What the Gaza Roadmap Actually Says Everything then turns on a question the announcement left unanswered: Has Hamas agreed to surrender the power and weaponry that have defined it for decades, or only to change the label on them? [T]he same clause in the roadmap names the custodian: the new Palestinian NCAG [National Committee for the Administration of Gaza], and "no weapons shall be transferred or handed to Israel or non-Palestinian parties." When the sequence ends, NCAG alone – the Palestinian one – will be permitted to hold and control arms in the Gaza Strip. Certifying the demilitarization of a territory holding 27,000 trained and heavily armed Hamas terrorists is not a mission for a company-sized pilot project. Related Topics: Israel Recent Articles by Pierre Rehov Trump Igniting Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East, 2026-07-24The United Nations Has Run Out of Alibis, 2026-07-21After Khamenei, Nothing Has Changed - But It Might, 2026-07-12Washington Handed Iran the Paper and Kept the War, 2026-07-01Trump's Iran 'Deal', 2026-06-21 receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free gatestone institute mailing list en 8 Reader Comments Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply-> Reply->