Amid mounting tensions between Israel’s political leadership and the Board of Peace for Gaza, Channel 14 can reveal Monday evening that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, held several tense conversations in recent days over the future of the plan.
According to sources familiar with the conversations, Kushner confronted Netanyahu, telling him: “You’re throwing a wrench into the idea that you wanted. You didn’t want Israel to control the Strip, you didn’t want Hamas—and based on that desire, we established the Board of Peace. Now you’re throwing a wrench into the works when it comes time to actually do something.”
1+Netanyahu responded: “That’s right. We wanted something different in Gaza that would not pose a threat—but only after the Strip is fully demilitarized and Hamas is disarmed, not before. Bringing an agreement under which the Strip would be governed according to ‘Palestinian’ law is, in effect, a ‘Palestinian’ state.”
Kushner is a key figure working behind the scenes on the plan and wields significant influence over the Gaza roadmap. The tense exchanges between Netanyahu and Trump’s son-in-law, combined with pressure from within the Israeli government, contributed to Netanyahu’s forceful declaration Sunday that Israel rejects the Board of Peace’s 15-point document.
1+The dispute exposes a fundamental divide over what must come first in Gaza: advancing a new political framework or ensuring Hamas is completely disarmed and the Strip demilitarized. For Netanyahu, the message appears unequivocal—Israel will not trade one threat on its border for another under the banner of peace.
The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment.