Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet, has slammed US President Donald Trump's new peace plan, calling it "a resounding diplomatic failure." In an extensive post on X, Smotrich referenced the 2023 Hamas-led attacks that sparked the current war in Gaza, accusing Trump and Netanyahu of "turning our backs on all the lessons of October 7." He blasted the plan as "a tragedy of leadership fleeing from the truth." "In my estimation, it will also end in tears. Our children will be forced to fight in Gaza again," said Smotrich, the leader of the hardline, ultra-nationalist National Religious Party-Religious Zionism.
President Donald Trump announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to his plan to end Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a press conference at the White House that followed a meeting between the two leaders on Monday. The United States released Trump's 20-point plan in full moments before Trump and Netanyahu stepped out in front of reporters for the press conference.
