US president Donald Trump and Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu after the president outlined his latest Gaza proposals. Photograph: Doug Mills/New York Times
Binyamin Netanyahu has come under attack from the far right in Israel for endorsing US president Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich characterised Mr Netanyahu’s approval of the plan as “a tragedy of leadership that lacks true vision”.
Mr Smotrich, the leader of the far-right Religious Zionist party, termed the widespread endorsement of the agreement in Israel as “absurd”.
“This is a historic missed opportunity t
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