The Guardian view on the failed Gaza peace plan: Trumpās hollow claims are ignored in Jerusalem | Editorial
Israelās prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no interest in agreeing to a deal. For relief to come to Gaza, real US pressure must be exerted
Israelās prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no interest in agreeing to a deal. For relief to come to Gaza, real US pressure must be exerted At the end of July, Donald Trump announced that a āmonumentalā US-backed deal had been struck on Gaza, securing the phased disarmament of Hamas in parallel with Israeli military withdrawal.
Three days later it was reported that another 18 people had died in Israeli airstrikes. Not for the first time, it appeared that Mr Trumpās rhetoric had only a distant relationship with the reality it purported to describe. Such suspicions were duly
confirmed yesterday. Under pressure from far-right members of his coalition, Israelās prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, explicitly rejected the sequencing of a 15-point plan from the increasingly hapless Board of Peace ā an international body set up by the US president ā and
poured scorn on āa wave of rumours of ā¦ Israeli withdrawals on all frontsā. In a direct message to the White House, Mr Netanyahu stated that āwe know how to stand our ground, even against our best friends when necessary.ā Continue reading...
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