Mahathir says Trump-Netanyahu peace plan a threat, not a genuine solution
The 20-point proposal was aimed at halting Israel’s assault on Gaza, but Dr Mahathir said its conditions were impossible for Hamas to accept.
SHAH ALAM - Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has rejected the latest Israel-Palestine peace plan proposed by United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “not a peace offer but a threat”.
The 20-point proposal was aimed at halting Israel’s assault on Gaza, but Dr Mahathir said its conditions were impossible for Hamas to accept.
He noted that the plan gave Hamas four days to comply, warning that rejection would result in even harsher attacks on Gaza.
With more than 60,000 Palestinians already killed in Israeli bombings, Dr Mahathir said the proposal would only dishonour the sacrifices of the Palestinian people.
“Trump together with Netanyahu want to take over Gaza, which means the Palestinians must surrender.
“How they expect Hamas to accept surrender as a solution is something very hard to comprehend," he said on Friday.
While the proposal outlines the possibility of a Palestinian state and a long-term de-radicalisation programme, international observers have dismissed it as a political show to suppress global condemnation of Israel’s actions.
Dr Mahathir claimed that Trump has never been a peacemaker, relying instead on coercion.
“Trump was not a figure of peace, but someone who used threats of high tariffs, economic sanctions and various demands to stop wars, methods which failed to resolve the Ukraine-Russia conflict,” he said.
He warned that the plan’s rejection would not bring peace but escalate the humanitarian crisis.
“I will not be surprised if Hamas rejects this proposal. Genocide will continue on an even greater scale with the backing of the United States,” he said.
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