September 29, 2025Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeSeptember 29, 2025UpdatesTrump: 'Maybe even Iran can join Abraham Accords' President Donald Trump said on Monday that it is possible that Iran will become a party to the Abraham Accords. "We hope we can get along with Iran. I think they will be open to it. I really believe that, but they can be a member. I long ago said that at some point Iran will be a member of the accords, and little did I realize it was going to take this turn," he said. "That was some turn we did with the B2's, but I think they might very well be there. It's a great thing for them economically," he added, referring to the American strike on nuclear facilities in June.President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday in Washington. Credit: Evan Vucci/APPresident Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday in Washington. Credit: Evan Vucci/APTrump says he will head Gaza's international 'Board of Peace', overseeing Palestinian technocrats who will temporarily govern the post-war StripPresident Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would head a planned international body that would oversee a Palestinian technocratic transitional government, saying that Arab leaders and Israel "asked him to do this."According to Trump, to ensure the success of peace in Gaza, "My plan calls for a new international oversight body – the Board of Peace, sort of a beautiful name. The Board of Peace, which will be headed not at my request –believe me, I'm very busy –but we have to make sure this works.""The leaders of the Arab world, Israel, and everyone involved asked me to do this, so it will be headed by a gentleman known as Donald J. Trump of the United States," he added. "It's some extra work to do, but it's so important that I'm willing to do it, and we will do it right." The president added that the body will have other world leaders, "leaders that are very distinguished, and we will have a board. One of the people that wants to be on the board is the UK former Prime Minister Tony, very good man, and some others. They will be named over the next few days. It will be quite the board. Everyone wants to be on it now."Trump: 'If Hamas rejects deal, Israel has my full backing to destroy Hamas' President Donald Trump said on Monday that if Hamas refuses the deal, "Israel would have the absolute right and our full backing ... to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas. I hope that we are going to have a deal for peace.""If Hamas rejects the deal, which is always possible, they are the only ones left," he said. "Everyone else has accepted it. I have a feeling that we are going to have a positive answer. As you know, we would have your full backing to do what you have to do. The result must be the elimination of any danger posed in the region, and the danger is caused by Hamas. The tyranny of terror has to end. Something that we are looking for—this is eternity. This is forever."Trump: Israel will withdraw from Gaza in phases, Arab and Muslim countries 'are going to be dealing with Hamas' President Donald Trump said on Monday that Arab and Muslim countries and Israel are to agree on a timeline for Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza. "No more shooting, hopefully," he said. "As progress is made toward achieving these goals, Arab and Muslim nations need to be allowed the chance to fulfill these commitments of dealing with Hamas. They have to deal with them. They were the one group that we have not dealt with. I have not dealt with them. But the Arab countries are going to, and Muslim countries are going to be dealing with Hamas, and I believe they have already been there. I think they probably have an understanding. They haven't maybe understood – mentioned that – but maybe they hadn't gone as far as they have."Trump says Netanyahu agreed to Gaza planU.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters'War will immediately end': White House releases Trump Gaza plan, including full hostage release within 72 hours of both parties' acceptanceThe White House published on Monday President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and release all hostages following his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Donald Trump's Plan to End Gaza War: Key PointsIf both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end.Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned.Israeli forces will withdraw to an agreed-upon line to prepare for the release of the hostages, suspending all military activity. Fighting lines will remain constant until the fulfillment of the conditions for phased withdrawal. No timetable has been provided.Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th, 2023.For each slain hostage whose body is recovered, Israel will return the bodies of 15 slain Palestinians from Gaza.Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty. Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.Hamas will pledge not to take part, neither directly nor indirectly, in the governance of Gaza.Full aid will be immediately sent into Gaza, including the rehabilitation of infrastructure. Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic Palestinian committee. It will be overseen by a transitional body headed by Trump, with other members and heads of State to be announced, including Tony Blair.The committee will rule until the Palestinian Authority completes its reform plans.No Palestinian will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who want to leave will be free to do so, and free to return.Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza.An international stabilization force will be deployed in Gaza immediately.An interfaith dialogue will be established, and conditions may develop to create a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and a Palestinian stateMap of Gaza issued by the White House as part of Trump's comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict on Monday. Credit: White House press releaseMap of Gaza issued by the White House as part of Trump's comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict on Monday. Credit: White House press releaseWhite House says Netanyahu expressed 'deep regret' on Doha strike killing Qatari officer, vowed to establish trilateral mechanismThe White House issued a statement on Monday following the meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, saying Netanyahu expressed his "deep regret" to Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani that Israel's missile strike in Doha "unintentionally killed" a Qatari officer, and pledging that "Israel will not conduct such an attack again in the future."The White House added that the three agreed to "establish a trilateral mechanism to enhance coordination, improve communication, resolve mutual grievances, and strengthen collective efforts to prevent threats."Hamas refuses a 'foreign entity' to run post-war Gaza amid U.S. plans to give control to Tony BlairTaher al-Nono, Media Adviser to the Head of Hamas's Political office, said in a statement to Reuters that the group rejects some parts of peace proposals being floated in recent days, adding, "The weapons of the Palestinian resistance are tied to the existence of the occupation and the defense of our Palestinian people. If the occupation ends and a Palestinian state is established, then these weapons would become part of the state.""We have said that we are ready to accept a truce that could last for years," he added. "We have not received the plan being talked about. When we do, we will state our position on it according to the interests of our people."Regarding White House plans under which former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will head a temporary body to govern the Gaza Strip, without the involvement of the Palestinian Authority in the first stage, al-Nono said, "Tony Blair is a figure unacceptable to our people. We agreed to form a committee that does not represent any of the Palestinian factions to manage Gaza's affairs after the war, and we will not accept the imposition of foreign guardianship over our people.""Our people are more capable of managing their own affairs themselves," he added. "We support the formation of a technocratic government to administer both the West Bank and Gaza in order to ensure political and geographic unity."WATCH LIVE: Netanyahu and Trump hold press conference following meetingNetanyahu apologizes to Qatari PM for Doha strike during meeting with TrumpPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during his meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House, and apologized for Israel's strike on Doha earlier this month targeting Hamas officials, a diplomatic source told Haaretz.The source said that the apology did not include any compensation for the family of the Qatari officer killed by the strike.In the NewsThe Gov't Proposal to 'Split' the AG's Role Is a Death Knell to the Rule of LawCoalition Fast-tracks Judicial Overhaul, Pro-settler Bills Ahead of ElectionsIDF Officer Killed in Southern Lebanon, Third Soldier Killed in North This WeekProtests Against Netanyahu Government Took Place Across IsraelIsraeli Day Trip: The Ancient Mound Where Philistines and Crusaders Cross PathsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump StatueStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran StandoffWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish Calendar