United Arab Emirates ready to manage Gaza Strip after war, rebuild it without radical Islam – report

Peloni:  This is very troubling.  The offshoring of responsibility of Gaza will forever make it impossible for Israel to independently respond to whatever comes next without gaining the consent of foreign powers.

UAE is seen as regional leader in the fight against radical Islam and Jihadism

Palestinians amid destruction in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, on June 8, 2024. Photo by Khaled Ali/Flash90

The United Arab Emirates and Israel agreed that the Gulf emirate would take over the management of the Gaza Strip after the war, according to a report by Israel Hayom.

The question of who will govern and rebuild the devastated enclave has once again received much attention in the wake of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

On Wednesday, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office denied reports that Israel had agreed for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to run the Rafah border crossing.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently opposed calls to return control over Gaza to the PA, while Israeli and U.S. officials repeatedly floated the idea of regional powers, particularly the UAE, to take over temporary control.

According to the Israel Hayom report on Thursday, the UAE has agreed in principle to govern the area but insists it would only do so following an “invitation” by the Palestinians, and not following an Israeli initiative.

This is notably similar to what Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer said on the Knesset stage on Wednesday when he stressed that any initiative for the governance of Gaza seen as coming on behalf of Israel would be “dead on arrival.”

He added that Israel is “working on it and I am a partner in this work regarding the day after in Gaza.”

“Because this is an Israeli plan, we need to harness both the United States and the forces in the region, and I am very optimistic that it will be possible to reach management in Gaza ‘the day after’ exactly according to the framework established by the Prime Minister. We will talk less and do more,” Dermer said.

In addition to providing governance, and probably security, the UAE is reportedly willing to rebuild Gazan society in such a way that it won’t pose a threat to Israel again.

The Emirates is seen as a regional leader in the fight against radical Islam and Jihadism, and has in recent years overhauled its education system to remove Islamist, anti-Israel, and antisemitic content. This could provide a model for a reeducation of Gazan society.

The UAE is already deeply involved in the Gaza Strip, operating hospitals and a desalination plant there. Media reports also suggested that the Emirates have already shown a willingness to take part in an Arab security force in Gaza, together with partners like Egypt.

While it principally advocates the establishment of a Palestinian state, the UAE has repeatedly and publicly excoriated the Palestinian Authority for its corruption and demanded it should be reformed.

Also Thursday, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi said that Hamas as an idea would have to be countered with an alternative idea among Gazan society. This idea, al-Safadi told Sky News Arabic, should be a peace that would guarantee both the rights of the Palestinians as well as the security of Israel.

Al-Safadi added that this should be achieved through a political process and said security could only be created when a Palestinian government controlled Judea, Samaria, and Gaza with a full monopoly of force, meaning the dismantling of all terror groups.

January 23, 2025 | 6 Comments »

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  1. Do NOT bet on it unless UAE people are willing to find and kill their Hamas enemies. Assassin is Arabic and they knowexactly whom to kill enough of to frighten a government away as Mr Reagan’s marines all u/s.

  2. From A German War Primer by Bertolt Brecht
    AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED
    It is considered low to talk about food.
    The fact is: they have
    Already eaten.

    The lowly must leave this earth
    Without having tasted
    Any good meat.

    For wondering where they come from and
    Where they are going
    The fine evenings find them
    Too exhausted.

    They have not yet seen
    The mountains and the great sea
    When their time is already up.

    If the lowly do not
    Think about what’s low
    They will never rise.

    THE BREAD OF THE HUNGRY HAS
    ALL BEEN EATEN
    Meat has become unknown. Useless
    The pouring out of the people’s sweat.
    The laurel groves have been
    Lopped down.
    From the chimneys of the arms factories
    Rises smoke.

    THE HOUSE-PAINTER SPEAKS OF
    GREAT TIMES TO COME
    The forests still grow.
    The fields still bear
    The cities still stand.
    The people still breathe.

    ON THE CALENDAR THE DAY IS NOT
    YET SHOWN
    Every month, every day
    Lies open still. One of those days
    Is going to be marked with a cross.

    THE WORKERS CRY OUT FOR BREAD
    The merchants cry out for markets.
    The unemployed were hungry. The employed
    Are hungry now.
    The hands that lay folded are busy again.
    They are making shells.

    THOSE WHO TAKE THE MEAT FROM THE TABLE
    Teach contentment.
    Those for whom the contribution is destined
    Demand sacrifice.
    Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry
    Of wonderful times to come.
    Those who lead the country into the abyss
    Call ruling too difficult
    For ordinary men.

    WHEN THE LEADERS SPEAK OF PEACE
    The common folk know
    That war is coming.
    When the leaders curse war
    The mobilization order is already written out.

    THOSE AT THE TOP SAY: PEACE
    AND WAR
    Are of different substance.
    But their peace and their war
    Are like wind and storm.

    War grows from their peace
    Like son from his mother
    He bears
    Her frightful features.

    Their war kills
    Whatever their peace
    Has left over.

    ON THE WALL WAS CHALKED:
    They want war.
    The man who wrote it
    Has already fallen.

    THOSE AT THE TOP SAY:
    This way to glory.
    Those down below say:
    This way to the grave.

    THE WAR WHICH IS COMING
    Is not the first one. There were
    Other wars before it.
    When the last one came to an end
    There were conquerors and conquered.
    Among the conquered the common people
    Starved. Among the conquerors
    The common people starved too.

    THOSE AT THE TOP SAY COMRADESHIP
    Reigns in the army.
    The truth of this is seen
    In the cookhouse.
    In their hearts should be
    The selfsame courage. But
    On their plates
    Are two kinds of rations.

    WHEN IT COMES TO MARCHING MANY DO NOT
    KNOW
    That their enemy is marching at their head.
    The voice which gives them their orders
    Is their enemy’s voice and
    The man who speaks of the enemy
    Is the enemy himself.

    IT IS NIGHT
    The married couples
    Lie in their beds. The young women
    Will bear orphans.

    GENERAL, YOUR TANK IS A POWERFUL VEHICLE
    It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
    But it has one defect:
    It needs a driver.

    General, your bomber is powerful.
    It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
    But it has one defect:
    It needs a mechanic.

    General, man is very useful.
    He can fly and he can kill.
    But he has one defect:
    He can think.

    Bertolt Brecht. 1937

    – I am not refminded of Trump but to the invisible actors behind the scenes of all visible parties.

  3. @Laura No, I’m not sure. I’m starting to wonder whether there’s any point in voting.If I could vote in Israeli elections, I’d vote Otzma Yehudit knowing it would just be a protest vote. Maybe I should write in one of the feral cats I used to care for (I’m a childless cat man like Curtis Sliwa, the last Republican candidate for mayor of New York City. the women tend to be childless dog women I’ve observed 😀 ). I have done that in the past. Trump has muzzled the most pro-Israel people in the Republican party by appointing them to his cabinet and then gone behind their backs before they were confirmed. As with the Israeli Politicians who caved, one has to wonder, was he threatened, blackmailed? Why the sudden about face? As did Tulsi Gabbard, already.

  4. Another sign of the direction of Trump’s new Mideast policy. The pro-Israel members of Trump’s cabinet are just window dressing. He’s not giving them any power in Mideast policy. Instead Witkoff and his daughter’s father-in-law are being given the power to negotiate. Forcing Israel to pull out of Gaza and Lebanon before the missions are complete only ensure Israel will be at war again at some point. Wars should end when the enemy is defeated, not before. Are you guys convinced yet that Trump is backstabbing Israel?

    Trump Tells Israel To Pull Out Of Southern Lebanon By Sunday – @IsraelVideos https://www.israelunwired.com/trump-tells-israel-to-pull-out-of-southern-lebanon-by-sunday/