(Ynet News) Avi Issacharoff - Trump's plan is not a good deal for Hamas, not least because the organization is required to give up what makes it Hamas - its weapons. Its whole identity has been based on being the "resistance." But there is massive Arab pressure on Hamas to accept a deal. Its endorsement by Qatar and Turkey - countries whose dominant ideological current is the Muslim Brotherhood - leaves Hamas without any Arab backing against Israel - not even from their closest allies. This achievement has succeeded in cornering Hamas. If it says yes, Hamas will essentially no longer be Hamas. If it says no, it will be cast as the greatest obstacle to stopping the war in Gaza. The Hamas leaders in Gaza - Az al-Din Haddad and Raed Saad - are aware that Gaza faces enormous destruction and that hundreds of thousands more will lose their homes, but agreeing to the plan would mean surrender for them. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist focusing on Palestinian affairs, is one of the creators of the TV series "Fauda."
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