"That appeared to be the role of the potentates in Egypt: to say that they blessed the union Trump had just solemnized, and that they would take unspecified steps to support it. This union will be especially fragile, given that the two parties at the altar would like to kill each other (a condition that I am told usually takes decades of Anglican matrimony)."
""It's not going to happen," a former Israeli intelligence official, who requested anonymity to speak freely, told me a week ago. Disarming Hamas is a task that only the Israeli military can handle, he said, because Israel alone knows the human terrain of Gaza. It has mapped out neighborhoods, knows which clan hates which, and is prepared to use that knowledge to dismantle the remaining elements of Hamas."
An October 13 summit in Sharm al-Sheikh produced a 20-point plan that secured the release of 20 remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, plus Israeli withdrawal assurances and an end to the war. Regional leaders signaled public support and pledged unspecified backing for implementation. Critical implementation tasks include disarming Hamas, deploying an international security force, and forming a technocratic Palestinian governing committee. Disarming Hamas is portrayed as primarily an Israeli military responsibility because of detailed local intelligence and clan knowledge. Practical obstacles and fragile political dynamics make successful execution unlikely.
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