The terms also reference a future where the conditions for a Palestinian state “may finally be in place” if the agreement is implemented.
It is unclear if Hamas will also sign onto those terms even as the war nears its two-year mark The militant group which sparked the war with an Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel said ahead of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting that it had not yet seen the plan and would need to study the proposal.
Trump shared his plan with leaders from Muslim-majority countries during a meeting in New York last week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and had teased the prospect of imminent progress.
“We have a real chance for greatness in the Middle East,” Trump said on social media Sunday, raising hopes for a deal and insisting that “we will get it done.”
Trump and Netanyahu entered Monday’s meeting, their fourth this year, at a crossroads with Israel increasingly isolated on the the international stage and intensifying pressure from the US president for a ceasefire.
The path to the agreement was also eased by a phone call — set up by Trump — earlier Monday where Netanyahu expressed regret to Qatar’s prime minister for a strike on Doha aimed at killing senior Hamas leaders. Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, and the host of the largest US military base in the region was outraged by the strike, as were other Arab states.
Netanyahu expressed regret that the strike accidentally killed a Qatari serviceman on the call, according to a White House readout.
