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Thu 06 Nov 2025 3:32 pm - Jerusalem Time

Israeli concern: The ongoing arrangements for Gaza will allow Hamas to reap the benefits, and we will pay a heavy price for it.

Despite the American promotional momentum surrounding post-war arrangements in Gaza, including the formation of a technocratic government and the deployment of an international Arab force on the borders, and replacing Hamas elements with Palestinian police officers, the prevailing conviction within "Israel" is that no one will be able to dismantle what is known as the "terrifying tunnel city" in the sector.

Israeli orientalist Haim Golovnitzitz, an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs, stated that "there is no doubt about the sincerity of the United States' intentions and the commitment of its president Donald Trump to resolve the Gaza issue, although global American commercial considerations also play a role in this. However, the draft presented by the United States to the Security Council resembles a pyramid scheme, where each party involved is only following illusions."

He explained in an article published by "Yedioth Ahronoth," translated by "Arabi21," that "the details in the American proposal grant Washington and its allies a broad mandate to manage Gaza, through the establishment of an enforcement force operating under the supervision of a peace council, tasked with securing the borders between the occupation and Egypt, training a new Palestinian police force, disarming Hamas, destroying its infrastructure, and preventing its reconstruction, alongside supporting a non-political technocratic committee in Gaza, which will later transfer its powers to the Palestinian Authority after completing the required reforms for implementation."

He noted that "the American plan is well-prepared according to the best traditions, but it lacks realistic feasibility. Trump's plan, which replaced the Egyptian-Saudi initiative, spoke of introducing international and Arab forces to manage the sector and maintain peace, yet the new draft shows the adoption of the Arab-Palestinian position as crystallized during the recent coordination meetings in Cairo and Ankara, which concluded with a unified stance against the entry of any foreign force, even if it is Arab, into the sector, limiting the external presence to maintaining security at the borders only."

He pointed out that "the expected Arab force, which will include participants from Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, and Turkey, confirmed that its soldiers will not confront Hamas with force, nor will they work to neutralize its tunnels or disarm it, and a 'deceptive' agreement may be reached assuming that the movement hands over its heavy weapons to its brothers."

He added that "the foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries revealed at the Istanbul conference the clear truth, which is that no one intends to confront Hamas; rather, the opposite is true; the vast majority seeks to maintain it as a military force, using the Palestinian Authority as a temporary facade, while Hamas continues to manage the scene from behind the scenes."

He emphasized that "the supposed non-political technocratic conference is a continuation of the Trumpian deception, as Hamas officials presented the mediators with a list of 45 non-political candidates on its behalf, and they quickly supported the nomination of Amjad Al-Shawa from Gaza, presenting him as a neutral figure, despite being known for his closeness to the movement and his prominent role in the starvation campaign it organized against the occupation."

He added that "Hamas still controls 50 percent of the sector, except for limited pockets, and it will ultimately determine who manages the sector militarily and civilly.

Although Americans are known for their meticulous planning and operational details, they lack an understanding of the general Arab and Palestinian mood, as recent opinion polls show that 70 percent of the residents of Gaza and the West Bank oppose disarming the resistance at any cost and reject any foreign control over Gaza, including Arab control.

He saw that "the most likely scenario is to hold a technocratic conference in the name of Hamas, with the internationalization of the issue in the Security Council, and the deployment of an Arab force only on the Israeli-Egyptian borders, while Palestinian police officers, most of whom are supporters of Hamas, replace the movement's elements, without dismantling the tunnels or removing the weapons, with continued Gulf financial support for these arrangements.

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Israeli concern: The ongoing arrangements for Gaza will allow Hamas to reap the benefits, and we will pay a heavy price for it.

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