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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Knesset to vote on opposition-sponsored motion to adopt Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The Knesset is expected to vote this afternoon on a Yesh Atid-sponsored motion to adopt US President Donald Trump’s 20-point “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.”
“We fully expect the prime minister and his party to vote in favor. It’s the least we can do to support President Trump and the efforts he’s made to bring our hostages home and bring about peace in the Middle East,” a source in Yesh Atid tells The Times of Israel ahead of the vote.
Beyond outlining a path toward ending the conflict and disarming Hamas, Trump’s plan asserts that “while Gaza re-development advances and when the Palestinian Authority reform program is faithfully carried out, 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” — though it does not go further into the matter.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged that “there will not be a Palestinian state.”
Given the plan’s reference to Palestinian statehood, there is a strong possibility that the coalition will either boycott or vote down Lapid’s motion, embarrassing the government vis-a-vis Trump.
In a statement this morning, Lapid says that he has been asked about the Knesset motion by US government officials, and that he told them “I believe Prime Minister Netanyahu will ensure that the coalition will also come to support and thank President Trump” by voting for the resolution.
The Times of Israel Community.