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Source: https://www.jns.org/will-israel-be-able-to-screen-future-gazan-police-officers/
The Hazards of Creating a New Palestinian Police Force in Gaza
(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - U.S. Central Command head Maj.-Gen. Jasper Jeffers, commander of the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, said there are plans to train 12,000 Palestinian police officers tasked with maintaining internal order. Former Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat views the creation of an armed Palestinian police force in Gaza with deep suspicion, saying the nature of Gazan society after nearly two decades of Hamas rule makes the idea of a trustworthy police force nearly impossible. "There is no way to ensure that problematic people, from an Israeli perspective, will not serve in this body," he said. "Even if there were an ability to filter people during recruitment, it cannot be guaranteed they will not transfer their loyalty to Hamas or other hostile elements immediately after they begin to serve. There are very high support rates for Hamas in Gaza, as well as relatively high support for the Oct. 7 attack. More than half of the population was born into Hamas rule, educated in Hamas institutions, prayed in Hamas mosques and consumed Hamas media."