|
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:
The ZOA is concerned about Special Envoy Steven Witkoff’s announcement last Wednesday that the U.S. is launching “Phase 2” of President Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Plan – despite the fact that Muslim terrorist group Hamas has refused to meet the plan’s Phase One requirements to return every hostage and to disarm. Failing to insist on the preconditions of disarmament and returning every hostage signals U.S. weakness and emboldens Hamas and other anti-Israel and anti-American interests.
ZOA is also concerned by the announcement that the Phase 2 launch “establishes a transitional technocratic Palestinian administration in Gaza, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG)”; and that this weekend, President Trump appointed a “Gaza Executive Board” that includes enemies of Israel, and will be led by a so-called Palestinian “technocrat,” Ali Sha’ath.
The term “technocrat” has repeatedly been used to whitewash terrorists and officials committed to Israel’s destruction. Ali Sha’ath – appointed to head the Gazan administration – is a Palestinian Authority official, whose family is tied to PA dictator Mahmoud Abbas. In an interview following his appointment this weekend, Sha’ath never indicated any plan to reeducate the Gazan population to live in peace with Israel, and never indicated any intention of disarming Hamas. Instead, Sha’ath called Israel “the occupation”; accused “the occupation” of destroying Gaza’s hospitals; never mentioned that Hamas made Gazan hospitals into their headquarters and command centers; said nothing negative about Hamas; said that they would be “connecting” Gaza to the Palestinian Authority (which would cut Israel in half); said that “Palestine” lives within him; and said that the NCAG would be relying on an “Egyptian Arab Islamic plan.”
Sha’ath also said that NCAG plans to place 200,000 prefabricated homes in specific locations in Gaza. Just like illegal PA building in Judea and Samaria is designed to encircle and seize Israeli lands, we suspect that the Gazan building units will be placed in locations that most endanger Israel, especially since the Gazan plan is based on an “Egyptian Arab Islamic plan.”
Another serious danger is Egypt’s and the EU’s training of thousands of Palestinian “police” troops for Gaza. Palestinian Authority (PA) police are notorious for using their training and weapons to commit deadly terror attacks against innocent Jewish Israelis. PA “police” and “security” officers serve dual roles as terror commanders; and receive extra pay incentives and are glorified for attacking and killing Jews, etc. (See, e.g., “Terrorists in Uniform: A Study of Palestinian Authority Security Forces’ terror involvement,” Palestinian Media Watch Report, July 2025.)
| 
