In video statement, 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.

“Who would have believed it,” he says of Trump’s vision, claiming that until now, Israel had been told to accept Hamas’s demands and to allow it to stay and rebuild inside the war-torn enclave.

The person behind the camera inquires as to whether Netanyahu had agreed to the establishment of a Palestinian state, which the premier quickly denies.

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“Absolutely not,” he says. “It’s not written in the agreement.”

“We said we would strongly oppose a Palestinian state,” he adds, claiming Trump is in agreement with him that it would be a “massive prize for terror.”

Again, this appeared to be somewhat of a misrepresentation of the plan, as point 19 states that after Gaza is redeveloped and the Palestinian Authority is deemed to have carried out the necessary reforms, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which we recognize as the aspiration of the Palestinian people.