The location at a glance: The sticking points in Trump’s peace plan

US President Donald Trump praised the idea of ​​his own peace plan to end the Gaza War over all dimensions. It was a big day, “maybe one of the greatest days in civilization,” said Trump in Washington, where he had met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As has often been the case, the Republican raised hopes for an end to the conflict in which the United States convey. But there are sticking points in the plan:

While Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu stood next to Trump in the White House and announced that the Americans’ plans were supported, one side is missing. But everything hangs on it. According to circles, Islamist Hamas has now received the proposal from intermediaries and wants to check it.

The question arises whether the moment is actually reached for her when she exposes the hostages. The terrorist organization always relentlessly used the kidnapped for their own interests – and as their most important means of l print that would give them out of their hands.

The Hamas still holds 48 hostages in the Gaza Strip, including German citizens. According to Israeli information, 20 of the kidnapped are still alive. On October 7, 2023, around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were dragged into the Gaza strips as hostages. The massacre of Hamas and other terrorist groups had triggered the Gaza War at the time.

Would neighboring countries admit Hamas members at all?

The peace plan provides that after the hostage of the hostages, Hamas members, who commit themselves to peaceful coexistence and to submit their weapons, are granted amnesty. If you want to leave the Gaza strip, according to the plan, you will receive secure access to recording countries. The question is: is that realistic at all?

Hamas has connections to other countries. For example, she has had an office in Qatar for many years and the golf state plays an important broker role in the Gaza War. The Hamas location also brought the country a lot of criticism and has become a burden and danger. Katar’s Emir faced the question of whether he wants to continue to home to Hamas or to ask her to leave the country.

Turkey is also home to Hamas officials. The attack on the Hamas leadership in Qatar weeks ago is likely to alert the country-whether theoretically attacks in Ankara or Istanbul would also be possible and whether the country wants to continue to host Hamas members.

Increased imbalance – advantage Trump?

It is striking that a person occurs prominently in the paper: Donald Trump. He should not only play a leadership role in the control of the transitional government. There should also be another Trump economic development plan for the reconstruction and revival of the Gaza Strip. We are talking about “many well thought -out investment proposals and exciting development ideas” that investors would have presented.

Trump, once primarily real estate mogul, had once brought the idea into play to take control of the area and to move the Palestinian population to third countries to transform Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East”. The proposal triggered sharp criticism both internationally and in the USA. The question is what Trump has in mind instead and whether it could be a solution that is particularly useful to a country: America.

Where is the land line that Israel would withdraw to?

That remains unclear. There is only talk of an “agreed” line to which the Israeli soldiers should withdraw to prepare the release of the hostages. The front lines should be frozen until a withdrawal can take place.

Soil troops – but which one?

According to the plan, the United States wants to build a temporary stabilization group with Arab and international partners, which is said to be stationed in the Gaza Strip. For example, it should train police forces so that internal security can be built up. The question is who would participate in this group. It remains unclear in the wording whether the United States would also play an active role – i.e. with its own floor troops. In the election campaign, Trump had repeatedly promised to keep the US military out of international conflicts. He would have an explanatory problem.

How did Hamas react to previous disarming demands?

According to the US plan, there should also be a “process of demilitarization of the gaza strip under the supervision of independent observers”. This point is likely to encounter resistance at Hamas. The Islamists have repeatedly emphasized on similar demands during negotiations on a Gaza deal that they decidedly reject their weapons as long as there is no independent Palestinian state.

Who can see themselves as the winner?

The terrorist organization of Islamic Jihad (PIJ) allied with Hamas criticized the advance as a “American-Israeli” agreement, which without restrictions on the position of Israel. “Israel is trying to enforce what it could not achieve with war through the United States,” said PIJ leader Sijad al-Nachala in a statement. The PIJ was also involved in the massacre and the hostage framework on October 7, 2023 in Israel. The plan is “a recipe for continuing aggression against the Palestinian people,” it said.

In fact, Netanyahu in Washington spoke of the “next step to win the war”. From the point of view of the Hamas, it will be necessary to also be able to book the plan as a victory. It is uncertain whether she will interpret the plan like this. The Islamist organization may already see a victory in its survival. Already with an earlier ceasefire, Hamas had celebrated that it had forced Israel to stop aggression.