Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...is reportedly moving toward dissolving its Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
governing body to make way for a committee of Paleostinian technocrats meant to govern the Strip in the postwar transition from its rule, the Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported Sunday.
Two sources in the group told the paper that Hamas’s move would be meant to usher in the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), which has not yet entered the Strip amid Hamas’s refusal to disarm.
One of the sources claimed the dissolution will be announced on Monday.
Last week, NCAG said its members held a series of "highly productive" meetings in Cyprus to prepare for the next phase of its efforts to alleviate the suffering of Paleostinians in Gaza.
On Saturday, Kan news reported that Hamas decided to stall for time in negotiations for its disarmament and for the implementation of US President Donald Trump
...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
’s plan for postwar Gaza, assessing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing the same due to the upcoming Knesset election.
The outlet cited an internal document discussed in the past few days by the group. It said Hamas believes Netanyahu views any concession on Gaza as political suicide, and that he is intentionally stalling in the indirect negotiations, which haven’t made meaningful progress in months. The terror group has therefore decided to do the same, it said, and see what the next government brings.
Israel must hold elections by the end of Ocotber.
Last month, diplomats from each of the Middle Eastern mediating countries — Egypt, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
member, but not the most reliable...
— told The Times of Israel that Hamas has sought to drag out negotiations on the issue of disarmament. They also argued that Israel’s refusal to adhere to the terms of the first phase of the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire has posed a major obstacle as well.
Alongside the strikes across Gaza targeting terrorists, the Israel Defense Forces has slowly been pushing out the boundaries of the area inside the enclave still under its control, saying it now controls at least 60 percent of the Strip, rather than the roughly 53% it held following its pullback on the first day of the truce. Netanyahu said last month he had ordered the military to retake additional territory, amounting to 70% of the enclave.
In the areas not controlled by Israel, Hamas remains in place as the enclave’s de facto government.
Under Trump’s plan, Israel will only fully withdraw upon final verification that the terror groups in the Strip have disarmed.
Although battered by war, Hamas is reported to be maintaining its control over the Strip by executing its opponents and those it views as posing a threat to its rule.
Israel launched the war in Gaza following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people and took another 251 hostages..
| UPDATE from the Times of Israel at 11:00 a.m. EDT: |
While move marks political shift, Israeli official downplays it as ‘spin’ and ‘stalling’ as civil servants set to keep their jobs; Hamas has so far refused to disarm
The Hamas government in Gaza on Monday announced the resignation of the so-called “Emergency Committee” — the Hamas-led administration that governs the Strip — in preparation for the transfer of authority to the technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.
The Hamas government said in its announcement that all civil servants will continue providing services as usual, describing them as “public employees who are ready to work under the responsibility of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).” Hamas also said it has completed all the administrative steps necessary to transfer authority.
“The head of the government’s emergency committee Mohammed al-Farra has officially submitted his resignation,” Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Hamas’s government media office, told AFP.
The NCAG, headed by Palestinian technocrat Ali Shaath, was created by the Board of Peace that US President Donald Trump established when he brokered the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in October 2025.
The move appears intended to demonstrate that the terror group is willing to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to the technocrats, in line with Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, despite its foot-dragging on the requirement for it to disarm.
It also appears to mark a significant political shift by Hamas, which has run Gaza since it violently seized control from rival Palestinian movement Fatah in 2007.
The Board of Peace said it would assess developments in Gaza “by actions, not promises,” after the announcement.
The Board has “taken note” of Hamas’s announcement, it said in a statement on X, adding that, “ultimately, our assessment will be guided by actions, not promises, to meet the critical needs of the people of Gaza.”
The Board said it looks forward to advancing “the implementation mechanisms necessary to enable the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza to assume full governing authority,” stressing that this will require “the consolidation of all weapons under the control of the NCAG as provided for in the Comprehensive Gaza Peace Plan and United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803.”
“A genuine transfer of authority must enable the NCAG to exercise its mandate independently, including taking the administrative and governance decisions entrusted to it,” the Board said.
An Israeli official appeared to downplay the significance of the move, calling it “spin without any meaning.”
“Hamas fears that [mediators] will declare them to be violating the agreement, and therefore it is stalling and engaging in spin,” the official told the Kan public broadcaster.
“Hamas has taken a new step in that it will no longer be in charge of the Gaza Strip, in order to remove any pretexts for the occupation, which continues its aggression and war of extermination,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told AFP.
“We hope for the swift entry of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, and Hamas affirms its readiness to hand over governmental responsibilities to the committee to ensure its success.”
A Hamas official earlier told AFP that the group had already informed other Palestinian factions about its decision at a recent meeting in Cairo.
“The factions welcomed Hamas’s decision, describing it as a serious step towards enabling the National Committee to take up its governing role,” the official said.
The NCAG has remained based outside Gaza for months, reportedly due to Israeli objections to its entry into the war-devastated territory.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions have held several rounds of talks in Cairo with mediators to narrow differences, particularly over the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire. The first phase involved the release of the last Israeli hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians security prisoners held by Israel.
The transition to the second phase, which was to involve Hamas’s disarmament and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, has been stalled for months. Under Trump’s plan, Israel will only fully withdraw upon final verification that the terror groups in the Strip have disarmed.
Meanwhile, Hamas is demanding the establishment of a Palestinian administration before it will consider handing over any part of its arsenal.
The question of Gaza’s post-war governance remains one of the main sticking points in negotiations on implementing phase two. Israel rejects any return of Hamas to power, but also rejects a direct takeover by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, which it accuses of supporting terrorism.