Netanyahu calculates upsetting Trump is his least-bad option
The board’s top envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, went on to explain carefully on X that decommissioning would need to take place “in lockstep” with Israeli troop withdrawal, suggesting a phased process by which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would pull back in stages from positions inside Gaza, as Hamas turned in its arms.
None of Netanyahu’s main challengers, for instance, is likely to pick up Mladenov’s attempt to appeal to Israel’s self-interest during his Sunday TV interview, when he said that only full implementation of the Board of Peace’s plan could guarantee there would never be another mass attack like the one in 2023 on Israeli communities living next to Gaza.
The vast majority of Israeli voters, while still favorable toward Trump, believe the US president is profoundly mistaken if he believes Israel should have its freedom to do what it likes in Gaza curtailed in any way.
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