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Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/gaza-israel-peace-hamas/684800/
Until Hamas Is Disarmed, Gaza Has No Future
(Atlantic) Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib - King Abdullah II of Jordan recently told BBC: "What is the mandate of security forces [to be posted] inside of Gaza? If it's peace-enforcing, nobody will want to touch that." He is surely correct that no Arab or Muslim country will want to place its soldiers between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces. Hamas regularly speaks of its unwillingness to disarm and has made clear that it wants to maintain its security dominion over Gaza. With each passing day, Hamas further re-entrenches its control. The group is collecting unexploded munitions in order to rearm. If Israel becomes convinced that Gaza is headed back to the situation that prevailed on Oct. 7, then no amount of U.S. pressure will prevent Israel from acting unilaterally. Even President Trump has signaled that his commitment to the war's end is contingent on Hamas disarming. A credible political process cannot be established without first sidelining Hamas's munitions and armaments. But if an international stabilization force is a political mirage that has no realistic chance of working as envisioned in Trump's plan, then who could possibly take on what remains of Hamas to disarm it and decommission its extensive tunnel network? The writer, a Gaza native, is a resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council.