
“Total support”
Benjamin Netanyahu He supported President Trump’s peace for Gaza, after almost two years of war.
“I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war goals, (which) It will bring all our hostages back to Israelwill dismantle the military capacities of Hamas, He will end his political government and ensure that Gaza never represents a threat to Israel, “Netanyahu declared at a press conference with Trump.
Without the Hamas agreement, which continues to negotiate conditions despite its precarious situation, the agreement will be wet paper, the leaders recognized.
Israel can count on the “total support” of the United States to continue its operations if Hamas’s Islamists do not accept the pact, which is also supported by much of the Arab countries in the region, Trump said.
Israel will withdraw “in stages” from Gaza if the agreement is implemented, added the president before the journalists.
New police force
The Trump document also includes the formation of an international stabilization force (FIE) that “will be immediately deployed in Gaza” in coordination with the United States and Arab countries.
This FI will be responsible for forming a new Palestinian police force that will collaborate with Israel and with Egypt to guarantee the safety of borders. “It is essential to prevent ammunition from entering Gaza and facilitating a quick and safe entry of goods to reconstruct and revitalize Gaza,” he says.
“Historical” plan
The main Israeli group that represents the families of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip described on Monday “historical” the peace plan of US President Donald Trump for the Palestinian territory and asked for more international pressure on Hamas to accept it.
“This is a historical agreement that will allow our people to heal, end war and draw a new future for the Middle East,” said the Hostage and Missing Families Forum, praising Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for accepting the plan.
“The world must apply the maximum pressure to ensure that Hamas is committed to this historic peace opportunity,” he added.
Israel in charge of security
Israel “will maintain its responsibility for the security” of that tiny territory nestled between its territory and that of Egypt, Netanyahu explained.
The Palestinian authority “has no role” in this whole process unless he undertakes “radical changes,” he warned.
Trump is willing to preside over the “Transition Committee” together with personalities such as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The plan also contemplates, once disarmed Hamas, “a temporary international stabilization force,” he said.
According to press media, in return Israel would release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including some sentenced to life imprisonment.
Netanyahu had affirmed Friday in a challenging message in the gallery of the United Nations General Assembly that accepting the creation of a Palestinian State would be a “national suicide” for his country, and said he wanted to “end the work” in Gaza “as quickly as possible.” But that changed with the announcement of the new peace plan for Gaza.
Trump had recently shown signs of frustration before a war that began almost two years ago.
The US president warned Netanyahu last week against the plan to annexal fissch, as some members of the Israeli prime minister’s cabinet ask, and also opposed Israel’s recent attack against Hamas leaders in Qatar, a key ally of the United States.
During the meeting at the White House, Netanyahu personally called the Prime Minister of Catar to apologize for that attack and show his “deep regret” for the death of a Qatarí security guard, according to diplomatic sources.
The War in Gaza broke out after the attack by the Hamas terrorist group on October 7, 2023 in Israel, which killed 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to a count of official Israeli figures.
Of the 251 people kidnapped during the attack, 47 are still held in Gaza, of which 25 are considered dead by the Israeli army.
