Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition on Wednesday boycotted a Knesset vote endorsing US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.

Trump seems to be under the impression that Israel’s president has the same widely discretionary powers that he exercises. He has just pardoned the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, who had been sentenced to 45 years during the Biden years for drug trafficking and has a well established track record of pardoning his allies.

President Trump invited Israeli PM Netanyahu to the White House “in the near future” during a phone call, with both leaders stressing the need to dismantle Hamas, demilitarise Gaza, and expand peace a

The non-binding vote potentially risked embarrassing the prime minister if some of his coalition partners had voted against it.

The upcoming meet between Netanyahu and the US President comes on the back of a peace plan in Gaza brokered by Trump, the stability of which remains in question with Israeli military operations still continuing in Gaza.