In less than three days, it will be two years since the October 7, 2023 when people from Gaza, inspired and aided by Hamas, raped, murdered and kidnapped innocent citizens of Israel. Since that day, people of goodwill have begged for the release of the kidnapped and dead. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have alternately worked a peace deal or tried to destroy the terrorists. Both valid. Now, Trump has put forth a comprehensive peace deal. Netanyahu has agreed. The terrorists…not so much.

Israel was reluctant but accepting of the peace plan. Israel wants her kidnapped and murdered citizens back. The Arab world seemed stoked. If you want a detailed explanation, The Explainer has one here. A generated explanation from Microsoft Copilot is:

Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza includes several key provisions:
Immediate cessation of military operations and the release of all hostages, both living and deceased, within 72 hours of Israel’s acceptance of the deal.
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Demilitarization of Hamas and establishment of a new governance structure in Gaza under international supervision.
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Amnesty for Hamas members who commit to peaceful coexistence and disarmament.
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Aid and reconstruction efforts to benefit the people of Gaza, ensuring their safety and well-being.
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Withdrawal of Israeli forces to a line agreed upon by the U.S. and Israel, with a focus on ensuring Gaza’s stability.
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This plan represents a comprehensive effort to address the immediate security and governance issues in Gaza, aiming for a lasting peace.

After Trump said the Hamas members would be hunted and killed, the terrorists decided they would negotiate:

Hamas said in the statement it held in-depth consultations within its leadership institutions, extensive consultations with Palestinian forces and factions, and consultations with mediators and friends to reach a “responsible position” regarding Trump’s plan.

Leaders said they appreciated the president’s efforts to end the war and agreed to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents.

“Following Hamas’s response, Israel is preparing for the immediate implementation of the first stage of President Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all the hostages,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an announcement. “We will continue to work in full cooperation with the President and his team in order to bring the war to an end in accordance with the principles set forth by Israel, which are consistent with President Trump’s vision.”

Some people, the female below, don’t want any negotiations:

Hamas agreed, conditionally, to Trump’s sham ‘peace plan,’ a plan better described as a surrender deal. And Israel’s response? More bombs on Gaza. More bodies. More lies about wanting peace.

The far-right in Israel is furious the plan doesn’t demand total Palestinian submission.… pic.twitter.com/bm8YLTSW4L

— Save Our Citizenships (@LetsStopC9) October 4, 2025

Y’all know I am a Triple Trumper and proudly so. I think Trump really, really wants this peace plan to work. It will feed his enormously healthy ego to force the Nobel Committee to give him the Nobel Peace Prize and he really wants that. It’s a booyah thing. From the NY Post:

“Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE,” Trump said in a statement posted to his Truth Social page.

The commander in chief later posted a short video on Truth, calling Friday a “very special, maybe unprecedented” day, while thanking countries including Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan for their help in hammering out the proposed peace deal.

“This is a big day. We’ll see how it all turns out. We have to get the final word down and concrete,” he said. “Very importantly, I look forward to having the hostages come home to their parents.”

Trump is dreaming. Hamas might dribble out a few more hostages before they get a wild hair and shut it all down. What do you think:

Sounds horribly cynical, doesn’t it? How do you or can you negotiate with people who killed, raped and kidnapped so many of your own citizens? People who violated a ceasefire. More than once.

I appreciate everything that those who work for peace do. I don’t believe it works. Mostly you have to wait until the main proponent of violence is dead. And then, you mostly have to wait until the rest are mostly defeated. The Hamas Statement calls for the destruction of Israel. How do you negotiate with that? What is the negotiation for people who want you dead? Israel has fed and tried to protect the people of Gaza, unlike what Hamas does.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump is sending Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to negotiate.

President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt in the coming days to help complete a hostage release deal, U.S. and Arab officials said Saturday, after Hamas and Israel backed his 20-point proposal to end the war but with reservations that need to be ironed out.

The high-profile delegation shows Trump’s seriousness about securing a deal, despite significant concerns about the terms among all the parties involved. Kushner, the president’s son-in-law who played a crucial role in negotiating normalization accords between several Arab countries and Israel during Trump’s first term, helped craft the current plan and will now try to close the gaps and get it implemented.

Hamas announced that they won't be releasing hostages this Saturday. They're begging for the war to restart; their reckless endangerment of the ceasefire provoked this reaction from Trump, whose threat would be disastrous for Palestinians in Gaza & the hostages alike. pic.twitter.com/j7UtNqVO7W

— Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib) February 11, 2025

This is all part of the sick game Hamas plays and nothing will happen.

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