Israel would maintain security control of Gaza under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's postwar plan. The Palestinian Authority has criticized the proposal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a plan for postwar Gaza, which foresees the Israeli military retaining security control over the coastal Palestinian enclave after the war with Hamas ends.
While the proposal envisions local officials without links to Hamas or its foreign backers governing the territory, it also allows for Israel to play a role in civilian affairs there.
The Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs parts of the West Bank jointly with Israel, has criticized the proposal, saying it means "reoccupying the Gaza strip and obstructing American and international efforts to establish the Palestinian State."
"Netanyahu's plan serves his interest in prolonging the war to stay in power," PA wrote in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
The plan marks the first time Netanyahu has presented a formal postwar vision for Gaza. It has been submitted to the Israeli Cabinet for approval.
Netanyahu's insistence on an open-ended Israeli role in running Gaza runs counter to the two-state solution supported by the US and others in the international community.
The US wants a revitalized Palestinian autonomous government to eventually govern both Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a precursor to statehood.
Netanyahu has explicitly ruled out any sovereign Palestinian state.
Source: Dw
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