US EditionIn Focus podcast | Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Can it deliver a lasting ceasefire?
The ceasefire ends hostilities after intense diplomatic pressure from Donald Trump and regional support, addressing growing international and domestic calls for peace.
- On October 9, 2025, representatives of Israel and Hamas sealed an agreement based on President Donald Trump's diplomatic initiative to halt violence in Gaza, with the Netanyahu administration expected to approve it.
- Political shifts at home and abroad, including polls showing declining American public opinion for Israel, prompted progress as an unprecedented political force by President Donald Trump broke negotiation paralysis.
- A synagogue in Teaneck, New Jersey displays lanterns for hostages, while Jewish organizations across the ideological spectrum expressed cautious optimism and thanked the Trump administration for brokering the deal.
- Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's extremist finance minister, said Hamas must be annihilated and he will not vote for the plan, while Religious Zionists of America‑Mizrachi and Jewish Federations of North America welcomed its humanitarian hope.
- With the death toll surpassing 67,000, the Hamas-controlled Gaza health ministry underscores humanitarian urgency as nearly all organizations note Oct. 7, 2023, as the war's start and the White House 20-point plan hints at Palestinian self-determination.
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Trump’s unorthodox foreign policy seen as crucial to Gaza ceasefire
US President Donald Trump’s unorthodox foreign policy approach was crucial to securing the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, analysts said. Israel’s cabinet ratified the agreement last night, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu notably defying his hard-right coalition allies in supporting the deal. Both Netanyahu and Hamas have been under significant pressure from Trump, who has gambled that “no one, including hard-liners on both sides” would defy him,…
Why Aren't 'Ceasefire Now!' Activists Celebrating Trump's Gaza Peace Deal?
by David Harsanyi at CDN - Everyone understands that slogans such as “Free Palestine!” and “Ceasefire Now!” are just euphemisms for a Hamas victory. Never has that been more evident than today. Take New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the new darling of the American left. He has publicly demanded a “ceasefire” in Gaza scores of times since the … Click to read the rest HERE-> Why Aren’t ‘Ceasefire Now!’ Activists Celebratin…
Anti-Israel Activists Who Demanded a Ceasefire for Two Years Now Oppose Trump’s Peace Plan
Democratic lawmakers, left-wing commentators, and pro-Hamas activists spent the last two years demanding Israel ink a ceasefire with the terror group and pause the war it has waged in response to the Oct. 7, 2023, massacres. Now that President Donald Trump has brokered a historic peace deal to do just that, those same voices are breathlessly criticizing the agreement, and in some cases baselessly claiming Israel is already poised to breach it.Th…
Jewish groups welcome ceasefire plan as a step toward a ‘lasting regional peace’
(JTA) — Jewish organizations across the ideological spectrum offered cautious optimism following the announcement of the first phase of a Gaza peace agreement, expressing profound relief at the planned return of hostages living and dead and tentative hopes that the plan might lead toward lasting regional peace. As for what such a last peace might look like, only groups that have consistently advocated for a two-state solution offered a specific …
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