gyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said Thursday that Cairo, along with Qatar and Türkiye, is working to persuade Hamas to accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza.
Egyptian FM Badr Abdelatty said Egypt is working with Qatar and Turkiye to persuade Hamas to back Trump’s Gaza plan, adding it will not allow Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Strip ‘under any circumstances’
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“We are meeting with them. We are coordinating with our brothers in Qatar and also our colleagues in Türkiye, in order to, you know, convince Hamas to respond positively with this plan,” said Abdelatty, speaking at the French Institute of International Relations.
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Earlier, Trump shared 20 points to end Israel-Gaza conflict
The White House unveiled earlier this week a 20-point document that called for an immediate cease-fire, an exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, a staged Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Hamas disarmament and a transitional government led by an international body.
Abdelatty said that while he was broadly supportive of Trump’s proposal for Gaza, more talks were needed on it.
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“There are a lot of holes that need to be filled; we need more discussions on how to implement it, especially on two important issues – governance and security arrangements. We are supportive of the Trump plan and the vision to end war and need to move forward,” said Abdelatty.
When asked whether he feared the Trump plan could lead to forced displacement of Palestinians, he said Egypt would not accept that.
“Displacement will not happen, it will not happen because displacement means the end of the Palestinian cause,” he said. “We will not allow this to happen under any circumstances.”