(Jerusalem Post) Yuval Barnea - Documents from the Prime Minister's Office were published online on Friday showing Israel's plan for returning Gaza to self-governance. The first step is planned to last 12 months and will focus on humanitarian aid. Israel will create safe areas free of Hamas control, starting in the north and slowly spreading south. A coalition of Arab countries will supervise humanitarian aid in the safe areas, while Gazan Palestinians will run the safe zones under the supervision of the Arab states. In the second stage, the Arab coalition will create a Gaza Rehabilitation Authority to oversee reconstruction efforts and manage Gaza's finances. The authority will be run by Gazan Palestinians and will take responsibility for managing the safe areas. This will be done in coordination with the implementation of a "Marshall Plan" and a deradicalization program. In the final stage, power would slowly be transferred to either a local Gaza government or a unified Palestinian government, contingent on the successful deradicalization and demilitarization of Gaza and subject to agreement by all parties. Israel would retain the right to act against "security threats." At the end of the final stage, the Palestinians would fully manage Gaza independently and join the Abraham Accords.
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