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Gaza waits again as Netanyahu blocks Trump peace framework

Gaza waits again as Netanyahu blocks Trump peace framework

Israel rejected Trump's fifteen-point Gaza plan that Hamas had already accepted in writing, stalling a process that included Hamas disarmament and a partial…

Two volunteers making chocolate sweets for children. A football team training among rubble. These are the images reaching the outside world through social media from Gaza —where international reporters have no free access— as world leaders once again postpone the enclave's future. Israel rejected the fifteen-point plan put forward by Donald Trump, which Hamas had accepted, according to La Vanguardia. For Gaza's civilian population, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's veto is not an abstract diplomatic move: it is another delay after three years of bombardment, famine, and destruction. 🔹 What happened: Trump's plan made the disarmament of Hamas —which has governed Gaza since 2006— its central condition. Both Hamas and the most radical factions of Islamic Jihad had signed a written commitment to disarm. Max Rodenbeck, director of the Israel-Palestine program at Crisis Group, called the written agreement "the biggest step forward in negotiations since the ceasefire last October." Netanyahu, who had already voiced objections in the days prior, formalized the rejection and made any next step —including a partial Israeli military withdrawal— contingent on full Hamas disarmament. The source confirms he will not act before Israel's October elections. 🔹 Why it matters: The freeze has direct consequences for Gaza's civilian population. The fifteen-point plan required building an international verification body, deploying the CNAG, and either creating a new Palestinian police force that does not yet exist or negotiating the entry of Palestinian Authority security forces —something Rodenbeck described as "difficult." Under the best conditions, that process "could take months." Gaza's residents have no documented voice in a plan being designed entirely from the outside. The gap between the social media glimpses of children receiving sweets and the geopolitical machinery stalled in Jerusalem has rarely been wider. 📌 EPM Take: There is a specific detail worth sitting with: Rodenbeck gave his assessment of the deal —calling it the largest negotiating breakthrough since October— hours before Netanyahu's formal rejection made that assessment obsolete. The timeline matters because it reveals how quickly the ground shifts beneath any Gaza agreement. What gets lost in the diplomatic framing is that the population waiting for this machinery to function has lived under bombardment for three years, while the verification body, the police force, and the storage facilities for surrendered weapons remain entirely theoretical. The question no government is answering: who is accountable if this process stalls past October and into another electoral cycle?
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