Israel far-right ministers reject US-backed postwar Gaza panel
Finance minister says Netanyahu should back annexation and settlement, and attacks Turkey and Qatar’s role on Gaza ‘executive board’Far-right members of Israel’s governing coalition on Sunday rejected a US-backed plan for postwar governance in Gaza, criticising their prime minster, Benjamin...
<p>Finance minister says Netanyahu should back annexation and settlement, and attacks Turkey and Qatar’s role on Gaza ‘executive board’</p><p>Far-right members of Israel’s governing coalition on Sunday <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/israel-objects-to-white-houses-pick-of-leaders-for-board-of-peace">rejected a US-backed plan for postwar governance</a> in Gaza, criticising their prime minster, Benjamin Netanyahu, for failing to annex the Palestinian territory and establish new Israeli settlements in the territory.</p><p>After the announcement of the White House’s pick of world leaders who will join the so-called Gaza “board of peace”, which includes Turkey and Qatar, both of which have been critical of Israel’s war in the Strip, Israeli far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, described ‘‘Netanyahu’s unwillingness to take responsibility for Gaza’’ as ‘‘the original sin’’.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/18/israel-far-right-ministers-reject-us-backed-postwar-gaza-panel">Continue reading...</a>
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