Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many terms

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37048680

William Christou in Jerusalem Fri 3 Oct 2025 19.37 EDT

Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza as he welcomed Hamas’s partial acceptance of his ultimatum to end the nearly two-year war.

Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.

In a statement on Friday evening, the Palestinian militant group asked for further negotiations on other parts of the plan, and did not say whether it would lay down its arms – a key part of Trump’s proposal unveiled on Monday.

Despite the qualified response by Hamas, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE."

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    174·
    12 hours ago

    Prisoners*

    Hamas has prisoners, it’s the propaganda that calls them hostages. If you want to call them hostages, you should call the prisoners that Israel has hostages as well.

    • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      7 hours ago

      Semantic lawyer arguments over dictionary definitions are a waste of time. Reality shapes language, not the other way round.

    • Severus_Snape@lemmy.worldEnglish
      79·
      12 hours ago

      Hamas has prisoners, it’s the propaganda that calls them hostages. If you want to call them hostages, you should call the prisoners that Israel has hostages as well.

      Actually, propaganda is what you are doing.

      A hostage is someone :

      1. That isn’t sentenced for anything.

      2. That can not be precisely located anywhere.

      3. That doesn’t know if he will be released or killed by his captors.

      For instance, Nelson Mandela wasn’t a hostage. He was a prisoner.

      (A political prisoner is still a prisoner)