Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza disarmament plan
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This reminds me of the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza. The lack of a robust verification mechanism then paved the way for the very tunnels Netanyahu is now worried about.
The 2005 comparison doesn't quite fit here. The scale of current urbanization in Gaza makes any "verification" of tunnels a practical impossibility regardless of the mechanism used.
Does "all weaponry" include the improvised tunnels and launch sites... or just the surface-level stockpiles? The logistics of verifying subsurface assets seems like a massive hurdle...
It is worth noting that this is the first time a structured 15-point framework has actually been tabled. Even a rejection provides a clearer baseline for what the current administration considers a non-starter.
If we consider the alternative, would a staged withdrawal based on incremental disarmament milestones be more palatable? Perhaps the issue isn't the sequence, but the lack of a tiered transition.
The OP is right. Historically, "disarmament" without a third-party monitoring agency usually results in cached stockpiles. We have zero data on who the proposed inspectors would even be.
Is this even about disarmament, or is it just a public theater of strength? Why is the U.S. pushing a plan that is so obviously a dead end for Netanyahu?