NEW YORK — The US proposal for ending the battle in Gaza encourages Palestinians to stay within the Strip and offers for the creation of a pathway to a future Palestinian state, in keeping with a replica of the plan obtained by The Occasions of Israel.
The 21-point doc shared by the US with a handful of Arab and Muslim international locations earlier this week on the United Nations Basic Meeting sidelines additionally comprises clauses which have been staples in varied proposals crafted by totally different stakeholders in latest months — from the discharge of all hostages to Hamas’s removing from energy.
However the resolution to explicitly encourage Palestinians to stay in Gaza capped off a significant evolution for the Trump administration on the problem, provided that Trump in February shocked a lot of the world with speak of the US taking on Gaza and completely relocating its complete inhabitants of roughly two million folks.
These remarks gave vital tailwind to the thought amongst Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition companions and even amongst extra reasonable Israeli political figures who’ve since labored actively to “encourage the voluntary migration” of Gazans, albeit with no success to this point.
Furthermore, the proposal’s envisioning of a possible pathway to a future Palestinian state after Gaza’s redevelopment has superior and the Palestinian Authority’s reform has been accomplished additionally seems to be a significant departure from the Trump administration’s coverage to this point, provided that it has prevented expressing backing for a two-state answer.
The plan obtained by The Occasions of Israel — and authenticated by two sources acquainted with the matter — even sees the US establishing a dialogue with Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a “political horizon” for “peaceable coexistence.”
Smoke rises following an Israeli navy strike in Gaza Metropolis, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photograph/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Whereas these phrases are main promoting factors for the Palestinians, the proposal crafted largely by US particular envoy Steve Witkoff — and that’s poised to be fine-tuned within the coming days — additionally consists of clauses that Israel has lengthy demanded.
These embrace a dedication for Hamas to disarm, the demilitarization of Gaza and the institution of a course of to de-radicalize the inhabitants.
These necessities will probably make the proposal a troublesome promote to Hamas, and the plan’s creation of a possible pathway to a future Palestinian state might effectively be a crimson line for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has lengthy campaigned on having prevented a two-state answer.
However US President Donald Trump was optimistic on Friday about his possibilities, telling reporters earlier within the day {that a} deal could already be in place earlier than posting on Fact Social that “intense negotiations have been occurring for 4 days and can proceed for so long as essential to get a efficiently accomplished settlement.
“All the international locations throughout the area are concerned, Hamas could be very a lot conscious of those discussions, and Israel has been knowledgeable in any respect ranges, together with Prime Minister [Benjamin] Bibi Netanyahu,” he added, referring to the premier by his nickname.
The US proposal continues to be fairly gentle on particulars, and subsequent negotiations will probably be obligatory, even when the perimeters conform to the plan.
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Workplace of the White Home upon return from attending the Ryder Cup {golfing} event, in Washington, on September 26, 2025. (Allison Robbert/AFP)
What are the 21 factors?
The next are the contents of the plan which have been paraphrased on the request of the sources who offered it.
1. Gaza might be a de-radicalized, terror-free zone that doesn’t pose a risk to its neighbors.
2. Gaza might be redeveloped for the advantage of its folks.
3. If either side conform to the proposal, the battle will instantly finish, with Israeli forces halting all operations and progressively withdrawing from the Strip.
4. Inside 48 hours of Israel publicly accepting the deal, all dwelling and deceased hostages might be returned.
5. As soon as the hostages are returned, Israel will free a number of hundred Palestinian safety prisoners serving life sentences and over 1,000 Gazans arrested for the reason that begin of the battle, together with the our bodies of a number of hundred Palestinians.
Protesters exhibit towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and name for the discharge of hostages held in Gaza, at Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, forward of Netanyahu’s departure to the UN Basic Meeting in New York, September 24, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
6. As soon as the hostages are returned, Hamas members who decide to peaceable coexistence might be granted amnesty, whereas members who want to go away the Strip might be granted protected passage to receiving international locations.
7. As soon as this settlement is reached, support will surge into the Strip at charges no decrease than the benchmarks set within the January 2025 hostage deal, which included 600 vans of support per day, together with the rehabilitation of vital infrastructure and the entry of apparatus for eradicating rubble.
8. Support might be distributed — with out interference from both facet — by the United Nations and the Crimson Crescent, together with different worldwide organizations not related to both Israel or Hamas.
The textual content of this clause seems deliberately imprecise and seemingly leaves a gap for the continued operation of the Gaza Humanitarian Basis, because it technically is an American group, even when it was the brainchild of Israelis linked to the federal government and was crafted to suit the Israeli authorities’s prosecution of the battle.
9. Gaza might be ruled by a brief, transitional authorities of Palestinian technocrats who might be liable for offering day-to-day companies for the folks of the Strip. The committee might be supervised by a brand new worldwide physique established by the US in session with Arab and European companions. It’ll set up a framework for funding the redevelopment of Gaza till the Palestinian Authority has accomplished its reform program.
Members of the Palestinian delegation watch as PA President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations Basic Meeting by video through the eightieth session of the annual occasion on September 25, 2025, in New York Metropolis. (Spencer Platt/Getty Photos/AFP)
That is the US plan’s first point out of the Ramallah-based PA. Israel has dominated out the authority as a possible ruler of Gaza, thereby nixing what has turn out to be the important thing to recruiting Arab help within the post-war administration of the Strip, provided that the worldwide group views unifying the West Financial institution and Gaza beneath a single, reformed governing physique as important for long-term stability and peace.
The obvious resolution to order the PA’s function for an unspecified later date will probably be a troublesome capsule for Ramallah to swallow, but it surely additionally has restricted leverage to bear in these discussions.
Level 9 seems to borrow closely from former UK prime minister Tony Blair’s plan for ending the battle, which was first revealed by The Occasions of Israel earlier this month.
Blair and former White Home senior adviser Jared Kushner have been engaged on the Gaza file for months, whereas advising Witkoff.
10. An financial plan might be created to rebuild Gaza via the convening of consultants with expertise in setting up fashionable Center East cities and thru the consideration of current plans geared toward attracting investments and creating jobs.
11. An financial zone might be established, with decreased tariffs and entry charges to be negotiated by collaborating international locations.
Displaced Palestinians transfer with their belongings southwards on a highway within the Nuseirat refugee camp space within the central Gaza Strip on September 18, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
12. Nobody might be compelled to depart Gaza, however those that select to depart might be allowed to return. Furthermore, Gazans might be inspired to stay within the Strip and supplied a possibility to construct a greater future there.
13. Hamas may have no function in Gaza’s governance in any respect. There might be a dedication to destroy and cease constructing any offensive navy infrastructure, together with tunnels. Gaza’s new leaders will decide to peaceable coexistence with their neighbors.
14. A safety assure might be offered by regional companions to make sure that Hamas and different Gaza factions adjust to their obligations and that Gaza ceases to pose a risk to Israel or its personal folks.
15. The US will work with Arab and different worldwide companions to develop a brief worldwide stabilization power that can instantly deploy in Gaza to supervise safety within the Strip. The power will develop and prepare a Palestinian police power, which is able to function a long-term inner safety physique.
16. Israel won’t occupy or annex Gaza, and the IDF will progressively hand over territory it presently occupies, because the alternative safety forces set up management and stability within the Strip.
17. If Hamas delays or rejects this proposal, the above factors will proceed in terror-free areas, which the IDF will progressively hand over to the worldwide stabilization power.
That is the primary point out of the chance that the deal might be not less than partially applied, even when Hamas doesn’t agree.
Smoke rises from an explosion brought on by an Israeli strike on Hamas leaders, in Doha, Qatar, on September 9, 2025. (UGC by way of AP)
18. Israel agrees to not perform future strikes in Qatar. The US and the worldwide group acknowledge Doha’s essential mediating function within the Gaza battle.
19. A course of might be established to de-radicalize the inhabitants. This may embrace an interfaith dialogue geared toward altering mindsets and narratives in Israel and Gaza.
20. When Gaza’s redevelopment has been superior and the PA reform program has been applied, the situations could also be in place for a reputable pathway to Palestinian statehood, which is acknowledged because the aspiration of the Palestinian folks.
The clause doesn’t present particulars relating to the Palestinian reform program and isn’t definitive relating to when the pathway to statehood could be established.
21. The US will set up a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceable coexistence.
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