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The U.S. Plan to Disarm Hamas in Gaza
(Washington Post) David Ignatius - The U.S. plan to disarm Hamas begins with the missiles and heavy weapons that threaten Israel; then the AK-47s and other small arms that threaten Gazans. Both are essential, because a new Gaza requires a "monopoly on force" by the governing authority, as the Board of Peace argues. Hamas will also have to turn over maps of its underground tunnels and destroy its weapons-making facilities. Will a group whose very existence is about armed struggle really agree to neuter itself? The Trump team thinks it has a chance because Qatar and Turkey, two of Hamas's biggest backers, pressured Hamas to sign the deal. The premise of the plan is that Gaza isn't Israel's problem anymore, but Trump's and the international community's.