Who Holds the Levers
The High Representative for the U.S.-led Gaza Board of Peace and the head of Hamas' negotiating team are expected to meet for a second time on Tuesday in Cairo, with Hamas officials saying disarmament is not on the table unless Israel guarantees implementation of phase one of the cease-fire plan. The meeting lands inside a negotiation process already shaped by outside power, with the Board of Peace pressing ahead on phase two of Trump's Gaza plan while the people living under the consequences of these talks remain far from the table.
Haaretz reported that a Board of Peace representative met with Hamas' chief negotiator to discuss phase two of Trump's Gaza plan, but no breakthroughs were made. That is the shape of the arrangement so far: a U.S.-led board, a cease-fire plan, and a demand for disarmament, all moving through elite channels while the basic condition Hamas says it wants — guarantees that phase one will actually be implemented — remains unresolved.
No Breakthroughs, Just More Negotiation
The report said the meeting was expected to be the second between the High Representative for the U.S.-led Gaza Board of Peace and the head of Hamas' negotiating team. The talks were about phase two of Trump's Gaza plan. Haaretz reported that there were no breakthroughs in the discussion. In the language of diplomacy, that means the machinery keeps turning even when the substance does not.
Hamas officials said that without guarantees that Israel implements phase one of the cease-fire plan, disarmament is not on the table. That statement puts the hierarchy of the process in plain view: one side is being asked to give up arms, while the other side is not being asked to move first without guarantees. The negotiation is not happening on neutral ground; it is happening inside a structure where one set of institutions gets to define the plan and another is told to accept its terms.
What Hamas Says Comes First
Hamas officials tied any discussion of disarmament to implementation of phase one of the cease-fire plan. They said disarmament is not on the table unless Israel guarantees that phase one is carried out. That condition is the central fact in the report, and it is also the clearest sign of how fragile the process remains. The Board of Peace is discussing phase two, but Hamas is insisting that phase one cannot be treated as a promise floating above reality.
The article does not describe any grassroots process, mutual aid network, or horizontal organizing around the talks. What it does show is a top-down diplomatic structure, with the U.S.-led Gaza Board of Peace, Hamas negotiators, and Israel all positioned as the actors whose decisions determine what happens next. The people most exposed to the consequences are absent from the room.
The report was written by Liza Rozovsky and Jack Khoury and published at 11:35 AM on April 14, 2026 IDT. It described the expected second meeting in Cairo and the continuing dispute over disarmament, with no breakthrough reported. For now, the board keeps talking, Hamas keeps demanding guarantees, and the cease-fire plan remains trapped in the same hierarchy of power that produced the deadlock in the first place.