{"id":47866,"date":"2026-01-18T06:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=47866"},"modified":"2026-01-18T06:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:59:43","slug":"israel-objects-to-gaza-peace-council-executive-committee-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=47866","title":{"rendered":"Israel Objects to Gaza Peace Council Executive Committee Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jerusalem<\/strong> &#8211; The Israeli Prime Minister&#8217;s Office has stated that it was not consulted regarding the announced formation of the Executive Committee of the Gaza Peace Council. <\/p>\n<p>A statement released by the Prime Minister&#8217;s office indicated that Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will be contacting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the formation of the Executive Committee. The core of Israel&#8217;s concern seems to stem from the inclusion of both Turkey and Qatar within the Committee&#8217;s structure.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Peace Council, unveiled on Friday, includes Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Qatari diplomat Ali al-Dhawadi, and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Hassan Rashad. Israel has consistently opposed any Turkish involvement in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argued that Gaza does not need an administrative committee for reconstruction, but rather a complete dismantling of Hamas and the encouragement of voluntary emigration. He urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to prepare the military for a swift return to war with the primary goal of eliminating Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett echoed similar sentiments, stating that the inclusion of Qatar and Turkey in Gaza constitutes a &#8216;reward to Hamas&#8217; for the October 7th attacks and poses a significant threat to Israeli security, accusing the current government of undermining Israeli sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that &#8216;the original sin is Netanyahu&#8217;s unwillingness to take responsibility for Gaza, establish military rule there, and encourage emigration and settlement,&#8217; emphasizing that &#8216;countries that supported Hamas and continue to host them cannot have any foothold in Gaza.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p><em>The formation of this committee and Israel&#8217;s reaction highlight the continued complexities and sensitivities surrounding the future governance and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=48\">More Palestine articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem &#8211; The Israeli Prime Minister&#8217;s Office has stated that it was not consulted regarding the announced formation of the Executive Committee of the Gaza Peace Council. <\/p>\n<p>A statement released by the Prime Minister&#8217;s office indicated that Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-palestine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47868,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47866\/revisions\/47868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}