They are convulsive hours for the Middle Eastern and American diplomacies on the eve of the departure of the US President to the Gulf countries. Donald Trump He intends to announce the new ceased the fire in Gaza, the liberation of the hostages and the delivery of food and medicines to the Striscia while located in the region. With the strong pressing of the Arab nations that explicitly asked the president to announce his peace initiative during the visit.
The correspondent of the White House Steve Witkoff, Which on Sunday led the meeting with Iran on nuclear power to the part, he is holding intense consultations in the region with Israel, Egypt, Qatar and Hamas to reach an agreement. A high official of Gaza underlined to Reuters that Hamas has direct interviews with the US government on the truce and the resumption of humanitarian aid. Washington would have proposed an articulated agreement to Hamas which provides for the release of 10 hostages in exchange for a maximum 70 -day respite (Israel wants 45), a period in which negotiations would take place for a wider agreement. Witkoff has communicated to the mediators who at the end of this phase will accept the presence of Hamas in the future local government, provided they abandon terrorism, lay down the weapons and accept the opening of a political path.
Hamas responded with a counter -proposal that includes the ceased the permanent fire, the withdrawal of the IDF from Gaza, the simultaneous liberation of all the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and the establishment of an independent administration with full powers. The organization, according to the Arab media, is said to be willing to accept “safety devices” (not better specified) to guarantee long -term stability, and the suspension of military production, the end of tunnel excavations, the interruption of smuggling, the supervision of weapons by mediators.
Cairo for his part decided to send a clear signal to Benyamin Netanyahu After his cabinet has approved a new vast offensive in the Enclave: he will not appoint a new ambassador to Tel Aviv and will not approve the concession of the credentials to the Ambassador of Jerusalem to Egypt. Escalation does not even satisfy the Commander in Chief who considers it a ‘effort wasted, since he makes his reconstruction plan of the’ Rivierà more complicated. For his part, Netanyahu commented on the voices of frictions with ‘the friend Trump’ by declaring to the Foreign Commission that there are no disagreements and that the two countries hold regular interviews. The Saudi Prince Bin Salman (MBS) Meanwhile he obtained from the USA that the president of the Palestinian National Authority also take part in Tuesday in Tuesday in Riad Abu MazenLebanese President Joseph Aoun and Syrian aHmed al-Sharàa. As a demonstration of the fact that in addition to Gaza, the talks will concern the new structures of Lebanon and Syria.
MBS aims to obtain Trump’s consent to the request to “create a Palestinian state”, a goal that would calm the strong non -moderate movements of part of the Saudi society, ideologically close to Gaza. Trump will arrive in the Middle East accompanied by a large delegation, among which stand out global entrepreneurs from the caliber of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, the co -founder of Openai Sam Altman and the head of Blackrock Larry Fink. At stake there are billionaire investments to be launched on the two banks of the Indian and Atlantic Ocean: the president is expected to intend to offer the Saudis, among other things, an agreement on weapons worth 100 billion dollars. The visit will end on May 16, Trump will not stop in Israel as expected. However, 5 days ago the closest collaborator of Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, was received at the White House to talk about Gaza and the nuclear power supply.