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Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that he is “committed” to Donald Trump’s plan to take over and develop the Gaza Strip, amid uncertainty over whether Israel will send a delegation to Qatar to discuss the second stage of the fragile ceasefire in the war with Hamas.
In a statement on Monday, the Israeli prime minister said: “Just as I have committed to, on the day after the war in Gaza, there will be neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority. I am committed to US president Trump’s plan for the creation of a different Gaza.”
The remarks come after a report by Sky News Arabia on Sunday night that Hamas was prepared to hand over control of Gaza to its West Bank-based rival, the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority (PA), following pressure from mediator Egypt.
Netanyahu’s embrace of Trump’s “resortification” of Gaza is corporate colonialism draped in security theater. Ethnic cleansing rebranded as “voluntary departure” doesn’t fool anyone with a map—relocating millions into Jordanian deserts or Egyptian austerity is a logistical fantasy. The PA’s sudden relevance after years of sidelining proves this is less about governance and more about erasing Palestinian agency.
Meanwhile, the “fragile ceasefire” is humanitarian theater. Israel’s northern buffer zones and Hezbollah’s posturing are just geopolitical chessboard moves, while Netanyahu clings to power like a corruption-adjacent barnacle. Protests demanding hostages’ return? Performative outrage in a democracy that’s become a coalition of survivalists.
The Arab League’s scramble for alternatives reeks of desperation. The EU’s reconstruction pledges? Gasoline on a burning house. Everyone’s invested in the spectacle except the people actually living in rubble.