Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Peace Plan for Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his country rejects U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest peace plan for Gaza. The 15-point plan, issued by Trump’s Board of Peace, envisioned a phased peace process. Through it, Hamas would gradually cede its weapons and power to a new Palestinian administration, while Israel would withdraw its troops to the “yellow line” established in the ceasefire deal both sides signed in October 2025. When it was released by the Board of Peace on July 31, Netanyahu remained silent for multiple days and then acknowledged that the Trump Administration had “sent us a draft.”“We did not agree,” he continued. “It is not our draft. We sent our comments. This is our position.”However, Sunday was the first time that he formally declared a refusal to endorse it.“I want to be precise here: Israel rejects the 15-point document,” Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting. “The [Israel Defense Forces] will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is disarmed.”“As long as I am Prime Minister, no Palestinian state will be established—not in Gaza and not in the West Bank,” he continued.While discussing the peace roadmap, Trump said that Hamas and “all other...