Trump cheers defense pact between Saudis, Turkey and Pakistan: ‘The Mideast is coming together’
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data shows, following attacks on tankers, while US-Iran talks to resolve the Middle East conflict stall.
US President Donald Trump touts the defense pact inked earlier this month by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan.
“It shows how the Middle East is coming together and how countries will finally be able to defend themselves in a more meaningful way,” Trump writes on Truth Social.
Hamas officials told senior US adviser Jared Kushner that they will only begin implementing the Board of Peace’s disarmament plan if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly commits to adhering to its terms as well, an Arab diplomat tells The Times of Israel.
Netanyahu has publicly come out against the proposal, and is unlikely to shift his position ahead of the October 27 Knesset election.
The Board of Peace is hoping that coaxing Netanyahu to quietly restore a halt on IDF strikes in Gaza will be sufficient enough to allow for Hamas to begin handing over its weapons, but the Arab diplomat says the terror group is unlikely to do so without a public announcement from the Israeli premier in which he expresses support for the disarmament plan.
Kushner has landed in Israel following his meetings in Egypt, and is slated to meet Netanyahu tomorrow.
Hamas says that it has asked the US-backed Board of Peace to “compel” Israel to accept a peace plan for Gaza after its leader met with US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner in Egypt.
In a statement, the group says it called on the Board and mediating countries to “compel the occupation to implement all its obligations under the first phase, end all violations, halt killings and incursions, [and] approve the roadmap for the second phase” of the US-brokered ceasefire plan.
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Hamas has requested the US-backed Board of Peace to compel Israel to accept a peace plan for Gaza. This request follows a meeting between Hamas's leader and US President Donald Trump's envoy, Jared Kushner, in Egypt. Hamas stated it called on the Board and mediating countries to "compel the occupation to implement all its obligations under the first phase, end all violations, halt killings and incursions, [and] approve the roadmap for the second phase" of the US-brokered ceasefire plan.
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