Report: France, Saudi Arabia pushing plan to disarm Hamas
France and Saudi Arabia are pushing a new post-war Gaza plan aimed at disarming the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which has already affirmed that its weapons are a “red line.”
Informed sources told Western media outlets on Thursday that Paris and Riyadh were drafting a proposal to “disarm” the Palestinian resistance movement and “pave the way for its demobilization.”
Saudi officials had reportedly been in touch with Hamas as part of the new push, according to the report.
The anonymous sources further said, “allowing Hamas to retain a degree of political power would make it more likely to accept disarming.”
“The objective is to transform the group into a purely political entity that can still play some role in future Palestinian governance.”
While the resistance group has signaled a willingness to step down from governance, it has affirmed that its weapons are a “red line.”
Next month, a UN conference co-chaired by Paris and Riyadh will be held to resurrect the idea of the so-called two-state solution.
In March, Arab leaders endorsed an Egyptian-proposed post-war Gaza plan to reconstruct the devastated, besieged strip.
Egypt’s plan also takes a firm stance against US and Israeli-led efforts for the forced displacement and relocation of Gaza’s population to other countries.
The report coincides with a brutal new Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which aims to bring the entirety of Gaza under Israeli control.
The Israeli regime has rejected the prospect of Palestinian statehood and refuses the return of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech on Wednesday night that his condition for ending the war in Gaza is the implementation of the displacement plan, in line with a controversial initiative proposed by US President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Trump announced in early February that after the war is over, Washington aims to take over Gaza and expel its residents.
Trump also doubled down on his scheme to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians during his recent visit to some Arab states of the Persian Gulf region, insisting that the besieged strip be turned into a “freedom zone.”
Meanwhile, European states, closest allies of Israel and complicit in genocide, have strongly condemned the ongoing brutal offensive and Israel’s prevention of sufficient amounts of desperately needed humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Tel Aviv regime says its latest offensive aims to ensure the total “defeat” of Hamas and other resistance groups in Gaza, which it has failed to achieve after 19 months of brutal military campaign across the blockaded Palestinian territory.
Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip continues to claim the lives of Palestinian civilians every single day.
Nearly 110 Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza on Thursday.
Overall, some 16,500 Palestinian children have lost their lives in the brutal Israeli campaign so far.
With American support, the Israeli genocide has so far killed over 53,760 Palestinians and injured almost 122,200 others. Most of the victims have been women and children.
Authorities in Gaza said tens of thousands are missing or buried under mountains of rubble, many with “disintegrated bodies.”
