Is Israel really ready to withdraw from Gaza?

Author: Simon Speakman Cordall
Published on: 01/08/2026 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
Israel should withdraw from the Palestinian enclave, and gradually transfer power to a Palestinian administration. Israel has yet to officially comment, but one unnamed Israeli official told reporters on Friday that there would be no withdrawal from Israel’s current positions within Gaza before what it determines to be “the genuine disarmament of Hamas” Trump, for his part, has said that Israel is “very happy” with the deal. A May poll found 82 percent of Jewish Israeli respondents supported expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in Gaza. The same poll found 56 percent of respondents believed there were “no innocents” among the Palestinians in Gaza. The prospect, therefore, of an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and steps towards the enclave’s reconstruction are unpalatable to many Israelis. Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir denounced it as “unacceptable” Politics of peace Netanyahu has yet to comment, but US-Israeli pollster Dahlia Scheindlin suggests the stakes are high for the prime minister with an election only a few months away. Netanyahu’s likely best chance of avoiding a jail sentence if he is found guilty of numerous corruption charges rests on him winning the October elections. Israel has killed more than 1,200 Palestinians since that agreement. Israel has repeatedly expanded the territory under its control, ignoring the deal. Keeping Trump happy is likely to be a problem, not just for Netanyahu. Israeli public has grown sceptical that Israeli security remains at the forefront of the Trump administration’s priorities. The need for the US security umbrella is accepted by the vast majority of the public and political establishment. Netanyahu has shown himself to be very good in handling these kinds of things.

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