Tikvah
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October 9, 2026

Hamas Has Never Been an Honest Broker. The Board of Peace Should Not Start Trusting It

The terrorists will say anything to hold on to their weapons.

Three years ago, Hamas terrorists enthusiastically broadcast their atrocities, at the directive of their leadership. Within hours, they began to deny the details of those atrocities. Andrew Roberts observes that Hamas has spoken out of both sides of its mouth ever since: denying its crimes while promising to continue them. For this reason, he argues, no assurances of future good behavior should be the basis of Israeli decision making, or anyone else’s.

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