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Arab allies join Trump in calling for Israel to drop opposition to US-backed Gaza peace plan

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · · 408 words · By Ronny Reyes
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Arab allies join Trump in calling for Israel to drop opposition to US-backed Gaza peace plan See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Arab allies join Trump in calling for Israel to drop opposition to US-backed Gaza peace plan See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Four major Arab nations and three other Muslim-majority powers are joining with President Trump to push for a US-backed Gaza peace deal — even as Israel rejected the plan and carried on with airstrikes in the Palestinian…

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Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Hamas officials and mediators in the latest talks to salvage the deal, a Middle East diplomat told Reuters.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/world-news/arab-allies-join-trump-in-calling-for-i…

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “At least 1,250 Palestinians have been killed since last year’s peace deal was announced”
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Claim 2: “Netanyahu said last week that Israel fully rejects the 15-point peace plan”
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Multiple independent sources (Ajel English, WNYC) explicitly report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the 15-point peace plan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949), nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 199…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012) was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. Born in Warsaw, he served as a professor of history at Cornell …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzion_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sara Netanyahu (Hebrew: שרה נתניהו; née Ben-Artzi [בן ארצי]; born November 1958) is the spouse of the prime minister of Israel by marriage to Benjamin Netanyahu, holding the role for her third time. B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Netanyahu
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Claim 3: “Four major Arab nations and three other Muslim-majority powers are joining with President Trump to push for a US-backed Gaza peace deal”
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While Wikipedia confirms Trump's second presidency and the existence of a 'Gaza peace plan', the provided evidence does not list the specific nations (four Arab and three Muslim-majority) joining the push.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Massad Fares Boulos (Arabic: مسعد فارس بولس; born 1971) is a Lebanese-born American businessman and diplomat. He serves as a Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and Middle Eas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massad_Boulos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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Claim 4: “Kushner and Trump’s Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, are scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday”
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Web search results from CBS News and other sources confirm that Witkoff and Kushner met with Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel to push the peace deal forward.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 28, 2020, United States president Donald Trump formally unveiled a plan to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in a White House press conference alongside Israeli prime minister Benjam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Israel–Palestine_peace_pl…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Board of Peace (BoP), or the Peace Board, is an international organization with the stated purpose of promoting peacebuilding around the world. Established by President Donald Trump and led by th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Peace
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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Claim 5: “the war, which is approaching its fourth year”
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Claim 6: “Israel... withdraws its forces, which currently occupy more than half of the Gaza Strip”
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Cross-referenced reports from NYPost and Krdo both state that Israeli forces currently occupy more than half of the Gaza Strip.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — At the moment, Israel has forces on the ground in over half of the Gaza Strip, including in its east and south.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/world-news/israel-rejects-trum…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — At the moment, Israel has forces on the ground in over half of the Gaza Strip, including in its east and south.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/world-news/israel-rejects-trum…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israeli forces currently occupy more than half of Gaza, in the east and south of the territory
https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2026/08/09/is…
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Claim 7: “a recent attack hitting an apartment building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, wounding several people, medics said”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains only general Wikipedia entries about Israelis and Israel, with no mention of a specific attack in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli - Wikipedia uagesAdd topic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli
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web search NEUTRAL — Israelis (Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִים, romanized: Yīśreʾēlīm; Arabic: إسرائيليون, romanized: Isrāʾīliyyūn) are the citizens, nationals, and permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state. T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis
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web search NEUTRAL — 1. Includes territory in both Europeand Asia. 2. Usually thought of Europefor cultural, politicaland historicalreasons. 3. Special territories. 4. Disputed territories. 5. Claimed by the State of Pale…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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Claim 8: “the president putting forth a 15-point plan last month”
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Multiple sources (Ajel English, WNYC) refer to a '15-point peace plan' proposed by the US/Trump, corroborating the existence of this specific version of the plan.
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Claim 9: “Trump’s initial 20-point peace plan... was announced last year”
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Independent sources (The Independent, Arab America) confirm that a 20-point peace plan was announced by Trump and Netanyahu.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington to announce a 20-point peace plan last week (AP). The prime minister also remains under serious political pressure at home…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic…
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web search NEUTRAL — Had Israel genuinely intended to implement the Trump peace plan announced just days earlier, it would have ceased its bombardment over the weekend. Instead, 150 Palestinians died from Israeli strikes …
https://www.arabamerica.com/gazas-twenty-points-shrink-to-on…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected President Trump's 15-point peace plan for Gaza, saying Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed."
https://wnyc.org/npr/nx-s1-5926459
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Claim 10: “the plan involves terror group Hamas laying down its weapons in exchange for Israel withdrawing from the Gaza Strip”
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Multiple sources (Emma Nicholson/Web Search, WNYC) confirm the plan involves Hamas disarming in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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web search NEUTRAL — In Trump Gaza deal, Hamas disarms, Israel withdraws.Trump says Hamas agreed to next phase of Gaza peace deal, including disarmament, negotiated by "Board of Peace". 4 days ago. By Emma Nicholson.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected President Trump's 15-point peace plan for Gaza, saying Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed."
https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2026-08-09/netanyahu-rejects-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — What to knowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Trump-backed plan to disarm Hamas in Gaza.President Trump announced a deal for Hamas disarmament in exchange for Israeli withdrawal.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/9/israels-benj…
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Claim 11: “Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Hamas officials and mediators in the latest talks to salvage the deal”
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Multiple independent sources (Axios, CBS News) confirm that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Hamas officials and mediators to secure a deal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States specia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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Claim 12: “Four Israeli soldiers were also killed in skirmishes with Gaza militants in the same period”
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Claim 13: “Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE joined Turkey, Pakistan and Indonesia — three major Muslim-majority nations — on Sunday to condemn Israel’s opposition to Trump’s peace plan”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the history of Egypt and diplomatic crises, but contains no mention of a joint condemnation by these specific nations regarding Trump's peace plan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a deterioration of relations between Qatar and four Arab states between 2017 and 2021. It began when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt simultan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict refers to the temporary struggle for regional influence between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, both of which are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar–Saudi_Arabia_diplomatic_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Qatar and Saudi Arabia share historical relations that preceded the formation of their current nation states. Prior to 1995, Qatar followed Saudi Arabia's political clout and both countries were highl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar–Saudi_Arabia_relations
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