Netanyahu rejects Board of Peace's Gaza plan: No 'withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed'

Israel is rejecting a 15-point Gaza proposal put forward by the Board of Peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, declaring that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas fully gives up its weapons."Israel rejects the 15-point Gaza document proposed by the Board of Peace," Netanyahu said at Sunday's Cabinet meeting."The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed."Israel remains in discussions with the United States over the disarmament of Hamas but insisted any agreement would have to result in the terror group surrendering its entire arsenal, according to Netanyahu."It needs to be genuine disarmament, not fictitious disarmament," Netanyahu said.HAMAS SAYS IT WILL DISSOLVE GAZA GOVERNMENT, BUT ISRAEL WARNS GROUP STILL SEEKS HEZBOLLAH-STYLE CONTROLIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he remains in lockstep with President Donald Trump, but he is not settling for "fictitious" peace, he said Sunday.

(Kevin Mohatt/File Photo/File Photo/Reuters)"When I say Hamas is disarmed, that means the heavy weapons, the less heavy weapons, all the weapons," he added.Hamas remains committed to a Gaza roadmap agreed with mediators and representatives of the Board of Peace in Cairo 10 days ago, senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Reuters.Hamas expects mediators and the United States to "press Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap," he added.HILLARY CLINTON BREAKS WITH DEMOCRATIC CRITICS BY BACKING TRUMP’S GAZA PLAN AS THE 'ONLY GAME IN TOWN'Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained independently resolute on rooting out Iranian proxy terrorists and Iran malign influence in the Middle East.(Israeli Government Press Office via AP)Trump had teased a disarmament of the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza as a landmark step toward peace, but there remained skeptics, including Israel's Netanyahu, whose Sunday comments put him at odds with the latest Board of Peace proposal as the Tr...

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