Trump Rips Hamas Using Civilians As Human Shields, Urges Palestinians to ‘Fully Condemn’ Terrorism

President Donald Trump announced on Monday from the White House that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to his 20-point plan to end the Israel-Hamas war.

While discussing his plan, Trump challenged the Palestinians to renounce terrorism and take responsibility for their own future. Trump mentioned Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, saying Israel “gave up the most magnificent piece of land in many ways in the Middle East, and they said, ‘All we want to do now is have peace.’ And that request was not honored.” Trump continued:

Instead of building a better life for the Palestinians, Hamas diverted resources to build over 400 miles of tunnels and terror infrastructure, rocket production facilities, and hid their military command posts and launch sites in hospitals, schools, and mosques. So if you went after them, you’d be after them, and you wouldn’t even realize you ended up knocking out a hospital or school or a mosque.

That’s a terrible thing. Terrible, terrible way to have to fight. No fight is good, but that’s a real bad one. So there are many Palestinians who wish to live in peace. Many, many, many. I’ve seen so many of them. And they have support. I challenge the Palestinians to take responsibility for their destiny, because that’s what we’re giving them. We’re giving them responsibility for their destiny. Fully condemn and prohibit terrorism and earn their way to a brighter future. They don’t want the life that they’ve had. They’ve had a rough life with Hamas. If the Palestinian Authority does not complete the reforms that I laid out in my vision for peace in 2020, they’ll have only themselves to blame. We’re giving them an amazing footprint, and they have amazing support from the leaders of the Arab world and the Muslim world. The great, great leaders. These are great leaders. It’s unbelievable.

Watch the clip above via CNN.