Fatah welcomes US-led efforts, but senior official calls plan ‘document of surrender’
The Palestinian political movement that dominates the Palestinian Authority has welcomed efforts led by Trump to end the war in Gaza and protect innocent lives, according to a statement carried by the official Wafa news agency.
The group said it is ready to cooperate with all parties to secure a ceasefire, allow humanitarian aid into the famine-struck enclave, ensure the release of captives and Palestinian prisoners, and establish international mechanisms to safeguard Palestinians.
The statement also called for the release of frozen Palestinian tax funds, a complete Israeli withdrawal, and steps to restore unity across Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and East Jerusalem as part of a two-state solution.
Fatah added that it supports President Mahmoud Abbas’s pledge to implement reforms, including holding presidential and parliamentary elections within a year of the war’s end.
But senior Fatah official Abbas Zaki struck a sharply different tone in separate comments to local media, describing the US plan as a “document of surrender” imposed on Palestinians without their consent.
He warned that accepting such proposals would entrench humiliation, legitimise occupation, and fragment Palestinian unity, accusing Washington and Israel of plotting to “liquidate the Palestinian cause”.
Several points in Trump’s plan need clarification, negotiation: Qatar’s PM
Several points in Trump’s plan for Gaza require clarification and negotiation, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani told Al Jazeera, while hoping that all parties would “view the plan constructively and seize the opportunity to end the war”.
“We explained to Hamas during our meeting yesterday that our primary goal is stopping the war,” he said. “Hamas acted responsibly and promised to study the plan.”
He added that what was presented on Monday was a list of “principles”, “the details of which need to be discussed”, but that Trump’s plan “achieves a primary goal of ending the war”.
Trump gave Hamas 4 days to accept this list of "principles" to indefinite occupation.
Hamas would be ‘ill-advised’ to accept Trump’s plan for Gaza
Sultan Barakat, a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, says Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza is “problematic” and Hamas would be “ill-advised” to accept it.
“Hamas would have to give up all the leverage at the beginning of the plan to a party they don’t trust and no one in the world trusts,” he told Al Jazeera.
The way Trump presented the plan alongside Netanyahu also suggests the proposal is skewed to Israel’s advantage.
“He stood there and allowed Netanyahu to contradict the plan by saying things that clearly match his own narrow objectives, … and Trump did not stop him,” Barakat said.
Netanyahu rejected the creation of a Palestinian state and Israel’s withdrawal to 1967 borders while both are envisioned in Trump’s proposal.
