Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine - Page 391

“During this period, Gaza will be rehabilitated, and conditions for self-governance will be created. Egypt will be the central player and oversee the reconstruction, which will further strengthen its economy,” Lapid said.

“The external debt of $155 billion does not allow Egypt to rebuild its economy and strengthen its military,” he said.

Under Lapid’s plan, Egypt would allow any Gaza resident who wishes to leave and has a place to go to do so in an orderly manner.

Egypt would work to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza, destroy tunnels, and eliminate remaining terrorist infrastructure.

Lapid said an Egyptian-Israeli-American security mechanism would be established to address immediate threats.

According to Lapid’s office, the opposition leader formulated this plan in recent months with the involvement of senior political and security officials and presented it to senior Trump administration officials at the White House and leading senators during his visit to the US.

Egyptian sources speaking to the Saudi outlet al-Hadath said today (Tuesday) that Egypt has no intention to run or govern the Gaza Strip, contrary to the plan presented by Opposition Leader Yair Lapid today in Washington, DC.

He pointed to historical precedent: Egypt controlled Gaza from 1948 to 1967 under Arab League backing, acting as a temporary custodian for Palestinians. “This is what needs to happen again today,” Lapid argued.

On February 26 2025 10:36 KwarK wrote:
Normally in the opposition when you make promises you’re saying that if elected you will do X with X being something you could reasonably do with the power that you’re asking for. Making manifesto promises that involve commitments from foreign powers seems foolish.

On February 26 2025 17:23 Sent. wrote:
Maybe it's a "we're going to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it" kind of plan.

Closing summary

Hamas official Basem Naim told Al Jazeera that Benjamin Netanyahu is “intentionally sabotaging” the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which looks more fragile than ever after Israel indefinitely delayed the release of over 600 Palestinian prisoners. Netanyahu is “preparing the atmosphere for returning back to the war”, Naim said.

The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said he was “gravely concerned” about “rising violence” in the occupied West Bank after the Israeli military sent tanks into the West Bank for the first time in more than two decades.

The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the latest raid across the West Bank was expanding, and that troops would remain in the area’s urban hotspots “for the coming year”, meaning approximately 40,000 people displaced by the assault will not be able to return to their homes.

Friedrich Merz, the Conservative + Show Spoiler + leader who is expected to be Germany’s next chancellor, said Benjamin Netanyahu “can visit” his country despite an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister issued by the international criminal court (ICC) for alleged war crimes relating to Israel’s assault on Gaza.

It said that “all these efforts are proceeding in parallel with the launch of a political track” towards Palestinian statehood, which Israeli leaders have opposed.

The summit called on Palestinian representation to be unified under the PLO, an umbrella group that is the dominant political force within the PA – and which excludes Hamas.

“We are keen for the success of the summit, and we hope that there will be a call to reject the displacement and to protect the right of our people in resisting the occupation and governing itself away from any custodianship and intervention,” he added.

Hamas also released a statement on Tuesday calling for the Arab League summit in Cairo to “thwart” the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza.

“We look forward to an effective Arab role that ends the humanitarian tragedy created by the occupation in the Gaza Strip … and thwarts the [Israeli] occupation’s plans to displace [Palestinians],” it said.

Without referring specifically to President Trump's ideas, he underlined that "the Arab stance is to reject any displacement, whether it is voluntary or forced".

This new plan proposes that Gaza would be run, temporarily, by a "Gaza management committee under the umbrella of the Palestinian government" comprised of qualified technocrats.

Some Arab states are known to be calling for the complete dismantling of Hamas; others believe those decisions should be left up to the Palestinians. Hamas is said to have accepted it will not play a role in running Gaza but has made it clear that disarming is a red line.

On January 20 2025 20:24 stilt wrote:
"Gaza is destroyed and disintegrated, uninhabitable, and it will remain that way. Do not be impressed by the forced joy of our enemies, this is an animal society that sanctifies death and dances on the ruins of its life. Very soon, we will erase their smile again and replace it with cries of grief and the wails of those who were left with nothing."

- Bezalel Smotrich, finance minister of israel

On March 20 2025 09:24 Billyboy wrote:
Lots of protests over Israel going back to war. Many Israeli's don't want it and believe he is doing it to hold power.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/israeli-protesters-say-airstrikes-are-cover-for-benjamin-netanyahu-to-keep-power



Also, I didn't realize I did the paywall article above.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/case-palestinian-pragmatism-110000875.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall