Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not publicly accepted or rejected US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, which aims to disarm Hamas. Instead, Israel has increased airstrikes in Gaza, killing 28 people over the weekend.
Details of the Plan
The plan, unveiled by Trump, calls for a halt to attacks in Gaza. However, Israel’s actions have drawn criticism from Nickolay Mladenov, the chief envoy for Trump’s Board of Peace, who warned that the violence is undermining efforts to advance the disarmament framework.
Netanyahu’s silence on the plan has been accompanied by statements from unnamed Israeli officials and foreign spokesmen, who insist that Israel has not signed on to the deal and will not withdraw from Gaza before Hamas is fully disarmed.
Political Implications
The plan’s future depends largely on how much pressure Trump is willing to put on Netanyahu. A senior US administration official said that Trump would be ‘very, very disappointed’ if Israel didn’t comply with the new agreement.
Netanyahu’s right-wing allies are demanding that he reject the plan, while a senior researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Dayan Center said that the key factor now is Trump and whether he will press Netanyahu to accept withdrawal terms before the election.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
