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Hamas confirms direct peace talks with US – because it calls on Trump to ‘stress’ Israel

By Editorial Board Published May 15, 2025 7 Min Read
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Hamas confirms direct peace talks with US – because it calls on Trump to ‘stress’ Israel

A senior Hamas official has confirmed the militant group is in direct talks with america over peace in Gaza, including that it believes Donald Trump will help dealer a deal.

They’re calling for “a prisoner exchange, total withdrawal of Israeli forces, allowing all the aid to get into Gaza and rebuilding of [the] Gaza Strip without forceful immigration,” he mentioned.

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Dr Naim additionally addressed whether or not Hamas – which has been in energy because it received the 2006 Palestinian election – may step down from authorities in an effort to safe peace.

“We have also told the Americans, we are ready to, again, to hand over the government immediately if we reach an end of this war,” he mentioned.

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Trump, seen right here at a US airbase in Qatar, is on the ultimate day of a Center East tour

Dr Naim added Hamas has “accepted” an Egyptian peace proposal which “is talking about forming a Palestinian, independent, politically unaffiliated body to run the Gaza Strip”.

“Before that, as long as we are still occupied people, we have all the right to continue defending our people and resisting the occupation with all means including under resistance,” he mentioned.

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Turning his consideration on to the US president, the senior Hamas official mentioned he thinks Mr Trump “has the capability and the will to reach this peaceful situation”.

He mentioned: “Gaza and Gazans are deserving, like all different individuals in every single place, to stay in peace and dignity.

“And I think President Trump can do it if he exercises enough pressure on the Israelis to end this war immediately. And we are ready to cooperate with him to achieve this goal of a more peaceful region.”

“Hamas continues to wrongfully hold hostages, including American bodies, in the dungeons of Gaza who could easily be freed and have shown no changes in behaviour to indicate they will cease to attack civilians,” he added.

Hamas has set out ceasefire circumstances – however Trump stays as stern as ever

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Donald Trump’s Center East tour has been filled with surprises.

However the revelation that officers in his administration are talking on to Hamas is likely one of the most important.

Because the US president addressed troops on the Al Udeid airbase in Qatar – the biggest within the area – I sat down with a senior Hamas official who confirmed direct talks had been ongoing.

In an unique interview, Dr Bassem Naim praised Trump and talked up probabilities of discovering a peaceable decision.

It is a exceptional assertion from a senior determine throughout the group, which is taken into account by the US and UK to be a terrorist organisation.

A lot has been fabricated from Trump’s ‘transactional’ strategy right here within the area.

His dedication to the ‘artwork of the deal’ can usually obtain sudden outcomes but additionally anger his allies – which is sort of definitely the case with Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

After I requested Dr Naim in regards to the calls for from Israel and america for Hamas to disarm and settle for that it could not be the governing power in Gaza, he set out circumstances that Hamas says must be met.

Nonetheless, President Trump’s public stance on Hamas stays as stern as ever.

The group “needed to be dealt with” he mentioned earlier, including he has “concepts for Gaza,” and that the US ought to “take it” and switch it right into a “freedom zone”.

Israel’s struggle in Gaza has now entered its twentieth month with greater than 60,000 individuals believed to be lifeless, in line with Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry.

Some 15,000 of them are youngsters, in line with UNICEF.

There are nonetheless greater than 50 Israeli hostages held by Hamas within the Strip.

In an announcement launched on Thursday, Hamas highlighted the actual fact it just lately launched hostage Edan Alexander, an Israeli soldier with American citizenship.

It continued: “We expect, based on the understandings reached with the American side, and with the knowledge of the mediators, that humanitarian aid should have entered the Gaza Strip immediately, a call been made for a permanent ceasefire, and that comprehensive negotiations would have been held on all issues to achieve security and stability in the region, a goal we aspire to achieve.

“Nonetheless, failure to attain these steps, particularly the entry of humanitarian help to our individuals, will solid a detrimental impact over any efforts to finish negotiations on the prisoner change course of.”

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Evaluation: Israel’s escalation in Gaza

The US president has beforehand shared plans of his personal for Gaza and in February, he posted a weird AI video displaying the area reworked right into a paradise full with its personal Trump tower and unique seashores.

The States may “own that piece of land” and develop it, he mentioned – however the concept was swiftly condemned because the efficient “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from Gaza.

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Footage shows the moment an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Jabalia, as bystanders scrambled to safety. The strike followed a series of overnight airstrikes on Khan Younis.

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Second of Israeli strike on home

Mr Trump is at the moment on a go to to the Center East, which has included stops within the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia – however not Israel.

There had been hopes his journey may result in a ceasefire deal, however Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed forward with an escalation of power on the Gaza Strip.

Israel has this week launched airstrikes on two consecutive nights whereas persevering with to dam help for the area, worsening the humanitarian disaster.

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