Axios-Israel, US & UAE Held Gaza 'Day After' Meeting On 18 July

Axios reporting that Israel, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held a meeting in Abu Dhabi on 18 July to discuss the plans for Gaza after the war. As Axios notes the meeting could suggest that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "...is beginning to recognize the need for a realistic plan for how Gaza might be governed after the Israel-Hamas war."

• The UAE is seen to be open to providing troops as part of an international force for the 'day after plans' according to an envoy for Emirati foreign minister Abdullah Bin Zayed writing in a FT op-ed.
• Axios: "Netanyahu has said he wants the Emiratis to be part of a day-after plan for Gaza. The Israeli prime minister would like the UAE to send troops, pay for reconstruction and overhaul the Gaza education system[...]. But Netanyahu isn't willing at the moment to end the war...."
• Defence Minister Yoav Gallant's day after plan, submitted months ago and similar to the Emirati plan, recieved short shrift then from Netanyahu.
• Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum on 19 July, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that "What we can't have is an agreement that's followed by some kind of void that will either be filled by Hamas coming back, by Israel prolonging its occupation or just having a vacuum that's filled by lawlessness..."
• For Netanyahu, there is a notable prospect that an end to the war in Gaza leads to an end of his gov't, with ultranationalist parties threatening withdrawal should their aims not be fulfiled.