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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22299/hamas-beneficiary-billions-of-dollars
Hamas Will Become the Biggest Beneficiary of the Billions to Be Invested in Gaza
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - The Palestinian National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), established in accordance with President Trump's plan to end the Israel-Hamas war, is expected to start operating in Gaza even though Hamas continues to control nearly half of it, with more than 90% of the population still under its jurisdiction. Although Hamas has expressed its willingness to hand over its government institutions to NCAG, there are indications that Hamas seeks to control the new committee. NCAG is already under pressure to incorporate thousands of Hamas terrorists into a newly established Palestinian police force in Gaza. In addition, Hamas is seeking to ensure that its civil servants be placed on the NCAG payroll. Sources close to NCAG revealed that Hamas "continues to insist that its security personnel remain in service within the agencies that will operate under the committee's leadership," Asharq Al-Awsat reported. "There is a prevailing sense within the committee and other parties that Hamas is determined, by all means, to keep its members within the new administrative framework overseeing Gaza." Such reports prove that Hamas is lying when it says that it is ready to hand over its governing power to NCAG. Hamas's actions on the ground are in violation of Trump's plan, which states: "Hamas and other factions agree to not have any role in the governance of Gaza, directly, indirectly, or in any form." We are currently witnessing direct and indirect efforts by Hamas to continue governing in Gaza. Anyone who believes that NCAG will be able to operate as an independent governing body is abysmally uninformed.