Muslim state backers of Trump plan praise Hamas response to Gaza proposal

The foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt put out a joint statement praising Hamas’s “readiness” to meet key demands in US President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the war in Gaza, and expressing their support for an eventual full IDF withdrawal from Gaza and the return of the Palestinian Authority.

The diplomats welcome “the steps taken by Hamas regarding US President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the war on Gaza, release all hostages, alive or deceased, and the immediate launch of negotiations on implementation mechanisms.”

Hamas announced over the weekend that it had submitted its response accepting parts of the US proposal, while hinting at resistance regarding other sections and insisting that additional negotiations were needed to finalize the terms.

The foreign ministers also express their support for Trump’s call on Israel to stop bombing Gaza.

“The Foreign Ministers also welcomed the announcement by Hamas of its readiness to hand over the administration of Gaza to a transitional Palestinian Administrative Committee of independent technocrats,” says the statement.

They say they are ready to work for a comprehensive agreement that “ensures unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, no displacement of the Palestinian people, and that no measures are taken that threaten the security and safety of civilians, the release of hostages, the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza, unifying Gaza and the West Bank, and reaching a security mechanism that guarantees the security of all sides, in a manner that leads to the full Israeli withdrawal, and to the rebuilding of Gaza, and that creates a path for a just peace on the basis of the two-state solution.”