Jerusalem.- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected this Sunday the 15-point plan announced by United States President Donald Trump and published by the Peace Board to advance toward the second phase of the ceasefire, and reiterated that Israel will not leave Gaza until Hamas disarms.
“Israel rejects the 15-point document. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will not withdraw until Hamas disarms. And when I say disarm Hamas, I mean all of its weapons: the heavy ones, the less heavy ones, all of them. We are talking about real disarmament, not a fictitious one,” Netanyahu stated in a video message sent by his Office at the beginning of his cabinet meeting.
Furthermore, Netanyahu added that his American allies have some “unacceptable ideas” for Israel that they must “oppose,” and said he is in dialogue with them.
But after Trump’s announcement of the 15-point plan on July 30, a White House official stated that the president would be “very, very disappointed” if Israel did not fulfill its part.
“As long as I am prime minister, no Palestinian state will be created, neither in the West Bank nor in Gaza. Neither ‘Fatahstan’ nor ‘Hamastan’,” reiterated Netanyahu this Sunday, who added the Persian suffix -stan, used in countries like Afghanistan or Pakistan, to the name of the Palestinian parties.
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A stab in the back of the “peace” agreement
On Thursday, July 30, Trump announced that the Peace Board had reached a pact for the total disarmament of Hamas and other groups in the Strip, which he described as a “historic agreement” that would allow progress toward the second phase of the ceasefire.
This new plan, based on a 15-point roadmap, aimed to revive the initial 20-point “peace” plan, and compelled Israel to commit to what was signed in October 2025 during the Sharm el-Sheikh Protocol (Egypt), including the “cessation of military operations” in Gaza.
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But in addition to the end of Israeli attacks on the Strip -with more than 1,250 Palestinians dead since then, despite the ceasefire-, Israeli troops were also supposed to withdraw at least to the original layout of the so-called ‘yellow line’, when Israel militarily controlled 53% of the Gaza Strip and no more than 65%, as it does now.
Although Hamas did officially accept the 15-point plan, the Islamist leaders conditioned their disarmament on a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, and warned that if Israel did not comply with what was agreed, they would not either.
This new agreement was based on a gradual and reciprocal implementation, as stated by President Trump, but on August 3rd, after the representative of the Peace Board Nikolai Mladenov met with Netanyahu, this entity published on X that “contrary to inaccurate reports (…) the withdrawal of the IDF beyond the yellow line will only be carried out once the disarmament” of Hamas is completed.
