{
  "id": 448600,
  "title": "Middle East: Peace Council: Gaza Roadmap as a way out of the spiral of violence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/nahost-friedensrat-gaza-fahrplan-als-ausweg-aus-gewaltspirale",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-10T07:47:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/nahost-friedensrat-gaza-fahrplan-als-ausweg-aus-gewaltspirale/100246176.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Tel Aviv/Gaza. High Representative of the Peace Council, Nikolaj Mladenow, sees the implementation of the Gaza roadmap as the only way out of the spiral of violence in the Middle East. \"Israelis and the people in Gaza have a common strong interest in getting out of this terrible spiral of violence that has cost so many lives and caused destruction on both sides,\" Mladenow said in an interview with the Israeli TV channel N12. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel rejects the roadmap. \"The Israeli army will not withdraw until Hamas is disarmed,\" Netanyahu said during a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. He also reaffirmed his rejection of an independent Palestinian state.\n\nIn contrast, senior Hamas official Bassem Naim said that Hamas remains committed to the Gaza roadmap. As part of a peace plan mediated by US President Donald Trump, an internationally staffed \"Board of Peace\" was launched at the beginning of the year, which is supposed to oversee the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the post-war order in the extensively destroyed coastal area according to its charter. According to the Peace Council's roadmap, Israel and Hamas are to cease fighting. A Palestinian transitional administration is to take control of administration and security with the support of an international stabilization force.\n\nMladenow emphasized in the interview with N12 that the goal of the plan is for the Gaza Strip to never again pose a threat to Israel and for the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, to never happen again. Only after a verified handover of weapons by the armed factions in the Gaza Strip, including Hamas, will Israel be expected to withdraw its troops. Currently, Israel is only being asked not to advance further into the Gaza Strip beyond the so-called \"yellow line\". Israeli soldiers are also only allowed to shoot in the event of a real threat.\n\nOnly after a gradual and internationally verified handover of all weapons by Hamas to sectors will Israel be expected to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, \"step by step, in phases, ultimately to the Gaza border fence,\" Mladenow said. \"If the commitments are not fulfilled, the process will be stopped,\" he said. Destroying all Hamas tunnels would take more than a decade at the current pace, Mladenow estimated. \"That's why Israel needs the Peace Council, because with the Peace Council's help, it can be carried out much faster.\" External experts with special equipment are to be brought in for this.\n\nThe Gaza roadmap is not based on trust, but solely on verification and gradual implementation, Mladenow emphasized. Israeli broadcaster Kan reported, citing a representative of the US-led Civil Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in southern Israel, that construction work on the first base of the international stabilization force in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip is to begin in two and a half weeks, despite Netanyahu's statements.",
  "summary": "The Gaza peace council's plan is being rejected by Netanyahu. The council's High Representative is promoting the plan - and sees it as a guarantee to prevent another Hamas attack.",
  "key_points": [
    "International board of peace to oversee Gaza reconstruction.",
    "Israel to withdraw step by step after weapon handover verification.",
    "Gaza-Fahrplan aims to prevent future Hamas massacre."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Gaza-Fahrplan offers a potential exit from the cycle of violence, requiring Hamas to commit to disarmament and Israel to a phased withdrawal, with international oversight and verification to build trust.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}