The Jerusalem Post June 1, 2025
Israel cannot be the only party planning for what comes after Hamas.
The international community must stop pretending Hamas can be part of the solution.

It must become part of the solution itself: by supporting measures that accelerate Hamas’s defeat, such as the movement of civilians out of Hamas’s grasp, not refusing to participate in a humanitarian plan that delivers aid directly to the people — Hamas has long exploited.

The hypocrisy must stop. The reality must be accepted: peace will never come while Hamas remains intact.

There is no future in which Gaza flourishes while Hamas remains in power.
There is no future in which Israelis or Palestinians are safe if October 7, hostage taking, lawfare, and human shielding are seen as a path to political leverage.

We would live in a very different world if the Allies had not pursued victory in 1945.
We will live in a dark and dangerous world if Hamas is allowed to claim one now.

Let it be clear — to Hamas and to the world — that they lost this war. Anything less guarantees a future of endless violence.