It would have been nice if Biden hadn't made the whole thing up whole cloth. Both Israel and Gaza say they have seen nor agreed to any such plan. They don't seem to know what Biden was talking about with this new agreement.
It's not clear how much of a presence (if any) Hamas would still have in Gaza if the PA began to run the territory. Would Hamas still be able to fire rockets at Israel from Gaza? Would the PA be able and willing to prevent rocket firings, or else crack down on Hamas after they fired them?
If Biden's plan leads to a stable, secure, rocket-free Gaza run by the PA, that will be excellent. I fear it won't work, though. As tragic as it is to say, I fear the only way to prevent anything close to another October 7 is for Israel to keep fighting in Gaza until Hamas is utterly destroyed, even if all the remaining hostages and thousands more Gazan civilians perish. I hope Biden knows what he's doing.
It would have been nice if Biden hadn't made the whole thing up whole cloth. Both Israel and Gaza say they have seen nor agreed to any such plan. They don't seem to know what Biden was talking about with this new agreement.
It's not clear how much of a presence (if any) Hamas would still have in Gaza if the PA began to run the territory. Would Hamas still be able to fire rockets at Israel from Gaza? Would the PA be able and willing to prevent rocket firings, or else crack down on Hamas after they fired them?
If Biden's plan leads to a stable, secure, rocket-free Gaza run by the PA, that will be excellent. I fear it won't work, though. As tragic as it is to say, I fear the only way to prevent anything close to another October 7 is for Israel to keep fighting in Gaza until Hamas is utterly destroyed, even if all the remaining hostages and thousands more Gazan civilians perish. I hope Biden knows what he's doing.