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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22004/disarming-hamas
Hamas Clearly Does Not Want to Lay Down Its Weapons
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Hamas officials have repeatedly emphasized that they have no intention of laying down their weapons. Hamas sees Trump's plan as another temporary ceasefire with Israel that will allow it to rearm and regroup. Hamas does not believe in any peace process with Israel. Its primary goal is to kill as many Jews as possible and destroy Israel. Anyone who believes that Hamas will voluntarily give up its weapons is living in a dream world. For the terror group, this would be tantamount to suicide. And anyone who believes that Qatar and Turkey will force Hamas to dismantle its military infrastructure is also living in fantasy land. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.