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by Khaled Abu Toameh • December 4, 2025 at 5:00 am
* In the eyes of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, the plan is nothing but another temporary ceasefire, not different than previous ones reached between Israel and Hamas over the past two decades.
* Those who think that Hamas, by agreeing to Trump's "peace plan," has abandoned its desire to eliminate Israel or has softened its position toward Israel are unfortunately dead wrong.
* Hamas leaders have stressed their opposition to the involvement of any non-Palestinians in the future administration of the Gaza Strip.
* Hamas has also made it clear that the role ([link removed]) of any international troops should be limited to monitoring the ceasefire and safeguarding the borders of the Gaza Strip, not to disarming the terror groups and their military infrastructure.
* Hamas's remarks are a not-so-veiled threat that they intend to launch terrorist attacks against members of any international force that tries to disarm the terror groups in the Gaza Strip.
* That is doubtless the major reason most Arabs and Muslims appear reluctant to dispatch soldiers to the Gaza Strip: they do not want a direct confrontation with Hamas and the other terror groups operating there.
* To understand the mindset and intentions of Hamas, it is crucial that one pay attention to what the terror group says in Arabic, not what some of its leaders tell US envoys in meetings behind closed doors.
* Regrettably, there can be no peace, security, or stability in the area if Hamas and its allies are left standing on their feet and preparing for more massacres against Israel.

In the eyes of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, President Donald Trump's plan is nothing but another temporary ceasefire, not different than previous ones reached between Israel and Hamas over the past two decades. Pictured: Masked terrorists from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on December 3, 2025. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald J. Trump's plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip is not a "peace plan." In the eyes of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, the plan is nothing but another temporary ceasefire, not different than previous ones reached between Israel and Hamas over the past two decades.

It is a mistake even to call it a "peace plan": Hamas has not yet abandoned its stated goal of destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist state.

Hamas, moreover, has never -- to this day -- recognized Israel's right to exist. Instead, Hamas continues to hold onto the idea that:

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