Reports: PM meeting with Witkoff, Kushner to discuss Trump’s plan to end Gaza war, is under pressure to accept

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Strategic Affairs Adviser Ron Dermer are meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff today at their hotel in New York to discuss US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and free the hostages, Channel 13 reports.

Trump’s team is pushing Netanyahu to agree to Trump’s plan, according to Channel 12. Trump presented his plan to eight Arab and Muslim leaders on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was a key player in Trump’s 2020 Deal of the Century peace plan and the Abraham Accords, is heavily involved in creating the framework.

“Continuing the war will isolate Israel even further, but accepting the plan and ending the war will extricate Israel from isolation and enable progress in more positive directions in the region, with US backing,” a US source tells Channel 12.

However, Netanyahu is uncomfortable with the fact that Trump’s plan does not require Hamas to disarm and Gaza to be demilitarized as conditions for the war ending, but only post-war, reports Channel 12. He also does not like the provision that the new mechanism for governing Gaza will operate under the authority of the UN Security Council, Channel 12 reports.

The framework also includes the Palestinian Authority running parts of the Gaza Strip, the Kan public broadcaster reports. Sources close to Netanyahu tell the outlet that Israel will likely have to consent to the PA controlling at least some of the Strip after the war, something the premier has insisted he will not allow to happen.

Meanwhile, reports Channel 12, the Palestinian representatives to the UN are working to arrange a walkout during Netanyahu’s speech tomorrow, which they hope will be joined by Arab, African and even some European countries.