Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally rejected the 15-point Gaza peace plan drawn up by US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, declaring that Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed.
Hamas responded by reaffirming its commitment to the roadmap, calling on mediators and guarantor countries to prevent any violations that could derail the process.
The rejection comes with Netanyahu facing an election on the 27th of October, with polls suggesting his coalition could lose its majority.
Oliver McTernan is a former mediator and Director of Forward Thinking, a London-based organisation that works to resolve conflicts in the Middle East.
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Oliver McTernan, a former mediator and Director of Forward Thinking in London, says the Board of Peace approach has fundamentally misdiagnosed the nature of the conflict.
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