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What’s in Donald Trump’s 20-Point ‘Resolution Strategy’ for Gaza?

Assuming both sides agree to a specific series of conditions, the cessation of hostilities will be accompanied by the release of all Israeli hostages, including deceased and living, “in under three days” of Israel’s leadership officially endorsing the arrangement.

As a trade for the freeing of captives, the Israeli state would let go a group of 250 Palestinians at present completing indefinite prison terms and 1,700 more Palestinians in Gaza apprehended after the conflict started on October 7, 2023 subsequent to the fatal Hamas offensive on Israeli soil.

In exchange for every Israeli national held hostage whose remains are released, Israeli officials will return the corpses of 15 Palestinian fatalities.

The strategy does not require a total Israeli retreat ahead of the release of the hostages. On the contrary, the Israeli army would withdraw to an established boundary, within the Gaza area, to make arrangements for a hostage release.

The plan indicates that all armed activities, encompassing bombing and artillery fire, will be suspended during the release process and combat positions will stay fixed until “conditions are met for the gradual total pullout”.

When each detainee are released, amnesty will be granted to members of Hamas – the armed Islamist faction that Israel’s prime minister, Netanyahu, has frequently sworn to destroy – who accept peaceful coexistence and to decommission their weapons.

People who desire to depart the Gaza region will be provided with protected movement to nations who have approved their entry.

This twenty-point proposal envisions the Gaza Strip as “a region cleared of extremism and terrorism that poses zero a risk to adjacent states”. Furthermore, it says the territory will be “revitalized for the advantage of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough”.

Importantly, and contrary to the perspective of a few of Netanyahu’s extremist political allies, the Israeli government will refrain from occupying or take over the region, which was home to 21 Israeli settlements before their populace was removed in 2005.

Furthermore, not any individual be forced to leave the Gaza region, the strategy guarantees. Those who wish to leave will be permitted to do so without restriction and allowed to come back.

Hamas as an entity will be prohibited from any involvement, “directly or indirectly”, in the upcoming leadership of the territory.

Donald Trump Encourages Negotiators to ‘Act Quickly’ as They Assemble in Egypt for Gaza Discussions

Donald J. Trump has called on delegates from Hamas and Israel gathering in the nation of Egypt for vital discussions aimed at concluding the Israeli conflict in the Gaza Strip to “move fast,” adding, in remarks on Sunday morning, that there had been “extremely constructive” talks.

The American leader commented:

We have had extremely constructive talks with Hamas representatives, and States from around the globe (Arab and Muslim nations, among others) during the weekend, to release the Hostages, end the War in Gaza but, even more significantly, at last achieve long-desired peace in the area of the Middle East.

These discussions have been extremely effective, and advancing swiftly. The technical teams will again meet this Monday, in the Egyptian Republic, to work through and finalize the final details. I am told that the initial stage should be completed in the coming days, and I am asking each participant to MOVE FAST.

The United States delegate Witkoff is anticipated to participate in the talks, based on Israeli media, in addition to representatives from Israel and a Palestinian delegation chaired by Al-Hayya, the assistant leader of the political bureau of Hamas.

Khalil al-Hayya is reportedly due to meet with mediators from Qatar and Egypt in the city of Cairo today in the morning, before discussions in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh.

However, Israel’s top delegate, the strategic affairs minister Dermer, is anticipated to participate in discussions in the coming days, depending on developments in the discussions, based on multiple Israeli sources.

Positive outlook on a possible truce has escalated globally, with officials from Western and Arab countries urging both Hamas and Israel to come to a deal. On Sunday, the Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and expressed support for the Trump proposal, labeling it as “the most favorable prospect for stability”, as per a official statement.