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July 8, 2026

Hamas Has No Intention of Relinquishing Power

The latest declaration is a familiar ruse.

On Monday, Hamas officials announced that they are dissolving their government in the Gaza Strip and handing civil control to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza—the so-called “technocratic” government sponsored by the U.S.-backed Board of Peace. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib explains that this is nothing more than a “ruse,” as the jihadist group

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