Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the US-backed plan for Gaza, even after receiving assurances that an Israeli pullout would only happen after Hamas disarms. He also faces pressure from the right flank of his ruling coalition to reject the deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the US-backed Board of Peace on Aug 3 and received guarantees that the Israeli army would only be required to leave its current positions in Gaza after Hamas disarms.
Set as preferred source JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel did not agree to the US-backed plan for Gaza, even after receiving assurances that an Israeli pullout would only happen after Hamas disarms. In a video posted to his social media accounts on the night of Aug 4, Netanyahu said the team of US President Donald Trump “believes that they can bring about the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarisation of Gaza”.
, it is not our draft. We sent our comments,” he said. Netanyahu met with the US-backed Board of Peace on Aug 3 and received guarantees that the Israeli army would only be required to leave its current positions in Gaza after Hamas disarms. But pressure has been growing on the premier from the right flank of his ruling coalition to reject the deal.
Two far-right ministers requested a new vote on the plan on Aug 4, saying it does not reflect what had originally been discussed. Israel’s security cabinet, in which the two ministers sit, already voted in favour of the proposal, which would see among other things the deployment of international peacekeeping troops in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu had moved to convene his security cabinet on Aug 4 but the meeting was postponed to Aug 6, Israeli media reported, amid primary voting in his Likud Party ahead of Oct 27 elections, in which he faces a tight race. The request from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlement Minister Orit Strook to hold a new vote should be viewed merely “as a campaign move” to put pressure on Netanyahu, according to Tal Elovits, a researcher at Israeli think-tank Molad.
“The Israeli right-wing has always tried to postpone a scenario in which this conflict becomes an international conflict. Obviously, the IDF’s behaviour will be different once you have soldiers from Kosovo, from Indonesia” and other countries, Elovits said, referring to Israel’s military – the Israel Defense Forces.
However, Israel has no concrete possibility of tearing up the US-sponsored plan, given the country’s isolation in the international arena, Elovits added.in the diplomatic community,” he said, referring to Trump.
“Netanyahu is not a very active player here – he’s an active player maybe in trying to block some ideas, but Israel is not putting anything on the table. ” US pressure on Israel to curb attacks in Gaza ahead of a partial withdrawal under the plan appears to be yielding results.
According to reports in Haaretz and other Israeli media, troops have been instructed to seek authorisation from the Chief of Staff for strikes, unless they are in “immediate danger” – a change of policy from previous directives, under which attacks only required approval from the head of the regional command. Israel’s military, when questioned, referred AFP to the “political echelon” for a response. A spokesperson for Netanyahu declined to comment. AFP
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