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Here is the full text of President Donald Trump’s 20-point comprehensive proposal to end the war in Gaza that was instigated by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. 1. Gaza will be a deradicalized terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. 2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough. 3. If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli forces will withdraw to the agreed upon line to prepare for a hostage release. During this time, all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment, will be suspended, and battle lines will remain frozen until conditions are met for the complete staged withdrawal. 4. Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agree-
ment, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned. 5. Once all hostages are released, Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context. For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans. 6. Once all hostages are returned, Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty. Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries. 7. Upon acceptance of this agreement, full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip. At a minimum, aid quantities will be consistent with what was included in the January 19, 2025, agreement regarding humanitarian aid, including
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rehabilitation of infrastructure (water, electricity, sewage), rehabilitation of hospitals and bakeries, and entry of necessary equipment to remove rubble and open roads. 8. Entry of distribution and aid in the Gaza Strip will proceed without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies, and the Red Crescent, in addition to other international institutions not associated in any manner with either party. Opening the Rafah crossing in both directions will be subject to the same mechanism implemented under the January 19, 2025 agreement. 9. Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, responsible for delivering the day-to-day running of pubSee Trump’s 20 points on page 4
Library acquisitions: ‘Vessels of time, touch and community’ By Menachem Wecker, JNS This Yom Kippur, Chaim Neria intends to bring copies of two manuscripts, which the National Library of Israel recently acquired, to synagogue with him to study and to “deepen my knowledge” during services. “Taking to shul different mahzors and holding them side by side with your mahzor helps to reflect on the nusach and see unique nusachim, renewing your experience,” Neria, curator of the library’s Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica collection, told JNS. In recent days, the library announced its acquisition of a 14th-century mahzor
for Yom Kippur from the Crimean peninsula and of two out of three parts of a 15thcentury mahzor from Lisbon. Neria confirmed that the 14th-century manuscript is one that Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem sold on May 6. The curator also said that the 15thcentury manuscript is one that Kedem withdrew from a sale “due to the historical value of the item,” and which the auction house says was “purchased by the National Library of Israel with the assistance of Kedem Auctions.” Kedem listed an estimate of $150,000 to $200,000. Neria said that in a “screen-saturated
age,” the library’s new acquisitions offer “a lesson in how culture endures.” “These books aren’t only carriers of words — they are vessels of time, touch and community,” he said. “They reveal the Jewish year not as an app or a feed but as something literally held together by thread and parchment, calibrated by generations who turned those pages on festivals and fasts.” The fact that the two mahzors have endured “is a lesson in resilience and responsibility,” according to Neria. “Both the Lisbon mahzor — a survivor of expulsion and upheaval — and the Crimean mahzor, See Vessels of time on page 3