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Friday, October 17, 2025

Arab states slam US leniency with Hamas, warn Trump plan will crumble

 

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain have warned that the Trump-backed effort to end the Gaza war is on the verge of collapse, accusing mediators of being too soft on Hamas, Israel Hayom reported Thursday.

Arab and U.S. diplomatic sources told the paper that the Gulf states sent urgent messages to the White House and to Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, warning that unless Washington enforces the plan’s disarmament clause, they will scale back participation.

The warnings cite Hamas’s conduct since the ceasefire began — including assassinations of rivals, armed parades, and public defiance of disarmament demands.

The Gulf states argue that the mediators, particularly Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, have failed to hold Hamas accountable.

A Saudi official told Israel Hayom that Riyadh has made its position clear: “There can be no solution for Gaza, or for the Palestinians in general, as long as Hamas remains part of the equation.” He said Hamas’s “resistance” has brought “a catastrophe even worse than the Nakba.”

The Saudis reportedly informed the U.S. that they are downgrading their role in implementing the Trump plan and may boycott next month’s reconstruction conference in Egypt.

The UAE conveyed a similar message, saying it would continue rebuilding only in areas under Israeli security control — and only once Hamas is fully disarmed and international forces assume authority.

The rift was underscored when Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed skipped last week’s Sharm el-Sheikh summit, hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

According to Israel Hayom, their absence reflected anger at Qatar’s growing influence despite its ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Although the Saudis did not mention Qatar by name, they warned against empowering “countries that destabilize the region.” One senior Gulf diplomat said “Trump speaks of ending terror and hatred, yet his team is elevating those who fund it.”

Analyst Dan Diker of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs warned that without firm U.S. backing for Israel’s enforcement, “the Gaza plan could be reduced to a hostage deal.” He added that Hamas will never disarm voluntarily and that only the IDF can guarantee demilitarization.

A senior Israeli official said Jerusalem, together with Washington and mediators, is pressing Hamas to return the bodies of hostages still held in Gaza, with intelligence shared to complete the operation.

Both Satmar Rebbes who hate each others guts Will Unite to Attend Anti-Israel Rally in NYC

 

Tens of thousands of Chasidic Jews who never protested when Hamas held Jewish hostages, are expected to gather on Sunday outside the Israeli Consulate on Second Avenue in Manhattan to protest the Israeli government’s plan to draft eligible, well-fed yeshiva students into the army. 

The event will mark a rare show of unity between the rival Satmar factions led by brothers Reb Aharon Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel and the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, who hate each other with a passion!

The rally comes just weeks after an anti-draft gathering in Lakewood, New Jersey, led by prominent Israel-hating roshei yeshiva, and attended by a few thousand sheep, who by-in-large don't work. 

It will be the first time since 2013 that both Satmar factions appear together at a joint hate demonstration against the Jewish government. The last such rally, held that year in Foley Square, drew tens of thousands of unemployed chassidim! 

Organizers said the timing of the Manhattan rally reflects a longstanding Satmar policy (lie) not to hold public protests against Israel while the country is at war. With fighting in Gaza now paused following the ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, they said the time has come to voice their opposition to the "gezeiras" hagiyus — the "decree" of conscription.

The planned demonstration against their fellow Jews follows months of debate in Israel’s Knesset over how to implement the Supreme Court’s ruling that the decades-long exemption for Charedi men from military service must end. 

Many Charedi leaders view the draft "decree" as an existential threat to their religious way of life. 

Some say that the Satmar "way of life" is an "existential threat to religious life" as thousands of Satmar Youth are going OTD! Statistics show that more Satmar Youth are leaving the Torah life than religious boys who enlisted in the IDF and went off the derech. At least those in the IDF are doing a service for Am Yisrael! 

The Knesset is expected to resume debate on the matter in the coming weeks.