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Board of Peace undeterred by Israel's rejection of peace plan at this stage
Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday he is unambiguous in rejecting the 15-point Gaza plan: "I want to clarify here ... Israel rejects the 15-point document."
The article notes: "I heard people saying, 'You didn't say so' ... So here I am saying it again: Israel rejects the 15-point document."
"The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is disarmed," Netanyahu said. "And when I say Hamas must be disarmed, I mean the heavy weapons, the less-heavy weapons, all weapons," adding that "we are talking about genuine disarmament, not a fictitious one."
Netanyahu said Israel "can and know how to stand our ground even against our very best friends when necessary."
The article frames the plan as originally a tit-for-tat arrangement for Hamas and Israel to trade responsibility for removing military capabilities, a framework that offended Jerusalem by appearing to expect an IDF withdrawal before total Hamas disarmament.
Board of Peace CEO Nickolay Mladenov downplayed Israel's role for now, telling Channel 12 News: "The road map is the document between the Board of Peace - led by President Donald Trump - and Hamas," and "nobody is required to do anything - last of all Israel - before we actually have verified steps on the ground."
"If there is verified decommissioning of weapons, that they are taken away from the factions, and stored ..." then Israel withdraws, Mladenov said, adding: "I'm not building any of this on the basis of trust, and none of us are."
Mladenov on the plan's purpose: to ensure what happened on Oct. 7, 2023 will never, ever be allowed to happen.
Plan details: 15-point proposal; Hamas expected to move first by disarming, allowing an International Stabilization Force (ISF) to enter and take over law enforcement; a National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), described as an international, technocratic body, would run the strip's civilian government. Kosovo, Albania, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Uganda have pledged ISF personnel. A Louisiana firm won the first contract to build a small outpost about a mile from the Israeli border, where Moroccan troops will rotate.