A senior official in the Gaza Peace Council told Israel Hayom that the 15-point framework was agreed four months ago in full security coordination with all parties, including Israel. The official rejected Israel's current demand for full Hamas disarmament as a precondition, and claimed that if implemented, the agreement would leave Gaza with fewer illegal weapons than Judea and Samaria or the Arab sector within the Green Line.
The Gaza Peace Council is pushing back against Israel's demand for full Hamas disarmament, with a senior official telling Israel Hayom that the current framework was coordinated with Israel four months ago and that the latest Israeli demand is a departure from that agreement.
'We haven't moved from what was agreed in full coordination with all parties including Israel, four months ago,' the official said. He attributed Hamas's eventual signing to accumulated military, political, and economic pressure, and said the Council held firm on its original parameters.
The statement comes after a political source told Channel 12 Thursday evening that the current 15-point framework is unacceptable to Israel because it does not provide an adequate response to the demand for Hamas disarmament. As The Zioneer reported earlier Friday, Hamas senior official Razi Hamed told Al Jazeera that disarmament will not begin before an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
The Peace Council official also stung Israel by claiming that if the agreement is implemented as written, Gaza would have fewer illegal weapons than Judea and Samaria or the Arab sector within the Green Line — a reference to the widespread illegal arms in those areas.
The framework, built on the principle of 'one authority, one law, one weapon,' envisions a technocratic Palestinian administration overseeing stored weapons under international supervision. The Israeli security establishment has expressed skepticism about the verification process, and the report yesterday noted that Israel has conveyed its objections to the current draft.
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