(June 24, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
Panelists at the Jerusalem News Syndicate\u2019s International Policy Summit on Tuesday outlined various visions for Gaza\u2019s future post-Oct. 7, 2023, but were in broad agreement that the Hamas terrorist organization cannot remain in power.<\/p>\n
Hamas remains an extension of the Muslim Brotherhood and poses an ongoing threat to Israel, said Amir Avivi, founder of the Israel Defense and Security Forum. <\/p>\n
\u201cHamas must be eradicated in Gaza,\u201d said Avivi, speaking on the summit\u2019s final day at the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem. \u201cAn organization that committed a massacre as they did cannot exist.\u201d He warned that Hamas is rebuilding itself and that the Israel Defense Forces \u201chas prepared decisive plans to eradicate them.\u201d At some point Israeli forces will have to finish the job in Gaza by destroying Hamas, he said. Absolute victory on all fronts\u2014Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas\u2014”will enable a new era of peace agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cGaza: Next Steps\u201d panel was moderated by JNS Features Editor Steve Linde.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jason M. Olson, director of deradicalization for the Gaza Board of Peace, described plans for postwar governance and reconstruction in Gaza under the newly formed international body. He said the organization is focused on creating conditions for Hamas to disarm while rebuilding Gaza\u2019s economy and integrating it into the broader region. \u201cThe biggest challenge is Hamas and its refusal to disarm,\u201d he said, adding that years of terrorist rule have left Gaza isolated from the region and the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United States is right alongside our ally the State of Israel and we are going to complete this mission together,\u201d said Olson.<\/p>\n
Samer Sinijlawi, a Palestinian political activist advocating reform and coexistence, emphasized the need for Palestinian-led governance and gradual disarmament. He called for the immediate establishment of a national committee to assume control in Gaza and urged a broader focus on deradicalization, democratization and development alongside demilitarization.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisarmament of Hamas in Gaza will not be a one-day event, it\u2019s a process, and it needs to be done by Palestinian hands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also called for the full integration of Israel into the Middle East, calling the country an \u201cintegral part\u201d of the region and arguing that changing from conflict to partnership with Israel is in the national interests of the Palestinians. \u201cIt\u2019s a win-win situation for us and for the whole region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Palestinians must convince the Israelis that there is a partner for peace on the other side, said Sinijlawi. \u201cWe are now I believe in a post-Abbas and post-Hamas era. There is a young generation from the Palestinians that are mobilizing, and I\u2019m one of them, into a new political stream, new political party called New Path,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe need to show everybody that there is a new path that is not based on pressuring Israel using violence and trying to mobilize diplomatically the whole world. By persuading, by convincing, by talking to the Israelis, by creating channels, building bridges … we need reconciliation, we need to fix hearts, not only homes because the damage in the hearts is bigger.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(June 24, 2026 \/ JNS) Panelists at the Jerusalem News Syndicate\u2019s International Policy Summit on Tuesday outlined various…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-508629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508629","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=508629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}