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• Hamas Responds to Trump Gaza Plan: What to Know

  Hamas issued a response to President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire proposal on Friday “in the interest of stopping the aggression and genocide” in the Gaza Strip. The movement said it “values the Arab, Islamic, and international efforts, as well as the efforts of U.S. President Donald Trump, aimed at halting the war on Gaza, securing a prisoner exchange, allowing immediate entry of aid, rejecting the occupation of Gaza, and rejecting the displacement of our Palestinian people from it.” It continued:"Within this framework, and in order to achieve an end to the war and the full withdrawal from Gaza, the Movement declares its approval for the release of all Israeli captives—living and remains—according to the exchange formula outlined in President Trump’s proposal, with the necessary field conditions in place to carry out the exchange. In this context, the Movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter, through mediators, negotiations to discuss the details."The Movement also renews its approval to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats), based on Palestinian national consensus and backed by Arab and Islamic support."As for other issues in President Trump’s proposal relating to the future of Gaza and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, these are tied to a collective national stance and rooted in relevant international laws and resolutions. They will be discussed within a unified Palestinian national framework in which Hamas will participate and contribute with full responsibility."Trump reposted the statement on Truth Social and responded postively in a separate post: “Based on the statement just issued by Hamas , I believe they are ready for for a lasting PEACE. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly! Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East.”In a breaking Drop Site livestream, Prominent Palestinian academic and activist, Dr. Sami al-Arian, director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs at Istanbul Zaim University, joins Drop Site journalists Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous to analyze the latest developments.Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Drop Site at https://www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe. Get full access to Drop Site News at www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe

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• Breaking Down Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Proposal

  Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim break down what Trump’s 20-point plan, released on Monday, would really mean for Gaza. “The priority is going to be investment… making that money and the kickbacks,” Scahill warns, comparing it to Iraq after 2003, with Tony Blair is set to oversee redevelopment. “Colonial powers always used the local population to test out whatever new technologies, new theories, new medicines,” he says.Palestinian factions, consequently, largely see Trump’s “peace plan” as a farce. Crafted by Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides with no Palestinian input, it ties food and medicine to Hamas’ surrender and hands Gaza to a foreign “viceroy.” Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to Drop Site at https://www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe. Get full access to Drop Site News at www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe

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• Palestinian Statehood, Iran Sanctions, and the Future of the Middle East

  A number of western states, including the UK, Canada, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Australia recently recognized Palestinian statehood as the United Nations General Assembly is underway in New York City.At the same time, talks between Iran and the E3 counties—Germany, France and Britain—to avert the looming “snapback” of UN sanctions are breaking down. The developments increase the odds of another war between Iran and Israel backed by the US and Europe.Meanwhile, Russian drone incursions into NATO territory could spark direct conflict with Moscow.Drop Site News’ Murtaza Hussain speaks with Dr. H.A. Hellyer, a British scholar of Middle East politics and security and a senior fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Center for American Progress, about the shifting global order.Hellyer highlights that while Palestine has long been recognized by over 140 UN member states of the Global South, the recent recognition by western states serve to isolate Washington. Symbolically, he says, it affirms Palestinians’ right to self-determination, but recognition without enforcement risks repeating the Oslo “trap”: lofty rhetoric masking impunity as Israel expands settlements and intensifies its genocidal campaign in Gaza. Without pressure or consequences, recognition could amount to little more than “recognizing a graveyard.” Hellyer argues that the collapse of the U.S.-led order risks ushering in a fragmented era where the most vulnerable populations pay the highest price.Subscribe to Drop Site’s free and independent journalism at https://www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe. Get full access to Drop Site News at www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe

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• The U.S. and Venezuela: Trump Descends on Latin America

  The Trump 2.0 administration is has been escalating pressure on Venezuela, as part of a broader increase of tension in Latin America.In recent weeks, the US has begun sending military forces to the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. And in three separate instances, the U.S. military has bombed small boats leaving Venezuela, which they have claimed—without evidence—contained drug traffickers and members of the gang Tren de Aragua.For years, the U.S. government has been at odds with the Venezuelan government and has supported efforts to depose President Nicolás Maduro. One of the last acts of the Biden administration was to raise its bounty for Maduro to $25 million. Now, the Trump administration is increasing the pressure once again, escalating accusations that Maduro and his top allies are leaders of criminal organizations. Earlier this year, the Trump administration raised the bounty for Maduro to $50 million.Tactics from the war on terror are being deployed in Latin America. The Trump administration has declared Tren de Aragua to be a terrorist organization. In addition to opening the door to military strikes, like the attacks on boats near Venezuela, the designation allowed the administration to use the Alien Enemies Act to expel hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a notorious Salvadoran prison.This week, Drop Site’s Murtaza Hussain is joined by Adam Isacson, the Director for Defense Oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America, to discuss developments in Venezuela, Colombia, and the region at large.Listen above or on the Drop Site News channel on Apple, Spotify, RSS, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get full access to Drop Site News at www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe

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• Israel expands aggression across the region as it moves to obliterate Gaza City

  Ryan Grim, Jeremy Scahill, and Sharif Abdel Kouddous discuss Israel's Gaza City offensive and its unprecedented strike on Hamas in Doha, Qatar. "Gaza is burning," Israel’s defense minister said, as the military launched the main part of its ground operation to seize and take control of Gaza City. At least 68 people were killed by heavy Israeli bombardment across Gaza since dawn, including 20 in the bombing of the Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City alone, according to Al Jazeera.Drop Site’s reporters also discuss Israel’s strike on Sana’a on September 10 that killed 32 Yemeni journalists – which Sharif noted is “likely the deadliest attack on journalists in modern history.” Hundreds gathered at the Shaab Mosque for a mass funeral, coffins carried by honor guards as grieving families condemned the attack. Subscribe to Drop Site’s free and independent journalism at https://www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe. Get full access to Drop Site News at www.dropsitenews.com/subscribe

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