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The latest bombshell out of the Middle East is one hardworking Americans should follow closely: Hamas has publicly accepted parts of President Trump’s 20-point peace plan — including a conditional promise to release the remaining hostages and to relinquish governing control of Gaza — but the caveat-laden statement makes clear this is far from a done deal. This move, announced through mediators, could bring dozens of kidnapped innocents home and offers a pathway to end a brutal two-year campaign of terror that began with the October 7 massacre.
Don’t let anyone sugarcoat the truth: Hamas’s statement notably left out any firm commitment to disarm, the central demand for Israel’s security and for any credible peace. The group’s conditional acceptance reads like a negotiating ploy — willing to negotiate the optics of surrender while keeping its weapons and command structure intact, which is exactly what Americans and Israelis should fear.
President Trump moved quickly, pressing Israel to pause strikes to allow a safe handover of hostages and calling the Hamas response a potential step toward peace, while warning that failure to meet the deadline would bring harsher consequences. That decisive, America-first posture forced the issue onto the table, and it’s been the kind of leadership that actually produces results instead of virtue-signaling press releases.
But let’s call out the doublespeak: Hamas insists some elements require a “unanimous Palestinian stance” and further consultations, which is code for endless delay and a play for international sympathy while they hold the bargaining chips. History shows these militants use hostage releases and deadlines as leverage, postponing or reneging when it suits them — a pattern documented repeatedly during previous negotiations and resumptions of hostilities.
Patriots and allies of Israel should be blunt: we want the hostages returned, but we cannot reward a terrorist organization by restoring its ability to govern, rearm, or dictate terms to free people. The only acceptable outcome is a verified, irreversible plan that secures Israeli lives, ensures Gaza’s reconstruction under accountable oversight, and permanently degrades Hamas’s terror capabilities — and if mediators fail, the U.S. and Israel must be ready to act without apology.
