As President Trump continues to brag about bringing peace to Israel/Gaza…
…hamas continues to be what hamas was, is and always will be.
The latest article I’ve seen on this, written by someone writing for pjmedia.com and identifying as “streiff”, is an excellent compendium of the 20 point peace plan and how Gaza is not only ignoring every facet of it, but capitalizing on the opportunities it provides to reconsolidate and strengthen its war machine.
Here are a few key excerpts (but I urge you to use the link and read it all):
The Gaza Peace Plan is not even a week old, and already Hamas is reneging on virtually all parts of the deal hammered out with Washington and Jerusalem. In an interview with Reuters, Hamas politburo member Mohammed Nazzal made it clear that Hamas will not disarm, that it intends to control “security” in Gaza, and that Hamas agreed to a three-to-five-year ceasefire, not a permanent settlement. In his view, what happens after this short ceasefire depends “on Palestinians being given ‘horizons and hope for statehood.'” He also defended the ongoing mass executions of civilians in Gaza, saying, “There were always ‘exceptional measures’ during war, and those executed were criminals guilty of killing.” Not to put too fine a point on it, Nazzal gave his interview from Doha, Qatar.
None of this should be a shock to anyone. After years of Hamas occupation, there is no civil society left in Gaza, so the idea of self-governance and elections is a joke. Any members of a potential opposition party are now lying face down in the dirt with a 7.62x39mm bullet in their heads. It should also surprise no one that Hamas lied through its teeth to get the pressure off. They will reconsolidate, rearm, and come back again. Unless outside military forces control the food supply, Hamas will quickly gain control of it, and with the food, the people.
I hope there is a plan to force Hamas to keep its word, but it is difficult to see how this deal, as it is shaping up, provides either security for Israel or relief for the people of Gaza.
Bottom line: you cannot make a “deal” with murderous terrorist lunatics. Period.
This is what Israel deals with every day…as do the people of Gaza, who either are in sympathy with hamas or (understandably) too scared to say/act otherwise.
It would be nice if more of the international community would recognize this obvious, in-their-faces-reality. But it’s much easier to just attack Israel, and to pretend that doing so is their act of moral righteousness, not their moral cowardice.
They are pathetic.
