Overview
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the Board of Peace’s 15-point plan on Sunday, saying the Israeli military will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is “genuinely disarmed.”
- The Trump administration’s Board of Peace proposed phased handover of Hamas weapons to a new Palestinian technocratic body and a concurrent Israeli pullback, a framework that Hamas says it accepted and that calls for U.S. pressure on Israel to move forward.
- Mediators and the Board shifted public language about sequencing by saying withdrawal would follow verifiable disarmament, but that change failed to satisfy Israeli security demands and widened the gap over who must act first.
- Practical implementation is stalled because verification rules, the size and role of an international stabilization force, funding, troop pledges and the nascent Palestinian administration’s authority in Gaza remain unresolved.
- Netanyahu’s stance reflects pressure from right-wing coalition partners ahead of an October election, deepens strain with the U.S. plan’s backers, and leaves humanitarian risk and intermittent Israeli strikes continuing in Gaza.