Hamas’s rapid concessions to the tough ultimatums issued by the U.S. at the end of September show that the war in Gaza could have been stopped long ago if the international community had immediately applied stronger pressure on Hamas.
At the end of September, U.S. President Donald Trump placed heavy pressure on the terrorist group Hamas and gave them an ultimatum of “three or four days” to respond to his proposed peace and reconstruction plan for Gaza. He warned the group of brutal consequences if they rejected the agreement while the Israeli offensive continued.
Trump’s proposal was announced at a joint press conference in Washington with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and aimed for a definitive end to the two-year-long war.
When asked how long Hamas had to respond, Trump said on Tuesday:
“We’ll hold out for about three or four days,” and later warned that Hamas would face serious consequences if they refused. By that time, the President had already made it clear that he would support Israel in continuing the war if Hamas rejected the proposal.
An Unnecessarily Long War
During the press conference in Washington, Netanyahu stated that if Hamas rejected the plan, Israel would finish the job on its own. Trump said that Israel would have his “full support” under such circumstances.
The terrorist group’s quick response to Trump’s ultimatum — releasing the remaining 20 living hostages on short notice — shows that the hostages could have been freed and the war ended much earlier if the world had exerted stronger pressure on Hamas.
Instead, the terrorist group was welcomed as freedom fighters and honored guests in Ankara, Moscow, Tehran, Doha, and Beijing, while much of the Western media reported on the subsequent war in Gaza as if Hamas, its death cult and use of human shields, as well as its alliance of terror states and terror groups, did not exist at all.
Media Trusts Hamas
For two long years, Hamas-controlled authorities have consistently been the main source for international media, while the Middle East’s only democracy has been vilified — right after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and the bloodiest day in Israel’s modern history.
Several Western countries have also rewarded the terrorist attack two years ago by recognizing Palestine as a state — even though Gaza and the West Bank do not meet the legal criteria required for statehood, including the existence of “a government that controls the territory.”
