How will Hamas determine its position on Trump's plan?

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Palestinian resistance factions are facing a difficult situation, according to analysts, as they are required to respond quickly to the American plan presented by President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza. However, this plan needs in-depth study - as they say - due to its ambiguous points.

Trump has given Hamas a maximum of 4 days to respond to his plan, otherwise Israel has the green light "to do what it needs to do," describing this plan as "clear and comprehensive, and it has gained wide Israeli and Arab acceptance."

According to journalist specializing in American affairs, Mohamed El-Menshawi, Hamas is in a tough position because Trump wants a clear answer to his plan: yes or no, due to his eagerness to achieve some accomplishment even at the expense of the Palestinians.

The negotiating delegation from Hamas promised, upon receiving Trump's plan, to study it responsibly, as confirmed by the spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Majid Al-Ansari. According to the ministry, a meeting is supposed to be held on Tuesday evening in Doha to discuss the details of the plan, with the participation of a delegation from Hamas and officials from Turkey and Egypt.

In the opinion of academic and Middle East policy expert Dr. Mahjoub Al-Zuwairi, Hamas is required to be vigilant in its position regarding the plan, not excluding the possibility of demanding further clarifications and guarantees, and focusing on the issue of the plan's marginalization of the Palestinians the day after the war ends, whether for the Palestinian National Authority or for Hamas.

Al-Zuwairi believes - in his remarks to the program "Beyond the News" - that what the American president presented to Arab and Muslim leaders when he met with them included general issues such as stopping the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, ending the war, and allowing aid into the sector, as well as the issue of recognizing the Palestinian state.

However, Al-Zuwairi sees that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's - wanted by the International Criminal Court - swift announcement of his approval of Trump's plan indicates that he "took everything and gave nothing."

According to El-Menshawi, what reinforces the position that says Israel got everything it wanted through the U.S. administration's plan is that members of the Senate and House from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States supported the plan and saw that it serves Israel.

Despite Netanyahu's approval, the American plan faced severe opposition within the Israeli government, as the far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich launched a sharp attack on it, describing it as "a return to Oslo and a resounding diplomatic failure."

According to academic and Israeli affairs expert Dr. Mahmoud Yizbak, the Israeli right's attack on the plan came because it did not meet its demands for annexing parts of the West Bank and establishing settlements in northern Gaza, demands for which the right sent a delegation to the White House. However, Netanyahu - Yizbak adds - has become a hero in the eyes of Israeli protesters who criticized him just two days ago.

It is noted that several Arab and Islamic countries welcomed the American initiative, emphasizing the necessity of delivering humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, stopping displacement operations, and adhering to a political path leading to a two-state solution.

Trump's plan, which includes 21 points, stipulates the release of Israeli prisoners in Gaza within 72 hours and the disarmament of Hamas. It also states that Gaza will be temporarily managed by a Palestinian transitional technocratic committee, responsible for managing public services under the supervision of a transitional international body called the "Peace Council," chaired by Trump.