Benjamin Netanyahu: "“wave of rumours about Israeli weakness and Israeli withdrawals on all…"

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, publicly rejected a US-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan on Sunday, saying Israel would not accept the document and would not evacuate the territory until Hamas had surrendered all weapons, not just symbolically. He said his remarks answered talk that Israel was under pressure and ready to make concessions. The plan, proposed by Trump’s Board of Peace in July, offered a full Israeli military withdrawal and the eventual transfer of authority to an independent Palestinian committee in exchange for Hamas disarmament. Netanyahu insisted complete disarmament must come first, putting him in an unusual public disagreement with President Trump. The clash matters because Israel has become a major obstacle to Trump’s regional peace efforts, and both leaders face elections soon.