Though Palestinian statehood remains a non-starter, the US scheme is likely to result in part of the coastal enclave remaining in the hands of Hamas, not usher in an era of peace.
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The UN Security Council has adopted the US initiative to establish an international stabilization force as well as the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.
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EU’s two civilian missions in Gaza focus on border assistance and supporting the PA’s policing and justice reforms.
“The demilitarization of Hamas is a basic condition of the peace agreement,” the Israeli envoy to the United Nations said. “There will be no future in Gaza as long as Hamas possesses weapons.”
“The vast majority of the Israeli public, between 75% and 80%, reject another Palestinian terror state, which this time would overlook Ben-Gurion Airport,” Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, told JNS.
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