Netanyahu Rejects Trump's 15-Point Gaza Peace Plan, Demands Hamas Disarm First
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel does not accept the 15-point Gaza peace document put forward by President Trump's Board of Peace on July 31. Netanyahu said Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is genuinely disarmed, breaking from the plan's original design, which envisioned a phased Israeli withdrawal running alongside Hamas's disarmament rather than requiring full disarmament upfront.
The rejection came less than three months before Israel's Oct. 27 election, with polls showing Netanyahu's coalition at risk of losing its majority. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who had pressured Netanyahu to harden his position, praised the announcement. Hamas said in a statement Sunday that it remains committed to the roadmap and called on mediators to prevent Israel from violating it. Israel currently controls roughly 70% of Gaza, according to Palestinian officials and aid agencies, and the war has killed at least 73,386 Palestinians and wounded 174,250 since October 2023.
Trump had described the disarmament agreement as historic just over a week earlier. The public split marks one of the most direct breaks between the two leaders since Trump began pushing the framework, and it leaves the next phase of the ceasefire in limbo while both sides wait to see whether Washington presses Israel to soften its position.
Arguments for:
Requiring full disarmament before any troop withdrawal removes Hamas's ability to use a phased pullback to rearm or regroup, something Israeli officials say has happened after past ceasefires.
Coalition hardliners like Finance Minister Smotrich argue that demanding genuine disarmament protects security gains from the war rather than trusting an incremental process to hold.
With elections set for October 27, standing firm on disarmament could shore up support from voters skeptical that Hamas will follow through voluntarily.
Arguments against:
Hamas says it remains committed to the roadmap and argues Netanyahu's rejection could give hardliners in the group a pretext to stall, prolonging a war that has already killed more than 73,000 Palestinians.
Trump had personally staked political capital on the deal, calling it historic, and the rejection publicly undercuts an agreement backed by roughly 40 countries through the Board of Peace.
Critics argue that demanding full disarmament before any Israeli withdrawal removes Hamas's incentive to disarm at all, since the group would be giving up its only leverage with no guaranteed return.
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