(Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin - The Biden administration has not yet spelled out how it will rebuild Gaza without re-empowering Hamas. President Biden suggested the Palestinian Authority could oversee the effort. That's an obvious nonstarter: The authority does not control Gaza, and it's also more corrupt, less effective and less respected (by all sides) than ever before. Moreover, how can the international community invest billions in Gaza while it remains under the thumb of Hamas? If Hamas is left in power with war-fighting capacity, in the not-so-distant future it certainly will build more rockets, fire them indiscriminately and prompt a furious Israeli response that will destroy whatever was built. Hamas is a brutal terrorist regime that desires an endless war. If Hamas were motivated by concern for the Palestinian people, would it have launched rockets into Jerusalem, where eastern Jerusalem Arabs were as likely to be killed as Jewish residents?
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