Robert Inlakesh: Hamas, Trump, Israel, and Who Accepted What Ceasefire - Analysis
Posted by sashimi on October 4, 2025, 7:17 pm
4 Oct 2025
In a series of events that shocked the world, Hamas not only issued a positive response to the latest US-Israeli ceasefire proposal, but Donald Trump publicly announced his intention to implement it and called upon his allies in Tel Aviv to halt their attack on Gaza.
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The so-called "peace plan", was not a detailed proposal; instead, it was more of a roughly put-together collection of political demands and ill-articulated desires, with no mechanisms to implement it. The only implementable part of the so-called plan was the release of every Israeli captive and their bodies.
However, the White House seemed to indicate that it demands Hamas immediately hand over all Israeli captives held in Gaza within 72 hours, after which they will just have to depend on Israel's goodwill to uphold their side of the bargain. Considering that Israel decided to violate a much more detailed and phased ceasefire agreement back in March, going on to mass murder over 12,000 civilians afterwards, the idea that Tel Aviv will respect such an agreement is outlandish.
This and many other issues with the Trump-Netanyahu proposal evidently meant that Hamas needs to engage in negotiations to bring about a real deal that is realistic. Therefore, this is what they asked for.
Then came the big surprise: Donald Trump decided to publish a post on 'Truth Social' that welcomed the Hamas statement, treating it as an acceptance. He appeared to indicate that details needed to be sorted out, but urged Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza.
In response to this, Israel escalated its bombardment of Gaza City and its Prime Minister decided to issue his own written response to the developments of the day. Instead of reacting negatively, as Israeli media had been for hours, Netanyahu's office indicated that they are preparing for Hamas to hand over all of the captives in the first stage of the agreement and welcome it.
So here lies the issue. Hamas seeks to engage in dialogue and it appears as if the US Trump administration was expressing its openness to hashing out the details of a ceasefire deal. Yet, the Israeli government is speaking as if Hamas is just going to start releasing all of the captives and will agree to immediate disarmament. Both cannot be true.
Therefore, this deal will have to go one of two ways: either through negotiations or Israel demands the immediate release of its captives. The latter is not a reasonable assumption, as Hamas would lose all of its bargaining chips; therefore, it will only proceed in the case of negotiations.
Ultimately, the negotiations could either lead to Hamas fully surrendering, which is unlikely, or the talks will begin to evolve towards shaping a ceasefire deal that is closer to what was previously proposed and accepted. It appears however, that the Israelis will attempt to throw a spanner in the works before the talks reach such stages, then blame Hamas for violating the deal.
As it stands, there is no chance that a ceasefire can be implemented - according to the current parameters of the Trump-Netanyahu plan - where the Israelis would actually stop their ethnic cleansing and even the war. If Hamas were to somehow agree to surrender, it would be a death sentence for the future of Palestinian life and self-determination in Gaza. -- Cont'd at https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hamas-trump-israel-and-who-accepted-what-ceasefire-analysis/
Re: Robert Inlakesh: Hamas, Trump, Israel, and Who Accepted What Ceasefire - Analysis: Good article
Frankly I was getting confused with all the news articles on this deal between Hamas and Trump in the msm etc. This article clarifies i.e. the deal is still iffy and vaguely possible ... but I wouldn't personally bet on the final outcome knowing that Israhell lies and lies and ..
on October 4, 2025, 7:17 pm