Netanyahu says Trump set conditions Palestinian Authority must meet before it can return to Gaza

By Lazar Berman

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29 December 2025, 11:59 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Asked whether the Palestinian Authority should be allowed to play a role in the postwar management of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterates that the PA will have to implement “real reforms” and says President Donald Trump has set the necessary conditions.

“Stop ‘pay-to-slay,’ change the curriculum in your textbooks, open up a different society and a different future. If they do it, well, you know, I think it was clear. He put guidelines,” says Netanyahu, referring to Trump.

Ramallah says it is instituting reforms of its welfare and education programs but Israel has argued that they are not sufficient.