On Thursday’s broadcast of C- SPAN’s” Washington Journal”, Rep. Ami Bera ( D- CA ) stated that as long as the military wing of Hamas exists, there wo n’t be a ceasefire and the Palestinian people wo n’t have a future.
Bera said Hamas is” not a single object. There’s a social flap of Hamas, which we’re negotiating with, that I really think would take a peace, and then there’s the defense flap of Hamas, which is led by Sinwar, who has no desire to take a peace. Therefore, you ca n’t reach a ceasefire without the military wing ratifying it. We do have to — lengthy- name, you’re both going to have a regular position of war in the Middle East, or you’ll have an autonomous Palestinian state. We’ve got to find new administration for who leads the Palestinians. That’s definitely with a modified Palestinian Authority. But, afterwards, none of this is going to be easy. And that’s why we continue to work with the Egyptian state constantly in an effort to achieve a peace, release the captives, and prevent a humanitarian crises.
Eventually he added, “]T] here is no potential for the Arab people as long as Hamas is governing, and as long as there’s a military aircraft of Hamas. … I do n’t think the military wing of Hamas is ever going to surrender. So, Israel does n’t have a choice other than to go after the military wing of Hamas”.
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