Hamas leaders inside and outside the Gaza Strip are reviewing options for the group\u2019s future, including a proposal that would end its armed activity and shift it into a political framework, according to a report in the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. The report cites unnamed Hamas sources who say the idea would dissolve the group\u2019s military wing and recast Hamas as a political organization \u201ccapable of taking part in political, economic, social and general public life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The proposal also includes joining the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. According to the source, entry into the PLO could allow Hamas to become \u201can important political actor\u201d alongside other Palestinian factions and reopen political processes in the territories.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The source said the group\u2019s leadership is aware of declining public support after two years of war and heavy Palestinian\u00a0casualties and\u00a0argued that becoming a political party could secure Hamas\u2019s \u201csurvival away from its weapons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The discussions reportedly follow previous conversations with Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and the matter has also been raised indirectly with the United States. However, the source emphasized that any decision to disarm would occur only \u201cthrough a Palestinian national agreement,\u201d ruling out Israeli or UN involvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the United Nations adopted a US-sponsored resolution creating an International Stabilization Force\u00a0(ISF)\u00a0for Gaza, part of President Donald Trump\u2019s 20-point plan. The force could\u00a0participate\u00a0in demilitarization efforts. The Hamas source warned that the group would not accept attempts by the ISF to \u201cimpose itself by force to disarm,\u201d saying this could lead to \u201can undesirable and dangerous state of chaos.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the report, the proposal to\u00a0eliminate\u00a0Hamas\u2019s armed wing and shift to political activity has been\u00a0submitted\u00a0to the group\u2019s\u00a0politburo, the Shura Council, and other internal bodies.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hamas leaders inside and outside the Gaza Strip are reviewing options for the group\u2019s future, including a proposal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-153631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}