Netanyahu claims Trump plan will allow IDF to remain in Gaza, rules out Palestinian statehood
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza in a video statement from Washington, where, earlier in the day, he stood side by side with the US President and gave the stamp of approval to the proposal.
“It was a historic visit,” he says. “Instead of Hamas isolating us, we turned things around and isolated Hamas.
“Now the whole world, including the Arab and Muslim world, is pressuring Hamas to accept the terms that we created together with Trump, to bring back all the hostages — the living and the dead — while the IDF stays in the Strip.”
His remarks appeared to misrepresent a portion of Trump’s plan, which was published online by the White House, as it does not envision the IDF remaining in the Strip indefinitely, but rather withdrawing gradually and handing over the an international security force.
