cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35880757
Jeremy Scahill and Jawa Ahmad
Sep 08, 2025A five-point summary outlining U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a Gaza ceasefire was delivered to Hamas by mediators over the weekend. Trump has characterized the ultimatum as the final offer to the Palestinian resistance movement before Israel accelerates its campaign to enact the total destruction of the Gaza Strip.
The brief, approximately 100-word document, presented in Arabic and obtained by Drop Site, is titled, “The Main Proposal.” The full text and English translation is at the bottom of this article.
The outline, which contains sparse details, states that, within 48 hours of accepting the ultimatum, Hamas and other resistance groups would release all Israeli captives, living and deceased. In return, Israel would free an unspecified number of “Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life and detainees from Gaza” within 48 hours.
The Main Proposal:
All hostages, alive and deceased, will be released within 48 hours of signing.
Numbers consistent with previous releases, Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life and detainees from Gaza will be released within 48 hours.
A ceasefire will go into effect upon implementation, for a period of 60 days or until negotiations are concluded. President Trump will guarantee that the parties negotiate in good faith until an agreement is reached.
The issues to be negotiated include: the definition of Hamas, the definition of disarmament, the formation of a new government, the withdrawal of Israeli forces upon the formation of the government or upon successful conclusion of negotiations, and amnesty for Hamas members.
Open flow of aid into Gaza upon implementation of the agreement.
I don’t see how anyone can trust Israeli agreement to anything with how consistently they have violated ceasefire agreements.
Anything short of an agreement that all Palestinians will die seems unlikely to be honoured by Israel.
I guarantee you that this is just to say he said something. And as much as I want the hostages returned, without international pressure I cannot say it would be wise. IMO Trump’s personal (dumbass) plan is “If I get Hamas to return the hostages, I bet I could finish bombing the place without anyone caring and pave it for my next resort,” because deadass I’m 100% convinced that’s the only way Bibi would EVER even play along.
I certainly wouldn’t trust the USA either, regardless of president.
Three idiots in a Mexican stand off pointing guns at each other
Orange faced moron says to the guy covered in blood that has been beaten for the past two days that if he lowers his gun, no one will shoot his face off
Third guy raises another gun cocking it ready to fire
you’re missing the part where the orange faced moron gave the third guy the other gun.
