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Will Qatar and Turkey Back Hamas on Trump's Board of Peace?
(New York Post) Jonathan Schanzer - President Trump's newly minted Board of Peace is designed to implement his peace plan for war-torn Gaza, as endorsed by the UN Security Council in November. According to Trump administration officials, the Board of Peace has not been conceived as a direct challenge to the UN. Rather, it should be seen as one of several multilateral entities that could help nudge a flailing UN in the right direction. The inclusion of Qatar and Turkey, both long-standing and continued patrons of Hamas, raises an uncomfortable question: Will they continue to back their terrorist client in Gaza, or will they work with the Trump administration to end Hamas rule in Gaza? Trump should demand that Qatar and Turkey banish Hamas from their territories and end all support, as a condition for their continued inclusion on the Board. The writer, a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Treasury Department, is executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.