The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the evening of 29th, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his meeting with US President Trump on the same day that Israel supported the US plan on ceasefire and post-war arrangements in the Gaza Strip, and said that the plan was consistent with the principles set by the Israeli government.

Trump announced earlier at a joint press conference with Netanyahu at the White House that Netanyahu had agreed to the "20-point plan." Trump urged the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) to agree to the plan and said If Hamas refuses to accept, the United States will ¡°fullly support¡± Israel¡¯s continued military operations in the Gaza Strip.¡£Netanyahu warned that If Hamas refuses, Israel will "achieve its stated goals on its own"¡£

Netanyahu said the "20-point plan" was a "key step" to end the fighting in Gaza and peace in the Middle East, meeting Israel's "war goals" of releasing all detainees home, dismantling Hamas' military capabilities and ending its political rule over the Gaza Strip, and ensuring that the Gaza Strip no longer poses a threat to Israel.

US President Trump (left) greets visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The "20 Points Plan" released by the White House included the release of all detainees within 72 hours of Hamas' public announcement of acceptance of the ceasefire, the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, the release of 1,700 Gaza residents arrested after the outbreak of the conflict, the full resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the establishment of a non-political transitional governance agency composed of Palestinians and international experts, the disengagement of Hamas and other factions from the post-war governance of the Gaza Strip, the de-militarization of the Gaza Strip and the deployment of a temporary "international stability force".

According to the "20-point plan", an international transitional body called the "Peace Committee" will supervise the post-war transitional governance of the Gaza Strip, and Trump will serve as the chairman of the "Peace Committee". Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was the special envoy for the Middle East appointed by the four parties (the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia) on the Middle East issue, will also play a role.

Netanyahu stressed that Israel would step-by-step withdrawal in the light of progress made by Hamas in the release of detainees and the deployment of international stability forces, saying that Israel would retain its ¡°security responsibility¡± over the Gaza Strip and maintain the security buffer zone along the Gaza Strip ¡°in the foreseeable future¡±.

US President Trump (right) holds talks with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Egyptian Cairo News TV on Monday that Egypt and Qatar had handed Hamas over the U.S. plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas confirmed was being "positively and objectively" examined.

A source in the Egyptian security department confirmed to the news agency that the Egyptian delegation traveled to Qatar on the same day to submit the ceasefire plan to Hamas leaders, waiting for a response from Hamas leaders and then handed over to the United States and Israel.

The source said that Egypt and other Arab countries have made some changes to the plan proposed by the United States.

Source: Xinhua International Headline

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A cow plays the piano: Netanyahu rarely apologizes to Qatar in front of Trump

Source: The Playing Bull

Rarely, Israel apologized.

Looking at the disclosed photos and videos, on September 29, the White House Oval Office, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sat down each with Trump still holding the phone in one hand, apparently in a phone call with Qatar¡¯s Prime Minister Mohammed.

Netanyahu's expression was a little strange.

According to the White House disclosure, in the face of Trump, Netanyahu apologized to Qatar.

The first apology was to apologize for the Israeli missile attack on Qatar, which killed a Qatari official.

The second apology was to apologize for Israel¡¯s attacks on Hamas officials during negotiations that violated Qatar¡¯s sovereignty.

Netanyahu also vowed that Israel would not carry out similar attacks again.

Trump, who made this phone call, also expressed his position and affirmed the positive attitude of the two leaders. "I hope to put Israel-Qatar relations on a positive track after years of mutual resentment and poor communication".

An unprecedented air strike on the capital of Qatar opens a new page.

Photo released by the White House.

To some extent, this is of course a good thing. It is better to settle enemies rather than tie them, especially in the Tiger and Wolf Middle East. But from another perspective, I have to say, this reveals a very cruel truth.

Do not forget that in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the United States has the largest Udeid air base in the Middle East, and Israel has long-distance attacks on Qatar, launching attacks on Doha office buildings, how could the United States not know?

There is no doubt that the U.S. was sure to know in advance that Israel would attack, and the U.S. was definitely green lighting the attack.

Otherwise, the shells are not eye-catching. If the United States does not know that it is an Israeli warplane, it cannot rule out that it will actually launch an attack on an Israeli warplane.

But the United States must know that, so, the U.S. military did nothing at all. Trump was pretending to be confused afterwards, and Qatar was pretending to be confused.

In international politics, some silence is more shocking than gunfire, and some implications are treaties written on empty paper.

Now, under pressure from Trump, Netanyahu has apologized and promised not to do this again.

This is still rare.

After all, has Israel attacked Yemen, attacked Lebanon, attacked Syria, attacked Iran before, Israel apologized?

There is no way.

But apologizing to Qatar further shows that the United States still has influence over Israel. As long as the United States really wants to do it and puts enough pressure on Israel, Israel will not dare to disobey.

Of course, Israel apologized because it wanted more from the United States.

Every bow on the balance of power is marked with an invisible price behind it.

Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

From Trump¡¯s perspective, he¡¯s in the next bigger game.

At a joint press conference with Netanyahu, Trump boasted that now is "one of the greatest days in the history of civilization".

Why?

Because Trump also proposed a new peace plan for Gaza that day, without the support of Arab countries such as Qatar, this plan would not be possible at all.

The plan is divided into 20 points, followed by a Gaza situation map.

I looked at it, 20 o'clock was mixed, but the most critical thing was actually 5 o'clock.

Israel accepted the agreement within 72 hours, Hamas released all hostages, then Israel released 250 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment and 1,700 Palestinians held in Israeli custody after October 7.

2. Hamas completely disarms, Hamas members who promised peace and laid down their arms were pardoned, and Hamas members who wanted to leave Gaza were allowed to leave.

Gaza will be managed by a ¡°peace committee¡± with Trump as chairman, and the management will also include former British Prime Minister Blair.

Unless Gaza is completely demilitarized and Hamas is completely excluded, the international community will help rebuild Gaza.

The United States, Jordan, Egypt and other countries will form an Interim International Stability Force (ISF) to gradually withdraw from Gaza.

A dramatic detail is that Trump is too busy to be the chairman of the ¡°peace committee¡± at all, but others urge him to do so, ¡°the leaders of the Arab world, Israel and all those involved have asked me to do it.¡±

So he also finds it difficult.

Trump holds the Israeli step-by-step withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu points at the side.

Looking at the disclosed images, Israel and Netanyahu are talking, Trump is holding, is the Israeli phased withdrawal of the position map in Gaza, Netanyahu is pointing.

Is this a good thing?

To some extent, this is indeed a good thing. At least a peace plan has been put forward for the suffering Gaza, and it is somewhat improved than before.

Don't forget that Trump had previously proposed that the Gazans all leave, and will not be allowed to come back again, here to develop sea-looking real estate.

So where did the 2 million Palestinians who left go?

Trump suggests that Arab countries accept it!

The Arab countries are all mad. This is a disguised eviction. The land is given to Israel and we have to pay for it.

At least this version of the peace plan allowed Gazans to stay.

Can Hamas accept it?

It is hard!

A few difficulties:

Is Hamas willing to lay down weapons?

2. Can Hamas and Israel release the hostages?

3. Can the "Peace Council" win the support of Gazans?

Everyone is a problem.

Getting Hamas to publicly announce the lay down of its arms is like getting Trump to admit that he is wrong-theoretically possible, practically almost impossible.

Because in Hamas, this is nothing more than surrender, but also surrender after enormous sacrifices, and it is not easy to put down weapons and it takes generations to put down hatred.

When it comes to exchanging hostages, there is another order in Trump's plan. Hamas obviously will not agree to it. What if Israel reneges on it?

As for the "Peace Council", especially Blair, I saw that the first reaction of many Palestinians was that he was not a popular person.

I saw that a senior Hamas official has stated that Palestinians are not ¡°minors in need of custody,¡± specifically to Blair, who ¡°should be tried for the role played by the United States in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, rather than allowing him to rule Gaza.¡±

So there is definitely a tough bargaining price.

Of course, for Israel, no counter-offers are allowed, you have to accept them.

In front of Trump, Netanyahu said: "Mr. President, if Hamas rejects your plan, or if they accept your plan and take every measure to fight back, then Israel will do the job alone." This can be done in the easy way or it can be done in the difficult way, but it will be done."

Finally what do you think?

Let's make three superficial points.

First, Trump really wants to get the Gaza war done.

Let's not doubt Trump's determination to peace.

He was obsessed with winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He boasted that he had stopped seven wars, but the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Gaza War were undoubtedly obstacles to his winning the Nobel Prize.

Therefore, after careful consideration, he put forward his own peace plan and even suppressed Israel. You must apologize to Qatar first so that Qatar is willing to continue to help you.

After an Israeli apology, Qatar also expressed its willingness to continue to make meaningful contributions to peace.

Sometimes, the most effective power is not to call the shots, but to let the pieces walk themselves to your preset position.

When it comes to dealing with Israel, we have to say that Trump still has a way.

Second, Trump deliberately ignores the biggest problem.

That is a Palestinian state issue.

Don¡¯t forget that the ¡°two-country plan¡± was also supported by the United States at the time. Recently, Britain, France, Canada and Australia have repeatedly recognized a Palestinian state.

In the words of UN Secretary-General Guterres, a two-state solution is ¡°the only way out of this nightmare,¡± and the establishment of a Palestinian state ¡°is a right, not a reward,¡± without which the region would be ¡°no peace.¡±

But in Trump's plan, there is no Palestinian state at all; Israel even emphasizes that it will not allow the Palestinian National Authority to manage Gaza.

Can the Palestinians accept that?

There is no country left, there is hope, can Hamas be convinced?

When the blueprint for peace removes the pillars of the foundation, no matter how gorgeous the building is, it is just a castle in the air.

Third, the truth about the Middle East is really cruel.

I have already said something earlier, and I will finally word a few words.

On the surface, Israel is belligerent and belligerent. In many cases, it attacks as it pleases, and the United States cannot control it.

But that is absolutely not true.

Did the US really control Israel?

In Gaza, more than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed, the vast majority of whom are women and children. Even European countries cannot stand it and severely condemn Israel's indiscriminate killing of innocent people. However, the United States is still favoring Israel, vetoing in the Security Council, and continues to deliver killing weapons to Israel.

If the United States is willing to exert pressure, if the United States really takes measures, Israel will not dare not listen.

So, we see that, under Trump¡¯s orders, Netanyahu picked up the phone and apologized to Qatar.

But many times, the United States let it go, even with all kinds of indulgent support. Don't forget, it was Trump who announced the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and announced that he would always stand by Israel.

The cruelty of international relations is that justice always wanders in the shadow of power and awaits the moment to be awakened.

Therefore, the eloquent 20 plans are more of a constraint on Palestine and Hamas. Even if the hostages are released, they will not be released at the same time, but Hamas will be the first.

This is often the law of history: the victor defines what is ¡°peace,¡± while the loser must accept the order called ¡°surrender.¡±

I saw that some people lamented that details determine success or failure. Without a Palestinian state, there would be no justice. Israel is still giving orders. Trump's "peace plan" is just Netanyahu's public relations stunt.

Personal opinion, not representing any organization