It doesn't look as if the Gaza plans will get off the drawing board

 Sent to the Boston Globe December 14, 2025

To the editor:

Reading the article "Can Gaza plans get off drawing board?" (Sunday, December 14), I couldn't help notice the fatal contradiction between the fact that Hamas, the leader of the barbaric October 7 slaughter and architect of the strategy which ensured the destruction of most of Gaza, have made clear it will never voluntarily disarm and the unwillingness of outside forces to confront and disarm Hamas.

Obviously, without the disarmament of Hamas, including the destruction of its terror infrastructure, including its still extensive complex of terror tunnels and its weapons and rocket arsenal, the well-meaning Trump plan will merely amount to a break before the next wave of Hamas terror attacks and the next Gaza war, with any reconstruction of Gaza again destroyed.

And the self-imposed misery of the Palestinian Arabs, most of whom still support Hamas and its genocidal agenda, will continue.

Sincerely,

Alan Stein

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