A Washington Post report claims that in the next phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Gaza would be governed by neither party, with security handled by a U.S.-trained force backed by moderate Arab allies. However, a similar approach in 2005 under Bush failed—raising questions about lessons learned.
In the latest news from the Israel and Hamas war, a Washington Post article claims that Israel and Hamas have both agreed that in the second phase of the ceasefire deal, neither Hamas nor Israel would govern Gaza. Instead, security would be handled by a force trained by the United States and supported by moderate Arab allies. The US already tried this approach back in 2005 under the Bush Administration and it turned out to be a miserable failure. What, if any, lessons have we learned since then?
Watch today’s show as Joshua goes into all this and more.
Source Links:
https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/israel
https://www.jns.org/palestinian-authority-police-officers-engrossed-in-terror/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/10/us-israel-500-pound-bomb/
