Gaza Ceasefire: Netanyahu Rejects; Deal Odds Fall
Trump's 15-point framework is now a public rejection, and that move has a legal analogue: when one party puts terms on the table and the other party refuses them on the record, the negotiating posture shifts entirely. Netanyahu's stated condition — Hamas genuinely disarmed before any Israeli withdrawal — is not a counterproposal. It is a structural block. Prediction markets pricing a Gaza ceasefire agreement had already absorbed weeks of diplomatic friction; this rejection is categorically different. It transforms ambiguity into declared position. Markets pricing a deal before year-end should reprice now, not when the next round fails. The signal was in the framing: Netanyahu did not say *not yet*. He said *not until*. That distinction is the entire case.
