UK proposes five-point plan to end war in Gaza

He British government has proposed a five-point plan to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Loop and pave the way towards a Palestinian state, the ‘Financial Times’ (FT) newspaper revealed this Sunday.

The initiative was presented by the Foreign Minister, David Cameron, to the Israeli and Palestinian authorities on his tour this week in the Middle East, where he also met with regional actors.

A “immediate pause” in the fighting would serve to achieve the release of the hostages that the Islamist group Hamas is holding in Gaza after its incursion into Israeli territory on October 7 and would give way to the negotiation of a permanent ceasefire, a senior British official told the FT. identified.

The roadmap includes the establishment of a “political horizon” clear for the creation of a Palestinian State and the formation of a technocratic government for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Under this plan, Hamas would commit to releasing the 136 hostages still in its hands and stopping its attacks against Israel, which would be guaranteed by regional states.

In addition, the top Hamas officials in Gaza, including Yahya Sinwar, should be exiled from the Strip to another country.

“What we are trying to do is cement the idea that when you get that pause, you have to work to turn it into a lasting ceasefire and focus on the things that are realistic and achievable to make a ceasefire permanent and sustainable.”said the official.

London considers that its plan is complementary to others presented in recent days by Western and Arab countries to stop an Israeli offensive that has already left more than 26,000 dead in Gaza, according to the territory’s government.

For the British Government, there is a growing consensus that a pause in the offensive and an agreement on the hostages would lay the foundations for a cessation of violence, which should be followed by a new Palestinian Executive.

Western and Arab diplomats have discussed with the Palestinian authorities the formation of a new Government with powers over Gaza and the West Bank, of a technocratic nature and that could include members of Hamas as long as they recognized the existence of the State of Israel with its 1967 borders.

Among the possible candidates to head that executive, the Financial Times cites names such as former Prime Minister Salam Fayyad or the president of the Palestinian Investment Fund, Mohamed Mustafa.