Hello and welcome to this live blog. We will keep you informed here of the latest developments of the conflict in the Middle East.
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Organization: 250,000 people at protest in Amsterdam 250,000 people are currently participating in the Rode Line Protest in Amsterdam, a spokesperson for Oxfam Novib, one of the organizers. The people mostly dressed in red have come together to call the cabinet “to stop the genocide and end the occupation of Palestine”.
The previous two red line protests in The Hague attracted 100,000 and 150,000 people respectively.
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This is how it looked around 1 p.m. on the Museumplein in Amsterdam.
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Third red line protest started on Museumplein in Amsterdam Tens of thousands in the red-dressed people have met on Museumplein. They call on the outgoing cabinet “to stop the genocide and end the occupation of Palestine”. First, several speeches are on the agenda, after which the group runs through Amsterdam at 1.45 pm.
The demonstrators have Palestinian flags and protest signs with texts such as ” food not bombs “, sees an ANP reporter. Jewish organizations support the protest and among those present are also family members of the Dutch people of the Gazavloot. It was intercepted by Israel last week. The activists are still being imprisoned in the Ketziot prison in the Negeleestijn in southern Israel.
The previous two red line protests in The Hague attracted 100,000 and 150,000 people respectively.
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Prime Minister Schoof and mother held hostage at Amsterdam’s commemoration 7 October outgoing Dick Schoof and a number of members of the Upper and Lower House commemorated the victims of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 in the RAV Aharon Schuster Synagogue in Amsterdam-Zuid on Sunday. Doris Liber, the mother of Guy Illouz, a hostage who died according to a witness, was also present. The body of Illouz has not yet been returned to the relatives.
“With five cars, Guy and his friends went to the festival, only one car returned,” said an emotional Liber. “While his friends were killed, my son was held hostage together with a friend. The last words I said to my son fell over the phone together with the gunfire of the attack on the festival. The psychological terror that Hamas still performs about the kidnapped family is unbearable.” She received a standing ovation from those present.
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Israel bombards Gaza, despite Trumps call to stop bombing at Israeli attacks, dozens of people were killed on Saturday, Reuters news agency reports. According to Al Jazeera, this is at least seventy Palestinians, half of whom died in Gaza city. Israel continues to bomb, despite the fact that US President Donald Trump called on Israel to stop the bombing after Hamas had promised to implement part of the peace plan, starting with the release of the hostages.
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Trump shares Map with withdrawal line Israeli Army Donald Trump has shared a map of the Gaza Strip on Truth Social with the line behind which the Israeli army will withdraw when Hamas agrees to the American resource plan. Israel would agree with that first withdrawal line. If all hostages have been released, Israel must eventually withdraw completely from Gaza.
Trump writes that the card is also shared with Hamas. Hamas has agreed to part of the proposal, but still wants to negotiate a few aspects. Those indirect negotiations will probably start on Sunday or Monday in Cairo.
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British police picks up hundreds of people in protest, possibly Dutch people The British police have arrested nearly five hundred people in a pro-Palestinian protest, British media report. They had gathered at Trafalgar Square in London to demonstrate against the ban on Palestine Action, which was put on the terror list by the British government.
According to Extinction Rebellion, a number of Dutch people are also located among the detainees. Exactly how many people are involved is not clear.
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Protest in Rome raises many people a pro-Palestinian protest in Rome, according to the organization, has brought one million people. The authorities have not notified numbers. It is the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations in Italy since Israel stopped Global Sumud Vlotilla in the Mediterranean Sea.
The protest went pleasantly for a long time, but the tension rose in the evening. According to Rai News, the police in the vicinity of the church Santa Maria Maggiore had to use tear gas against a group of protesters, who were thereby separated from the other demonstrators. A car was also set on fire.
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Netanyahu hopes that hostages will be released in the coming days Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that the hostages will return to Israel within a few days, now that Hamas has agreed to their release. During a television speech, he expressed the hope that the hostages will come home during Soekot, a Jewish party that lasts seven days. It starts on Monday. According to Netanyahu, the Palestinian movement is forced to release by “military and political pressure”.
In addition, he promised that Hamas will hand in the weapons and that Gaza will be demilitarized. “We’re going to reach it, good or bad,” said the prime minister. He also expressed his gratitude to “good friend” Trump.
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Large Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Rome and Barcelona A pro-Palestinian manifestation in the Italian capital Rome has brought up a million people, says the organization of the protest. It is the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations in Italy since Israel stopped Global Sumud Flotilla, the auxiliary fleet for Gaza, in the Mediterranean Sea. There were also four Italian parliamentarians on board the more than fifty ships, who returned to Rome on Friday after their eviction from Israel.
According to the organization, around 300,000 people were on the move during the demonstration in Barcelona, while the police assume a lower turnout of around 70,000. Tomorrow tens of thousands of people are expected at the Rode Lijn demonstration in Amsterdam.
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Witkoff and son -in -law Trump to Cairo for negotiations The American special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trumps son -in -law Jared Kushner are on the way to Egypt to participate in the indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel. According to Egyptian media, that Sunday will start after Hamas had partly agreed to the American peace plan on Friday.
The Palestinian movement still wants to negotiate a number of aspects of the plan, but has agreed to release the hostages. The last details should be completed during the indirect conversations in Cairo. Allegedly also delegations from Israel and Hamas are on the way to Egypt.
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At Hamas, Trump is urging the quick release hostages The American President Donald Trump calls on Hamas to quickly release the hostages. “Otherwise all appointments will leave the table,” he writes on Truth Social. “I don’t tolerate a delay.”
Trump praises Israel in the same message. According to him, the country has temporarily stopped the bombing in Gaza, which he believes is crucial for a peace agreement with Hamas. Nevertheless, CNN and Al Jazeera report that Israeli bombing and that around fifty people would have died today.
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Israel sets out 137 Flotilla activists to Turkey, no Dutch people Israel has set out 137 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Turkey. These include Turks, Italians, Americans and Moroccans. As far as we know, there were no Dutch people on board the plane that the activists brought to Istanbul. In total, more than 450 activists were arrested this week. They tried with a fleet to bring relief supplies to the Gaza Strip.
A Dutch delegation also participated in the fleet. According to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ten people with a Dutch passport were arrested by Israel. It is not yet clear when they will be deported.
Sat at 10.20 am
Schoof: “Positive signal that Hamas wants to negotiate about peace plan” According to Prime Minister Dick Schoof, important steps have been taken thanks to President Trump’s peace plan. He calls it a positive signal on X that “Hamas indicates that he wants to release the hostages and is willing to direct negotiations on the peace plan”.
He now calls on all parties on the plan to actually implement, so that the hostages can go home and can enter large quantities of humanitarian aid.
Sat at 10.02 am
According to Israeli army, Gaza City remains ‘dangerous battle zone’ a spokesperson for the Israeli army said on Saturday that Gaza city remains a “dangerous combat zone”. He called on residents not to go north of the area, where Gaza City is located. He also advised them to get close to places where the army is active.
Sat at 9.26 am
Von der Leyen: Stakes-it-fires and release hostages within reach, according to European committee chairman Ursula von der Leyen, the willingness of Hamas is to let the hostages “encourage”. On X she writes that a cease-fire in Gaza is “within reach” and that we “have to use this moment”. Europe will “support all efforts that are aimed at ending the suffering of citizens,” she writes.
Sat at 9.08 am
Palestinian civil protection reports ‘Very violent night’ in Gaza Israël carried out dozens of attacks at Gaza City on the night from Friday to Saturday, reports the Palestinian civil protection. The organization provides assistance and falls under the Ministry of the Interior of Hamas.
“The night was very violent, despite President Trump’s call to end the bombing,” a civil protection spokesperson told AFP news agency. Twenty homes would have been destroyed during the attacks.
Sat at 5.54 am
Israel ready to plan Trump ‘immediately’ to be implemented Israel is ready to implement the first phase of Trumps plan for Gaza “immediately”, a spokesperson for Netanyahu announced last night. According to him, that phase is aimed at the release of Israeli hostages. “We work together with the president to terminate the war, in accordance with the principles established by Israel,” said the spokesperson.
VR at 11.30 p.m.
Trump just gave the impression that the speed is in it and that seems to be correct: Qatar now reports that together with fellow mediators Egypt and the United States started to coordinate the conversations that have to lead to the end of the war.
VR at 11.30 p.m.
Egypt, mediator in the Gaza War, hopes that Hamas’ reaction will lead to a “positive development” and that all parties will eventually implement Trump’s plan. In any case, the country, together with Arab countries, the United States and European countries, will make every effort for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, it promises in a statement.
VR at 11.29 pm
Trump: ‘Israel must immediately stop bombing Gaza’ There is Donald Trump’s reaction. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, he thinks. “Otherwise it is far too dangerous to get the hostages back.”
According to Trump, the speed is in it. “We are already in conversation about the further elaboration of the details,” he writes on Truth Social (see above). That consultation only seems to be about the release and restitution of the hostages. And not all other points in the plan that still needs to be negotiated with regard to Hamas. But Trump sees it sunny: “Based on the statement of Hamas, I believe they are ready for a long -term peace.”
VR at 11.28 pm
Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk is absolutely unhappy about the idea of a ‘board of peace’. That is the temporary Gaza board that Trump has in mind with Trump himself and the British former Prime Minister Tony Blair, among others.
Palestinians will never accept any non-Palestinian authority, Marzouk responds to Al Jazeera. “Palestinians must drive themselves.”
In Trump’s plan, the international administration would start the plans for the reconstruction of Gaza, after which the Palestinian authority would take over the authority at a time that was not yet further. “We will never accept non-Palestinian authority over the Palestinians.” And Tony Blair certainly not, Marzouk continues. “He cannot be a director of Gaza, he destroyed Iraq.” Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when the British joined the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.
VR at 11.28 pm
Rutte is (very) carefully positive Mark Rutte believes that Hamas’s reaction “contains a lot of positive elements”, but the NATO chef is wary. Hamas’ approval under certain conditions must be well examined, he warns in Nieuwsuur. “They are all very sharpened guys.”
Because the movement does not yet agree with everything, “the reaction requires some further study,” said Rutte. “I can’t fully estimate whether this is enough. You have to read the small print very well.”
VR at 11.28 pm
The White House has not yet responded to this statement from Hamas. The movement received a postponement from Trump a few hours ago: she was allowed to take the time to respond to the plan until late (Dutch time) at the latest on Sunday evening. But with regard to the White House, Hamas actually had no choice but to draw at the cross.
“If this last chance of a file is not caught, Hamas will break hell as nobody has ever seen,” Trump said this afternoon about the new deadline. “Hamas gets one last chance.”
VR at 11.27 pm
The Hamas officer emphasizes Al Jazeera that negotiations will be made on all points in the plan, including that about the future of Hamas itself and his weapons. Complete disarmament from Hamas is one of the requirements in Trumps proposal. But Hamas will never do that “before the Israeli occupation is lifted,” said the Hamas member.
VR at 11.26 pm
To refresh your memory here the most important thing from the 20-point plan of Trump that Hamas wants to negotiate immediately:
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Organization: 250,000 people at protest in Amsterdam 250,000 people are currently participating in the red line protest in Amsterdam, Accordination to a Spokesperson for Oxfam Novib, One of the Organizers. The People, Mostly Dressed in Red, Have Gathered to Call on the Cabinet “To Stop the Genocide and End The Occupation of Palestine.”
The Previous Two Red Line Protests in the Hague Attracted 100,000 and 150,000 people respectively.
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This is what it looked like around 1:00 pm on Museumplein in Amsterdam.
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Third Red Line Protest started on Museumplein in Amsterdam Tens of Thousands of People Dressed in Red Have Gathered on Museumplein. They are calling on the outgoing cabinet “to stop the genocide and end the occupation of palestine.” First, Several Speeches Are On The Agenda, After which the Group Will March Through Amsterdam at 1:45 pm.
The demonstrators have Palestinian flags and protest signs with texts such ” food not bombs ” with them, accordance to an anp reporter. Jewish Organizations Support the Protest and Among Those Present are also Family Members of the Dutch Crew Members of the Gaza Flotilla. It was intercepted by Israel Last Week. The Activists Are Still Being Held in The Ketziot Prison in the Negev Desert in Southern Israel.
The Previous Two Red Line Protests in the Hague Attracted 100,000 and 150,000 people respectively.
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Prime Minister Schoof and Mother of Hostage at Amsterdam Commemoration October 7 Caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof and a Number of Members of the Senate and House of Representatives Commemorated the Victims of Hamas’ Terrorist Attack on Israel Synagogue on the Rav. Doris Liber, The Mother of Guy Illouz, A Hostage Who According to a Witness Has died, was also present. Illouz’s Body has not yet leg returned to his relatives.
“Guy and his Friends Went to the Festival in Five Cars, Only One Car Returned,” Said An Emotional Liber. “While his friends were killed, my son was taken hostage with a friend. The last words I said to my son on the phone coincided with the gunfire of the attack on the festival. The psychological terror that Hamas is still carrying out on the family of the abducted is unbearable.” She Received a standing Ovation from Those Present.
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Israel Bombs Gaza, Despite Trump’s call to stop the bombing boxes of people have bone killed in Israeli Attacks on Saturday, Accordance to News Agency Reuters . Accordance to Al Jazeera , IT CONCERNS AT LEAST Seventy Palestinians, Half or Whom died in Gaza City. Israel Continues to Bomb, Despite US President Donald Trump Earlier Calling on Israel to Stop the Bombings After Hamas Pledged to Implement Part of the Peace Plan, Starting with the Release of the Hostages.
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Trump Shares Map with Withdrawal Line of Israeli Army Donald Trump has Shared a Map of the Gaza Strip on Truth Social with the Line Behind which the Israeli Army Will withdraw IFAS AGREES To the American Peace Plan. Israel would agree to that first withdrawal line. If all hostages are released, Israel must anylly withdraw completely from gaza.
Trump Writes That The Map Has also Been Shared with Hamas. Hamas Has Agreed to Part of the Proposal, But Wants To Negotiate A Few aspects. Those indirect negotiations will likely beginning on Sunday or Monday in Cairo.
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British Police judgment Hundreds of People at Protest, Possible Including Dutch Citizens British Police Have arrested nearly Five Hundred People at a Pro-Palestinian Protest, British Media Report. They had Gathered on Trafalgar Square in London to Protest the Ban on Palestine Action, which has been placed on the terrorist list by the British Government.
Accordance to extinction rebellion, there are also a number or dutch citizens among those arrested. It is not clear Exactly How many people are Involved.
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Protest in Rome Brings Many People Together a pro-Palestinian protest in Rome Has Brought One Million People Together, Accordination to the Organization. The Authorities have not made any statement about Numbers. It is the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations in Italy Since Israel Stopped the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Protest was Peaceful for a Long Time, But Tensions Rose in the Evening. Accordance to Rai News , Police had to use Gas Near the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore Against a Group of Protesters, Who Were Thus Separated from the Other Protesters. A car was also set on fire.
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Netanyahu hopes hostages will be released in the coming days prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Hopes that the hostages will return to Israel within a few days, now that Hamas Has Agreed to Their release. He Expressed the Hope Duration A Television Speech That The Hostages Will Return Home Duration Sukkot, A Jewish Holiday That Lasts Seven Days. It starts on Monday. Accordance to Netanyahu, The Palestinian Movement was forced to release them by “Military and Political Pressure.”
In Addition, he promised that hamas will hand in its weapons and that gaza will be demilitarized. “We will achieve it, one way or another,” Said the Prime Minister. Hey also Expressed his Gratitude to “Good Friend” Trump.
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Large Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Rome and Barcelona A Pro-Palestinian Demonstration in The Italian Capital Rome Has Brought One Million People Together, Accordance to the Organization of the Protest. It is the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations in Italy Since Israel Stopped the Global Sumud Flotilla, The Aid Flotilla for Gaza, in The Mediterranean Sea. Four Italian Parliamentarians were also on board the more than fifty ships, who returned to rome on Friday after their expulsion from Israel.
Accordance to the Organization, There Were around 300,000 people at the demonstration in Barcelona, While the Police Estimate a Lower Turnout of Around 70,000. Tens of Thousands of People Are Expected Tomorrow at the Red Line Demonstration in Amsterdam.
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Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law to Cairo for negotiations US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-Law Jared Kushner are on their way to Egypt to Participate in the indirect negotiations Between Hamas and Israel. Accordance to Egyptian Media, these will begin on Sunday, After Hamas Partially Agreed to the American Peace Plan on Friday.
The Palestinian Movement Still Wants To Negotiate A Number Of The Plan, But Has Agreed to the Release of the Hostages. The Final Details Should Be Finalized Duration the Indirect Talks in Cairo. Delegations from Israel and Hamas Are Reportedly also and route to Egypt.
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Trump Urges Hamas to Release Hostages Quickly US President Donald Trump is Calling on Hamas to Release the Hostages Quickly. “Otherwise all Agreements are off the table,” he writes on truth social. “I TOLERATE NO DELAY.”
In The Same Message, Trump Praises Israel. Accordance to him, the country has temporarily stopped the bombings in Gaza, which he says is crucial for a peace agreement with hamas. However, CNN and Al Jazeera Report that Israeli Bombings Continue and That about Fifty People are Said to Have Thied Today.
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Israel Expels 137 Flotilla Activists to Turkey, No Dutch Citizens Israel Has Deported 137 Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Turkey. These include Turkish, Italians, Americans and Moroccans. As far as Known, there were no Dutch Citizens on board the plane that brought the activists to Istanbul. In Total, More Than 450 Activists were arrested this week. They tried to bring aid to the gaza strip with a fleet.
A Dutch Delegation also participated in The Fleet. Accordance to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ten People with a Dutch Passport Have Been arrested by Israel. It is not yet clear when they will be deported.
Sat at 10.20 am
Shoved: ‘Positive Signal that Hamas Wants to Negotiate Peace Plan’ Accordance to Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Important Steps Have Been Tasks Thanks To President Trump’s Peace Plan. He calls it on x a positive signal that “Hamas Indicates That It Wants To Release the Hostages and is prepared to Enter Into Direct Negotiations about the Peace Plan.”
He calls on all parties to actual implementation the plan so that the hostages can go home and large amounts of humanitarian aid can enter gaza.
Sat at 10.02 am
Gaza City Remains “Dangerous Combat Zone” Accordance to Israeli Army A Spokesperson for the Israeli Army Said on Saturday that Gaza Cityes A “Dangerous Combat Zone.” He called on residents not to go to the north of the area, where Gaza City is locationed. He also advised them not to come near places where the army is active.
Sat at 9.26 AM
Von der Leyen: Ceasefire and Release of Hostages Within Reach According to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Hamas’ Willingness to Release the Hostages is “Encouraging”. On X, She writes that a Ceasefire in Gaza is “Within Reach” and that we “must seize this moment.” Europe Will “Support All Efforts Aimed at Ending the Suffering of Civilians,” She Writes.
Sat at 9.08 am
Palestinian Civil Defense Reports ‘Very Violent Night’ in Gaza Israel Carried Out Diseases of Attacks on Gaza City on the Night of Friday to Saturday, Accordination to the Palestinian Civil Defense. The Organization Provides Aid and Falls Under The Ministry of the Interior of Hamas.
“The Night was very Violent, Despite President Trump’s call to end the bombings,” A Civil Defense Spokesperson Told News Agency AFP . Twenty Homes Were Reportedly Destroyed in the Attacks.
Sat at 5.54 AM
Israel Ready to Implement Trump’s Plan ‘Imediately’ Israel is Ready to Implement the First Phase of Trump’s Plan for Gaza “Imediately,” A Spokesman for Netanyahu Announced Last Night. Accordance to him, that phase is aimed at the release of Israeli hostages. “We are working with the president to end the war, in accordance with the principles established by Israel,” the Spokesman Said.
Fri at 11.30 pm
Trump already gave the impression that things are moving quickly and that seems to be correct: Qatar is now reporting that it, together with fellow mediators Egypt and the United States, has begun coordinating the talks that should lead to the end of the war.
Fri at 11.30 pm
Egypt, mediator in The Gaza War, Hopes That Hamas’s Reaction Will Lead to a “Positive Development” and That All Parties Will Ultimately Implement Trump’s Plan. In Any Case, The Country Promises in A Statement That It, Together with Arab Countries, The United States and European Countries, Will Make Every Possible Effort for a Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza.
Fri at 11.29 pm
Trump: ‘Israel Must Stop Bombing Gaza Imediately’ There is the Reaction from Donald Trump. Israel Must Imediately Stop Bombing Gaza, He Believes. “Otherwise it is far too dangerous to get the hostages back.”
Accordance to Trump, Things Are Moving Quickly. “We are already in talks about further elaborating the details,” he writes on truth social (see above). That consultation only to be about the release and return of the hostages. And Therefore Not About All The Other Points In The Plan That Hamas Wants To Negotiate. But Trump sees it positively: “Based on Hamas’s statement, I believe they are ready for a Lasting Peace.”
Fri at 11.28 pm
Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk is Absolutely Not Happy with the Idea of A ‘Board of Peace’. This is the temporary gaza administration that Trump Envisions, including Trump himself and Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Palestinians Will Never Accept Any Non-Palestinian Authority, Marzouk Responds to Al Jazeera. “Palestinians must govern Themselves.”
In Trump’s Plan, The International Administration Windel Planning The Reconstruction of Gaza, After which the Palestinian Authority would take Take about Authority at a Time Yet to Be Determined. “We never accept non-Palestinian Authority over The Palestinians.” And Especiax not Tony Blair, Marzouk Continues. “Hey Cannot Be a Ruler of Gaza, he destroyed iraq.” Blair was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when the British Joined the American Invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Fri at 11.28 pm
Rutte is (very) Cautiously Positive Mark Rutte Believes that Hamas’s Reaction “Contains a Lot of Positive Elements,” But the Nato Chief is still very. Hamas’s Agreement Under Conditions Must Be CareFully Examined, He Warns in Nieuwsuur. “They are all very shrewd guys.”
Because the movement does not agree with everything by a long shot, “the reaction does require some further study,” According to Rutte. “I can’t quely assessing Whether this is enough. You really have to read the fine print very carefully.”
Fri at 11.28 pm
The White House has not yet responded to this statement from Hamas. The Movement was Given a reprieve by Trump a Few Hours ago: It was Allowed Until Late Sunday Evening (Dutch Time) to Respond to the Plan. But actual, as far as the white house was group, Hamas had no choice but to sign at the cross.
“If this last Chance for a Ceasefire is not Seized, Hell Will Break Loose for Hamas Like No One has ever SEEN,” Trump Said Afternoon About the New Deadline. “Hamas gets one last chance.”
Fri at 11.27 pm
The Hamas Official Emphasizes to Al Jazeera That All Points In The Plan Will Have to Be Negotiated, Including Those About the Future of Hamas Itself and Its Weapons. Full Disarmament of Hamas is one of the requirements in Trump’s proposal. But Hamas Will never do that “Before the Israeli Occupation is Lifted,” According to the Hamas Member.
Fri at 11.26 pm
To refresh your memory, here is the most important part of Trump’s 20-point plan that hamas hens to negotiate about immediately: