Transcript [00:00] Hey everyone. The other day I put out a [00:01] video of uh Jared Kushner's presentation [00:05] at the Board of Peace about Gaza. And uh [00:08] I found I thought it was absolutely [00:10] absurd and and stunning. And you might [00:13] have seen that video that I put out. If [00:14] not, you should probably go watch it. [00:16] But what I'd like to do in this video is [00:18] more of a of a kind of level setting of [00:22] where we are with the Gaza Strip [00:23] situation. Everyone's eyes are on Iran, [00:26] but there's a lot going on in Gaza. And [00:29] as I said in that video, and this is [00:30] really kind of the theme here, there I I [00:34] don't think in in in watching politics, [00:37] I've ever seen a greater disconnect [00:40] between what's happening on the [00:41] diplomatic level and what's actually [00:43] happening on the ground. And in Gaza, we [00:47] have a lot of of a lot of actors [00:49] involved and a lot of pressures being [00:51] placed. and the statements that are [00:53] being made are very carefully worded and [00:58] and it seems that no one involved in the [01:01] situation is on the same page. So, let's [01:03] get right to it and you'll and we'll see [01:05] what I'm talking about here. So, here's [01:07] the situation. So, first of all, we have [01:08] this this story from the Arab Weekly at [01:11] the Board of Peace 17 billion pledged [01:13] for Gaza and US as US forges ahead [01:17] despite misgivings. And it says, "Who's [01:19] going to give money to this?" Um, 10 of [01:22] the 17 billion coming from the US and [01:24] the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar. [01:26] Fine. But look what it says here. [01:29] Um, Trump's initiative will continue to [01:31] face a number of hurdles, including the [01:33] demilitarization of the enclave and the [01:36] skepticism of most of Washington's [01:39] Western allies. Among the major [01:42] questions, and here, let's watch the [01:43] language here. Among the major questions [01:46] that are also likely to test the [01:48] effectiveness of the board in the months [01:49] ahead are the disarmament of kamas [01:52] militants and accompanying withdrawal of [01:56] Israeli troops, the size of [01:59] reconstruction funds needed and the flow [02:01] of humanitarian aid to the war battered [02:05] Gaza. [02:06] Okay. Now, I want to focus on that where [02:09] it refers to the Israeli withdrawal as [02:12] an accompany as accompanying Hamas [02:16] disarmament. [02:17] You see, let's go back to the 20point [02:20] plan. I've been saying since the [02:21] beginning that Israel must insist that [02:24] the 20point plan, which is what Israel [02:27] agreed to, be implemented exactly as as [02:30] written. And I said this right from the [02:32] beginning. I predicted it and it is [02:34] happening. that what the other actors [02:37] involved, Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, Hamas, [02:39] what everyone is going to try to be [02:41] doing is getting Israel to to to [02:45] compromise, essentially getting things [02:48] in the 20point plan to be done out of [02:50] order. So, I made a video on the Israel [02:52] 365 news channel recently where I laid [02:54] out a number of of areas where everyone [02:58] is trying to circumvent it. One of them [03:01] is everyone's trying to change the [03:02] 20point plan. One of those areas is the [03:04] Palestinian Authority trying to get its [03:07] hooks in there prematurely before [03:09] they've gone through reforms. And we and [03:11] we see that actually happening. And [03:14] another one another issue that I [03:17] mentioned would was that there would be [03:19] pressures on Israel to withdraw [03:22] prematurely. So let's look at how [03:24] withdrawal is dealt with in the 20point [03:26] plan. This is the BBC published the [03:29] exact text of the original 20point plan. [03:31] So we'll use that and we see the [03:33] 20-point plan. The first two points are [03:35] really just kind of thesis statements. [03:37] Gaza will be dradicalized. It'll be [03:39] redeveloped. [03:40] And then it starts about the it starts [03:42] with the first stage. First stage is [03:44] that the war will end. Israeli forces [03:46] will withdraw to an internal perimeter. [03:48] That's what's known as the yellow line. [03:50] All military operations will cease. [03:53] Great. Then number four, the hostages [03:56] all get released. Done. Okay. Once [03:58] they're all released, [04:01] um then we have uh we have release of of [04:05] prisoners from Israeli jails also done. [04:08] Okay. But then look what it says here. [04:10] Once all hostages are returned, kamas [04:12] members who commit to peaceful [04:14] coexistence, whatever that means, and [04:17] who decommission their weapons will be [04:18] given amnesty. So that this is the first [04:20] mention of demilitarization. It just [04:22] says that if Hamas members want amnesty, [04:25] they can give up their weapons. [04:27] Okay, that's nonsense. Not none of that [04:30] is happening. And then it talks about um [04:33] aid coming into Gaza. And there's [04:35] hundreds of truckloads of aids every [04:37] day. I think about 600 truckloads going [04:39] into Gaza every day right into the hands [04:40] of Kamas and they're using it to uh to [04:43] rebuild their power down there. We'll [04:46] get to that in a moment. And then when [04:48] it comes down to the Palestinian [04:50] Authority, it talks about how they have [04:51] to go through a a a reform [04:56] system. But look where withdrawal comes [04:58] up. Okay? [05:01] It comes up all the way down here. [05:05] Hamas and other factions agree not to [05:08] have any role in the governance of Gaza. [05:10] Very nice. There w there will be a [05:13] process of demilitarization of Gaza [05:16] under the supervision of independent [05:18] monitors [05:19] which will include placing weapons [05:21] permanently beyond use. Doesn't say [05:24] who's going to do it. You see this there [05:26] will be a process. It doesn't say who's [05:29] going to demilitarize them. And we're [05:31] still not up to where Israel withdraws. [05:33] It comes all the way down here. Look at [05:34] this. The United States will work with [05:36] Arab and international partners to [05:38] develop a temporary international [05:40] stabilization force. and that is [05:41] apparently coming together, the [05:43] Indonesians, the Azeranis, there's a [05:45] number of different countries that have [05:46] pledged personnel [05:48] to immediately deploy in Gaza. The ISF [05:52] will train and provide support to vetted [05:54] Palestinian police force in Gaza and [05:57] will consult with Jordan and Egypt who [05:59] have extensive experience in this field. [06:01] This force will be the long-term [06:03] internal security solution. The ISF will [06:06] work with Israel and Egypt to help [06:08] secure border areas along with newly [06:11] trained Palestinian police forces. [06:14] Okay? And it talks about making sure [06:16] that no weapons get in. Israel will not [06:19] occupy or next Gaza. Now, here's the key [06:21] line about withdrawal. Here's the first [06:23] mention. This is point 16 of 20. It's [06:26] the first mention of an Israeli [06:28] withdrawal. And look what it says. As [06:31] the ISF establishes control and [06:34] stability, the Israel Defense Forces [06:37] will withdraw [06:39] based on standards, milestones, and time [06:42] frames linked to demilitarization [06:45] that will be agreed upon between the [06:48] IDF, the ISF, the guarantors, the United [06:50] States with the objective of a secure [06:53] Gaza that no longer poses a threat to [06:55] Israel, Egypt, or its citizens. [06:58] Practically, the IDF will progressively [07:02] hand over the Gaza territory it occupies [07:05] to the ISF according to an agreement [07:08] they will make with the transitional [07:10] authority until they are withdrawn [07:13] completely from Gaza, say for a security [07:15] perimeter presence that will remain [07:17] until Gaza is properly secure from any [07:21] resurgent terror threat. [07:24] In the event kamas delays or rejects [07:27] this proposal, the above, including the [07:29] scaled up aid operation, will proceed [07:32] will proceed in terror-free areas handed [07:35] over from the IDF to the ISF. Okay. What [07:39] does all this mean for right now? Well, [07:42] what it means is that uh when we see [07:45] pressures on Israel to withdraw at this [07:48] point like the Egyptians, Egypt says [07:51] withdrawal inseparable from Trump Gaza [07:53] plan and this is from last week. Egypt [07:56] said Israel is placing obstacles to [07:58] implementing a second phase which [08:00] includes Israeli forces withdrawal from [08:02] the war battered enclave. Okay. in [08:04] remarks to Al Jazzer, Egyptian Foreign [08:06] Minister B Abduladi reaffirmed [08:09] support for the 20point plan [08:13] said Egypt will spare no effort to [08:15] ensure the implementation. [08:17] Right? But he's saying that you have to [08:19] have Israeli withdrawal. He specifically [08:20] pointed to Israeli withdrawal from [08:22] inside Gaza to the buffer zone as a [08:25] mandatory element of phase two. Okay, [08:28] folks. Is phase two just the entire plan [08:32] after the after the hostages are [08:33] released and there's a ceasefire at the [08:35] beginning? Withdrawal of Israeli forces [08:38] comes in point 16 of the plan and it [08:41] comes after kamas has been [08:43] demilitarized. Way after kamas's kamas [08:45] is disarmed. That's early on after kamas [08:48] is disarmed. But it doesn't say who's [08:49] going to do it. After kamas is disarmed [08:51] and the ISF starts moving in. Because [08:53] the ISF, the international stabilization [08:55] force is not supposed to disarm kamas. [08:58] The people running it have insisted that [09:00] they will not disarm Kamas. King [09:02] Abdullah of Jordan, who's supposed to [09:04] oversee it, him and the Egyptians have [09:06] already they've already said they're not [09:07] going to disarm Kamas. Kamas has said [09:10] they're not giving up their weapons, [09:11] which means they're not going to give [09:12] them up without a fight. And Israel is [09:15] not required to withdraw at all until [09:19] they have an agreement with the ISF and [09:23] the guarantors. And this is all after [09:25] Hamas is demilitariz is is de is [09:28] disarmed. Now when you go back to the [09:31] story that I started with notice that it [09:35] talks about it as happening [09:37] concurrently. [09:38] Right? That's what it says here. [09:42] It says the disarmament of kamas mills [09:44] and accompanying withdrawal of Israeli [09:47] troops. So they're presenting it as [09:49] though Israel has to start withdrawing [09:52] and that's part of this next phase. as [09:54] we're taking away Hamas's weapons, [09:56] Israel's withdrawing. But that ain't [09:58] going to happen. It is an attempt [10:01] exactly as I predicted, an attempt to [10:03] get Israel to withdraw prematurely. And [10:05] sure enough, Israel Katz, Israel's [10:08] defense minister, has stated Israel [10:09] would not withdraw, will not withdraw 1 [10:12] millimeter from Gaza, defense minister [10:14] says. Now, it might look like he's being [10:16] intrigent, and we're not going to, you [10:18] know, Israel is breaking the deal. No, [10:20] Israel is insisting on the deal as it is [10:23] written. We will quote, "We will never [10:25] allow Hamas to remain, not with weapons, [10:28] not with tunnels." The slogan is simple, [10:30] until the last tunnel. We will not move [10:32] from the yellow line 1 millimeter until [10:35] Hamas is disarmed from weapons, from [10:37] tunnels, and from other things. That is [10:41] that is the Israeli position. And you [10:43] know why it's the Israeli position? It's [10:44] because that's what is written in the [10:46] 20point plan. Prime Minister Netanyahu [10:48] went further and said there will be no [10:50] reconstruction of Gaza before [10:51] demilitarization. Now, why is he saying [10:53] that? Oh my gosh, how can you say that? [10:56] What about phase two? Because that's the [10:58] 20point plan. The reconstruction happens [11:00] afterwards. Kamas demilitarization is an [11:03] early stage of the plan that's supposed [11:05] to happen first. But Kamas is not [11:09] willing to give up anything. Look what [11:11] Kamas has just said the other day. Hamas [11:13] open to Gaza peacekeeping force but [11:16] rejects interference. Now kamas is [11:18] playing a word game here. The [11:20] international stabilization force. Look [11:22] how they're describing it. Kamas [11:23] spokesman Khazim Kasim told Ajan France [11:26] press AFP on Friday. So it's just a [11:28] couple days ago that the Palestinian [11:30] group was open to international [11:33] peacekeeping forces in Gaza but rejected [11:36] any interference in the territo's [11:38] internal affairs. [11:41] Wow. In other words, they are [11:44] solidifying their control, their [11:47] governance of the Gaza Strip, right? [11:52] Kamas they also told Azan this is also [11:54] from Azan's France press from two days [11:57] ago kamas has reasserted control over [11:59] large parts of Gaza from which the [12:01] Israeli military withdrew that's the [12:03] inside the yellow line and their side [12:05] under the US sponsored ceasefire [12:07] exercising power through police and [12:09] working to restart public administration [12:13] okay [12:15] still refuses to lay down its arms under [12:18] the conditions set by Israel but it has [12:21] pledged to hand over power, insisting it [12:23] no longer wants to administer the [12:25] territory it seized by force nearly 20 [12:28] years ago, which is incorrect. They did [12:29] not seize it by force. They were elected [12:31] by the people of the Gaza Strip, and [12:34] they are still [12:36] uh and they are still uh in power. [12:38] They're still popular. Okay? And look [12:41] what it says here. They're exercising [12:43] power through police and working to [12:45] restart public administration. And here [12:49] kamas refusing [12:51] to lay down its weapons. They say, [12:53] "Well, we're fine with a peacekeeping [12:55] force." Look what they say here. Our [12:58] position on international forces is [13:00] clear. We want peacekeeping forces that [13:02] monitor the ceasefire, ensure its [13:04] implementation, and act as a buffer [13:07] between the occupation army, that's [13:08] Israel, and our people in the Gaza Strip [13:11] without interfering in Gaza's internal [13:13] affairs. [13:16] Okay, you understand what they're [13:17] describing here? They're not describing [13:19] compliance with the 20point plan. [13:22] They're describing that they control [13:26] their side. They control the Gaza Strip. [13:29] There's a peacekeeping force in between [13:32] them and the Israelis, which just [13:33] constrains the Israelis. That's what all [13:35] peacekeeping forces do. That's what [13:37] UNIFIL did in the north and Lebanon. [13:39] That's that's peacekeeping forces are [13:42] bad for Israel. They just constrain [13:43] Israel's action. That's all that's their [13:45] entire function. So Hamas is not is not [13:48] giving up their their governance. It's [13:51] not giving up their weapons. They're [13:53] reinterpreting the whole thing as them [13:55] remaining in control and uh you know and [13:59] and and Israel withdrawing. Okay. Now it [14:03] says explicitly in the 20point plan that [14:07] kamas will have no role in the [14:10] governance of Gaza. [14:12] Kamas and other factions agree to not [14:15] have any role in the governance of Gaza [14:17] directly, indirectly, or in any form. [14:21] That's in the 20point plan, and it's in [14:23] it way before Israel's called to [14:25] withdraw. [14:26] So, back to my original point. My [14:30] original point is that Israel must [14:33] insist [14:35] insist and this is a critical juncture [14:37] in this entire story because Trump's 20, [14:40] you know, Trump's board of peace is [14:42] moving forward and investment money and [14:43] they're raising all the, you know, and [14:44] they're getting all excited about this [14:46] and it's time to move forward to phase [14:47] two and and the technocrats are all [14:50] ready and willing to move in and the [14:51] Turks are saying, "Yeah, let's go. Let's [14:53] start reconstructing." And Israel is [14:55] saying, "None of that is happening until [14:57] we destroy Hamas." And that is what is [14:59] in the 20point plan. So I'm going to say [15:00] it again. We have to be very clear about [15:02] this. Israel is not being intrigent. [15:05] Israel is and must continue. Israel must [15:09] insist on the implementation of the [15:12] 20point plan exactly as it is written. [15:17] And this is this is still coming to a [15:19] head and it's going to continue to come [15:20] to a head. And folks, you know, I want [15:22] to show you something. Right at the end, [15:24] this is the critical point. Right at the [15:27] end of of that original article I [15:30] started with, look what it says here, [15:33] all the way at the end. [15:37] Despite the misgivings, the US says [15:40] there's no alternative to Trump's plan. [15:42] Quote, "Plan B is going back to war. No [15:46] one here wants that," said US Secretary [15:49] of State Marco Rubio. Now, so what's [15:52] plan B? You see, here's the problem. The [15:54] only way to disarm Hamas is to resume [15:56] the war. When Marco Rubio when Secretary [15:58] of State Rubio was in Israel a few [15:59] months ago after the plan was announced, [16:01] he was asked by an Israeli reporter. [16:04] Who's going to disarm Hamas? And is and [16:06] and what about the possibility that [16:08] Israel will do it? And he says, "No, if [16:11] Israel does it, that means that the [16:13] ceasefire is over and we're resuming [16:16] and we're resuming the war." Hello. [16:19] That's the only way Hamas gets [16:20] destroyed. And this is the big hole in [16:23] the Trump plan. It never said who's [16:24] disarming Kamas and how it's supposed to [16:26] happen. Kamas refuses. Israel will [16:29] resume the military action. Everyone [16:31] will say, "Oh my gosh, the war is back [16:33] on. This is what's going to happen. The [16:36] war is back on." And [16:40] that's where we're headed, folks. So [16:42] Israel, the alternative is Israel giving [16:45] in on these points and allowing Hamas to [16:48] remain in control. So this is a critical [16:50] juncture and Israel's position must be [16:53] must be to simply insist on the 20point [16:57] plan exactly as it is written. Drop me a [17:00] line, let me know what you think about [17:01] this situation. 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