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Barry Soper: What do we make of Donald Trump's US-sponsored Gaza peace proposal?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 30 Sept 2025, 5:38pm
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Gaza residents would not be forcibly displaced and President Donald Trump would head a transitional body under a peace plan. Photo / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Gaza residents would not be forcibly displaced and President Donald Trump would head a transitional body under a peace plan. Photo / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, AFP

Barry Soper: What do we make of Donald Trump's US-sponsored Gaza peace proposal?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 30 Sept 2025, 5:38pm

There's pressure on Hamas to agree to a US-led Gaza peace plan. 

The proposed deal includes ending the war, returning hostages, and pulling out Israeli troops.

An interim Palestinian Government would be led by Donald Trump and include experts like former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. 

A number of western and gulf state leaders have welcomed the deal.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Benjamin Netanyahu has voiced support for the plan - but he questioned what would happen if Hamas didn't agree.

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