Partnership with the US is essential for bringing stability to the region, a statement released on Tuesday has claimed
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has said it welcomes US President Donald Trump’s “sincere and determined efforts” to achieve peace in Gaza, after Trump unveiled his roadmap to stop the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
The 20-point plan, released by the White House during Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, calls for an immediate ceasefire and the exchange of all hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israel. It envisions turning Gaza into a “deradicalized, terror-free zone” after the withdrawal of Israeli forces, with Hamas excluded from governing the enclave.
The Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank, said in a statement on Tuesday that it has confidence in Trump’s ability to find a path toward peace in Gaza. Partnership with the US is essential in bringing stability to the region, it added.
The fighting must end “through a comprehensive agreement that ensures the sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the release of hostages and prisoners, the establishment of mechanisms to protect the Palestinian people… prevent annexation of land, stop the displacement of Palestinians, end unilateral actions that violate international law, release withheld Palestinian tax revenues, and lead to a full Israeli withdrawal,” it said.
“This would… open the path toward a just peace based on the two-state solution, with the independent and sovereign State of Palestine living side by side with the State of Israel in security, peace, and good neighborliness, in accordance with international legitimacy,” according to the PA.
Hamas has said it will study the US proposal “in good faith.” According to NBC’s sources, the group is leaning toward accepting the plan and will present its response to the Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Wednesday.
However, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is fighting along Hamas, rejected Trump’s roadmap, calling it “a recipe to blow up the region.”
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West Jerusalem launched its military operation in Gaza in October 2023 in response to a deadly assault on southern Israel in which Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages. Over 66,000 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 168,000 others injured in the enclave, according to the local health authorities.
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