Sept. 28—As the Butcher of Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister 'Bibi' Netanyahu flies to Washington to meet tomorrow with President Donald Trump, sources report that he is preparing "for the worst"—to be forced to accept a Trump-authored plan to end Bibi's slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
Sources who have spoken to aides of the Israeli Prime Minister say that Bibi "feels trapped. He does not trust the deal because he is not allowed to exterminate Hamas, but he can't afford to say no to Trump after he worked so hard to produce a deal, that has terms that Israel has already accepted and brings the hostages home—all of them."
Hamas Acceptance Shifts the Balance
The final nail in Bibi's coffin came yesterday when Hamas said that it had accepted the principles of the deal, which will release all hostages, living and dead, within 48 hours, end the war with a ceasefire, and call for phased total withdrawal of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from Gaza, ending the bloody attack on Gaza City. It would also release up to 250 Palestinians serving long sentences in Israeli jails and about 1,700 others held in detention. As part of the 21-point program, which was worked on by and has the support of Arab nations in the region and most of the world, Hamas has agreed to end its control of Gaza, to disarm, and be offered amnesty and exile, with no hope of participation in future Gaza leadership.
Most importantly, Trump has personally guaranteed that the terms of the deal will be implemented, and that Bibi will not be allowed to restart the war as he did by unilaterally stopping negotiations and ending the ceasefire that was agreed to as Trump came to office in January. Sources with contacts with the mediators, including Egypt and Qatar, say that the Trump personal guarantee is the only basis for agreement, since the Israelis cannot be trusted.
Trump’s Strategy: Bypass and Corner Netanyahu
What happened in this latest drive for peace and an end to Bibi's bloodthirsty push for new slaughter, is according to White House sources, that Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff decided to "work the deal backwards," as one source put it, and negotiate with a broad coalition of Arab states in the region to work out the principles and terms of a deal that they could force Hamas to accept. It would then be the responsibility of Trump to force Bibi to accept and comply, which phase is now in play. By bypassing the Israelis at the start, it blocked Netanyahu's ability to sabotage the negotiations.
Sources report that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has re-emerged as a key player here, was crucial to pushing Trump to convene the meeting at the Sept. 24 UN with Arab leaders to lay out the terms of the deal. British loudmouth and tool of the City of London, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has been taking credit for what happened, but sources say Trump regards Blair as a leech, whose self-importance makes him a legend in his own mind. "Blair is working to make sure that the British don't lose their historic controls over the region, including their ability to play the Zionist movement," said a source. "Trump is pushing for a new regional unity that threatens this. Blair would like to keep Israel as a hand grenade that can be used to blow things up when London wants that."
Epstein, Blair, and the Shadow Network
Some sources have asserted that disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was a British-Israeli asset, who was in effect part of Blair's stable of operatives, which included the more recently disgraced Lord Peter Mandelson, whose "love" for Epstein caused his dismissal as the King's Ambassador to Washington just prior to Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom. These sources say Epstein and Mandelson (known as "Randy Mandy" and a personal friend of the Queen's chief arms dealer, Prince Andrew) worked on various joint projects and "investments." It was revealed recently, in a trove of hacked emails, that Epstein had personally worked on normalizing relations between Israel and Mongolia, in close collaboration with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
"Blair will likely have some say in plans for 'what comes after' in Gaza as he has wormed his way into collaborating with Kushner," said a source. "But the real estate bonanza concept that he was pushing is, for the time being, pushed to the background. This whole idea of selling Gaza real estate to Israeli and other Zionist investors has an interesting feature to it. There are already reports of certain Israeli pols accepting massive bribes from certain 'developers and investors,' with sources saying that the loudest of the loudmouths pushing such private deals, whack job Finance Minister [Bezalel] Smotrich, is among those whose pockets have been stuffed." (Smotrich recently stated that Israel has spent a lot of money on this war and it and its real estate people should make it back on Gaza real estate, which earned him strong condemnation from saner elements in the Israeli establishment, and reportedly a warning from Bibi to keep his mouth shut.)
Iran’s Quiet Role and Qatar’s Red Line
Sources in Washington report that another player not directly involved in the current process but playing an important backchannel role is Iran. It is well known that without Iranian support, both in weapons and money, Hamas ceases to exist. These sources say that Hamas has been told that they cannot count on continued support from Iran, which, if true, would be a major factor in pushing what remains of the Hamas leadership to accept the deal.
It has been reported that one of the points of the deal, as guaranteed by Trump, is that Israel will not ever again attack Qatar, as it did—without American approval or even pre-notice—when it struck Doha Sept. 9 in an attempt to decapitate the negotiating team and what remains of Hamas leadership. One source, with some contacts in the region, says that the Hamas leadership mostly escaped because of a tip that "came from inside Israel" that gave warning.
While it is not in the deal, sources report that Trump has assured Iran that he will not support any further attacks by Netanyahu, and that he remains committed to a negotiated settlement of the Iran nuclear issue. These sources say that if Bibi asks Trump in their Sept. 29 meeting for such permission to attack Iran, he will be told no.
Terms of the Trump Peace Plan
The Washington Post printed what they understood to be the terms of the Trump Peace Plan; we print that below as these points have basically been confirmed from multiple sources:
• Freeze all IDF operations in Gaza
• IDF forces eventually withdraw from the Strip, to unspecified "perimeter presence"
• All living Israeli hostages to be released within 48 hours
• At least 24 bodies of dead hostages to be released within 48 hours
• For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans
• Israel to release 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences
• Israel to release 1,700 Gazans detained after October 7
• An international temporary stabilization force will be established for Gaza
• A temporary transitional government will be established, supervised by an international body
• The Palestinian Authority will undergo reforms until it is deemed fit to govern the Gaza Strip
• Once aforementioned steps are taken and reforms made, "conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian Statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people"
Public Support and Editorial Pressure Mount
This last point was insisted on by the Arab states. Bibi of course opposes this, and the Knesset is on record as opposing Palestinian statehood, which was the central point agreed to by then President Bill Clinton, then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Yassir Arafat in the 1993–95 Oslo Accords. For that two-phased agreement by Israel, Netanyahu called Rabin a traitor to the Jewish state and repeatedly called for his elimination; Rabin was assassinated by a supporter of Netanyahu on Nov. 4, 1995 at a rally for the Oslo Accords in Tel Aviv.
Trump, who like Netanyahu has denounced the current international supporters of Palestinian statehood—as recently as his UNGA speech this week—for rewarding terrorism, will go along with this demand. Sources say there is no prospect for a permanent peace without this acknowledgment of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, a view which is reported to be shared by both Witkoff and Kushner, and the latter's friends in Saudi Arabia.
Sources report that the leadership of the IDF supports the Trump plan and wants to end all fighting and have the hostages returned. The same is true of the hostage families' movement, whose leaders denounced Bibi's UN speech and demanded full support for the Trump plan, stating that they will not tolerate any effort by Netanyahu to block this bold plan to return the hostages. Massive demonstrations in support of the new deal, involving upwards of a million people, were organized last night throughout Israel.
In its lead editorial today, Haaretz asked Trump to bring the hammer down on Bibi and force acceptance of "the plan ensures unlimited humanitarian aid, the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip with financing by the international community, and mainly, an end to a pointless war.
"Trump has already told Netanyahu that there would be no annexing the West Bank, a statement that was necessary and will serve to rein in the messianic visions of Israel's right wing, which views October 7 not as a catastrophe but as an opportunity. However, it's not enough.
"Trump must understand that Netanyahu doesn't plan on stopping the war. The choice is clear now. In contrast to an unnecessary speech at the UN, which mainly served as an opening to an election campaign, there is a practical plan which is also supported by Arab leaders. Israel must say in a clear voice: yes, to a hostage deal, yes, to ending the war, and yes to the 'day after' arrangement in Gaza.
"Trump and Netanyahu will face each other on Monday. The responsibility now lies with the U.S. president: he must insist, as he knows how to, and finally bring a deal that will release the hostages and end the bloodbath."