Hamas was lying all along
Many stakeholders in the resolution of the Israel-Gaza War insist that a tenuous but legitimate agreement is in place to resolve this war. The exception to this understanding is…Hamas.
Recently, an official for Hamas, Osama Hamdan, made clear in no uncertain terms, that Hamas will “negotiate” Phase 2 of the agreement. But their definition of negotiating is “stalling for time.”
In a podcast interview on November 10, Hamdan emphasized that only the first phase of the plan had been accepted, not Phase 2. Hamas has still not complied with Phase 1, which raises a number of questions:
Did Hamas lie to US President Donald J. Trump when it said that it had accepted his 20-point plan for ending its war against Israel in the Gaza Strip? Or is the terror group simply trying to buy time to reassert control over the Gaza Strip and prepare for more terror attacks against Israel? Yes and yes. Hamas lied. Hamas is trying to gain time by arguing that it needs to engage in negotiations and discussions about the implementation of most parts of the Trump plan.
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Hamdan said during the interview that when the Hamas representatives went to Egypt to sign the Trump plan for peace in the Gaza Strip, they had only these things in mind: a ceasefire, exchanging their hostages for Palestinian prisoners, reopening the Gaza Strip's borders with Israel and Egypt, and the entry of unrestricted humanitarian aid. ‘What we signed was related to the first phase of the plan, the remaining phases are up for negotiations and discussions,’ he claimed.
Hamdan alleged that the US administration was aware that Hamas had not accepted all the 20 points of the Trump plan. ‘The Americans agreed to this,’ he said. ‘Our response was very clear.’
Many stakeholders in the resolution of the Israel-Gaza War insist that a tenuous but legitimate agreement is in place to resolve this war. The exception to this understanding is…Hamas.
Recently, an official for Hamas, Osama Hamdan, made clear in no uncertain terms, that Hamas will “negotiate” Phase 2 of the agreement. But their definition of negotiating is “stalling for time.”
In a podcast interview on November 10, Hamdan emphasized that only the first phase of the plan had been accepted, not Phase 2. Hamas has still not complied with Phase 1, which raises a number of questions:
Did Hamas lie to US President Donald J. Trump when it said that it had accepted his 20-point plan for ending its war against Israel in the Gaza Strip? Or is the terror group simply trying to buy time to reassert control over the Gaza Strip and prepare for more terror attacks against Israel? Yes and yes. Hamas lied. Hamas is trying to gain time by arguing that it needs to engage in negotiations and discussions about the implementation of most parts of the Trump plan.
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Hamdan said during the interview that when the Hamas representatives went to Egypt to sign the Trump plan for peace in the Gaza Strip, they had only these things in mind: a ceasefire, exchanging their hostages for Palestinian prisoners, reopening the Gaza Strip's borders with Israel and Egypt, and the entry of unrestricted humanitarian aid. ‘What we signed was related to the first phase of the plan, the remaining phases are up for negotiations and discussions,’ he claimed.
Hamdan alleged that the US administration was aware that Hamas had not accepted all the 20 points of the Trump plan. ‘The Americans agreed to this,’ he said. ‘Our response was very clear.’
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