In Leonard Wibberley’s 1955 novel The Mouse That Roared, the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the United States, intending to lose quickly and collect Marshall Plan-style reconstruction aid. The multi-national structure raises the political cost of Israeli self-defense while lowering the cost of the next Hamas round. Endnotes[1] Leonard Wibberley, The Mouse That Roared (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1955). [5] On the roadmap: The National, “Read Gaza Board of Peace’s Hamas Disarmament Plan in Full,” July 31, 2026; Al Jazeera, “Gaza Board of Peace Announces Hamas Disarmament Agreement: What We Know,” July 31, 2026. [7] The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), 18 August 1988 (preamble, quoting Hassan al-Banna; Articles 11 and 13).