Yesterday the two biggest liars on the international stage met and after a love fest they came up with a peace plan for Gaza….
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday they’ve agreed to a plan to end the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will accept the terms.
- Trump laid out a 20-point plan on Monday for ending the Israel-Hamas war and establishing a postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory. Trump’s plan states that Gaza would be governed by a committee made up of “qualified Palestinians and international experts, with oversight and supervision by a new international transitional body.” The “Board of Peace” would be headed by Trump, “with other members and heads of State to be announced,” including Tony Blair. The full text of the plan can be seen here.
- The plan does not require people to leave Gaza and calls for the war to end immediately if both sides accept it, the AP reports. It also calls for all remaining hostages to be released within 72 hours of Israel accepting the plan.
- “Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza,” the plan states. It says the US will work with Arab nations and other partners to create an International Stabilization Force. The plan says as the ISF “establishes control and stability” in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces “will withdraw based on standards, milestones, and time frames linked to demilitarization that will be agreed upon between the IDF, ISF. the guarantors, and the United States.”
- The proposal states that after hostages are freed, “Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty,” CNBC reports. “Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.”
- Trump said Israel would have the “full backing” of the United States to take steps to defeat Hamas if it doesn’t accept the proposed peace deal. “I think we are beyond very close,” Trump said at the start of a news conference with Netanyahu where he detailed the plan. “We’re not quite finished. We have to get Hamas.” Netanyahu said, “If Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they supposedly accept it and then do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish the job by itself. This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done.”
- The plan states that a panel of experts will create a “Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza.” It says the “new” Gaza “will be fully committed to building a prosperous economy and to peaceful coexistence with their neighbors.”
- The New York Times notes that the plan “seems to tread delicately” around some of the more contentious subjects, remaining vague on issues including Palestinian statehood and the role of the Palestinian Authority. It states that after PA reforms are carried out, “the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”
- Trump and Netanyahu did not take questions at the news conference. That could be a “reflection of the fact that many specifics still need to be figured out before answering queries about what is an extremely complicated plan where many things could potentially go wrong,” notes Bernd Debusmann Jr. at the BBC. Earlier Monday, Netahyahu called Qatar from the White House to apologize for the Israeli airstrike on the country earlier this month.
A Hamas official said the group was briefed on the plan but has yet to receive an official offer from Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The group has repeatedly rejected laying down arms and has linked its weapons to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
Blair? Why this tool?
Some high flying conditions…..but little emphasis on the starvation of Palestinians.
Recognition of Palestinian statehood…..what crap-! BiBi and his thugs in government have made it clear that there will be NO Palestinian state.
IDF remains and some vague peace accord that was a fraud decades ago and is a fraud today.
A great deal promises given by the two biggest liars today….this will not fly for Israel will always use the excuse of self-defense to commit more atrocities.
BiBi’s words are so much crap as they have always been.
Netanyahu’s speech at the UN was packed with rhetorical tricks and gimmicks: waving signs, a childish quiz, a publicity stunt about broadcasting the speech to phones in Gaza, speaking in Hebrew – supposedly to the hostages – and more. But it was also full of white lies, half-truths, and outright falsehoods.
There is no way that Israel will hold to any thing they agree to because they have never lived up to any agreement….there will always be someone that wants to destroy Israel and that is the excuse they will use to destroy and maim.
Interesting but we will see how far this will go.
Side Note: BiBi has apologized to Qatar….
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare apology. During his visit to the White House to meet with President Trump on Monday, Netanyahu called his counterpart in Qatar to apologize for Israel’s airstrike in that country earlier this month, reports Reuters. The call to Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al suggests a deal might be in the offing, notes Axios: Qatar had demanded an apology before it agreed to resume its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas.
Disingenuous Bullshit!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
So Trump is still looking for his Peace Prize and hopes Bibi can get it for him.?
THat and trying to pad his resume to make his case…..Board of Peace headed by Donny….pleeeese! chuq
Tony Blair wants to get his sticky fingers into the cash needed to rebuild and develop Gaza. All he can see is the money, he doesn’t care anything for the Palestinians. With no separate state, this will never work, and Trump and Netenyahu know that. So they will blame the Palestinians and carry on killing them.
Best wishes, Pete.
Exactly right and everything out of those two mouths is bullshit……chuq
Sickening to see so much evil around the world and at home right now
It is sickening for sure…..but we had a lot to do with it. chuq
Sadly that is true…
This is the same tune different year. chuq
Keywords: “Trump’s plan”, The “Board of Peace” would be headed by Trump. The egomaniac simply cannot do something just for the same of making a bad situation better unless HE is front and center. And the unfortunate thing is HIS ideas generally suck.
He is hoping to pad his resume for the Noble panel….chuq