The world is on the cusp of making the same mistake with Hamas that it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. Still, there is progress to be made if the involved parties pay attention.
Gaza
While an Israeli military probe detailed major failures behind the Oct. 7 catastrophe, former military officers warn that deeper problems remain.
Protest outside Israeli Cabinet meeting calls on Netanyahu to reject ‘pathway’ to ‘Palestine’.
Azerbaijan becomes the latest to rule out sending soldiers into the Strip.
As the IDF clarifies its policy on returning bodies of terrorists to Gaza, a former top Shin Bet official analyzes the terror group’s post-war strategy.
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.
The UN Security Council has adopted the US initiative to establish an international stabilization force as well as the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.
Something just happened in New York that would have been considered utterly unthinkable just a few months ago.
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.”
