Hamas’s Strategic Gamble
While President #Trump enthusiastically welcomed Hamas’s response to his Gaza plan, the White House and #Israel deal in deception.
from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
Oct 05, 2025
There was broad consensus among a wide range of Palestinian factions and parties that #Hamas and #PalestinianIslamicJihad had the authority to negotiate an end to the active war in #Gaza, according to several sources who participated in the discussions. There was also agreement that Hamas alone did not have a mandate to negotiate terms that would impact what the negotiators called issues related to the #Palestinian homeland.
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The challenge before the negotiators was how to craft a response to Trump that would assert the Palestinian right to self-determination while persuading the erratic #US president to force Israel to cease its genocidal war.
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