Hamas Can Survive Politically by Giving up Weapons and Armed Conflict, Peace Envoy Says
- Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for the President Donald Trump-led International Board, visited Jerusalem on Wednesday to advance the Gaza ceasefire deal agreed to more than seven months ago.
- The ceasefire, agreed to seven months ago, included disarmament as a key provision, but Hamas has not disarmed and remains in control of roughly half the Gaza strip.
- Mladenov said Hamas could have a role in post-war Gaza if they disarmed, stating, "We are not asking Hamas to disappear as a political movement," though these remarks conflict with Israel's aims to destroy the group.
- Israel has stepped up attacks in Gaza in recent days as negotiations stall, with many Palestinians fearing a return of full-scale war despite ongoing talks on gun buybacks and small arms control.
- Mladenov criticized Hamas for consolidating power in parts of Gaza to squeeze better negotiating terms, while reiterated that disarmament demands remain non-negotiable for the International Board.
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By Tal Shalev, CNN. A prolonged stalemate in Gaza risks entrenching the territory's permanent division, a senior international official overseeing the ceasefire warned, as Israel deepens its grip on the enclave. Nikolay Mladenov, the official tasked with implementing the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement, said that failure to move forward with the deal would lead to "a dangerous status quo" that would leave two million Palestinians in Gaza …
If the Palestinian movement Hamas were to give up its weapons, dismantle its military structures and cease fighting, it could remain a political party in the Gaza Strip, the senior representative of the Gaza Peace Council, Nickolay Mladenov, admitted.
Mladenov urges Hamas to disarm for Gaza’s future
Nickolay Mladenov, the senior diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, accused Hamas of obstructing the ceasefire agreement by refusing to surrender its weapons, a key condition outlined in the peace plan discussed on multiple occasions.
Top Gaza Negotiator Urges Hamas to Embrace Rebuilding Plan
The official leading negotiations with Hamas and Israel over the future of the Gaza Strip urged the militant group on Wednesday to focus less on consolidating its grip in the part of the war-ravaged enclave it still controls and more on embracing an international plan to rebuild Gaza. Hamas “is taxing people in the street who have nothing left to give,” said Nickolay Mladenov, a senior official of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which i…
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