Hamas has several reservations about the plan and told mediators it needs more time to review it.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) released a statement calling for an urgent meeting with the aim of reaching a unified Palestinian position on the 20-point “peace plan” for Gaza announced by US President Donald Trump.
“The main priority at this stage is to stop the holocaust inflicted on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, who have made and continue to make enormous sacrifices in defense of their land and identity and in loyalty to their national cause,” declared the PFLP.
“The Palestinian people face a historic responsibility that demands a swift and unified stance from all national forces,” he added.
The PFLP said it was consulting several Palestinian factions on the idea of holding an urgent national meeting.
The meeting would aim to issue “a collective and unified position, avoiding individualism or evasion of national responsibility”.
The resistance movement also called for a joint Palestinian, Arab and international effort to end the genocidal war.
He said there was a “need to reach a unified position on the American proposal and the political and existential risks contained in some of its provisions, which could be exploited to reshape the situation at the expense of established national rights.”
The plan calls for the immediate cessation of fighting in Gaza and the release of all Israeli prisoners, living and dead, within 72 hours.
In response, Israel will release 250 prisoners serving life sentences, along with 1,700 Palestinians from Gaza detained after October 7.
It also foresees an Israeli withdrawal towards the perimeters of Gaza, which Tel Aviv rejected.
Hamas is currently reviewing the plan and is not expected to respond officially for the next few days.
“Hamas is committed to ending war and genocide and will respond in a way that serves the best interests of the Palestinian people,” a Palestinian source told Reuters on Wednesday, but warned that the proposal “is a Netanyahu plan articulated by Trump.”
“Accepting the plan is a disaster, rejecting it is another, there are only bitter choices here,” added the source.
Hamas is asking for more time to review the plan, sources told the Wall Street Journal.
The resistance movement also informed mediators of its reservations to parts of the plan, including “the stipulation that it disarm and destroy its weapons” as well as the demand that it release all prisoners within 72 hours – which “would be difficult.”
Hamas “has lost contact in recent weeks with some other militant groups that control several of them,” the sources added.
Hamas officials met with mediators in Doha this week and argued that “Trump’s plan leaves the Palestinians without a credible path to statehood and includes several loopholes that would allow Israel to resume war.”
The plan allows Israeli forces to maintain a “perimeter presence” near Gaza. However, Tel Aviv promised not to withdraw. The plan also foresees a path to the creation of a Palestinian state, which Israel categorically opposes.
The plan does not clarify the sequence of steps beyond the initial ceasefire and prisoner release, and crucial questions such as who finances reconstruction, who enforces disarmament, how aid will be distributed in practice, and where displaced Palestinians will live during reconstruction remain unanswered.
“If Hamas refuses [a proposta], [o presidente dos EUA, Donald] Trump will give full support to Israel to complete the military operation and eliminate them,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 30.
Trump said the same day that Hamas has three to four days to respond, otherwise it will face a “dark fate.”
Qatar, Egypt and Türkiye would be pressuring Hamas to accept. According to Axios, Doha informed Hamas that it would not get them a better deal.
Originally published by The Cradle on 10/02/2025
Source: https://www.ocafezinho.com/2025/10/02/frente-popular-quer-unificar-posicao-palestina-sobre-plano-de-trump/
