Chronicle poll results: Gaza after the war
We asked our readers who should control Gaza after the war. Here's what they said.
Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an electronic poll the following question: “Who should control Gaza after the war?” Of the 287 people who responded, 28% said moderate Arab countries; 25% said Israel; 16% said the Palestinian Authority; 7% said the United States; 0.3% said Hamas; 9% said someone else; and 15% said they didn’t know. Comments were submitted by 66 people. A few follow.
Hamas must be neutralized. The Palestinian Authority should control Gaza to help move toward a two-state solution and peace, with an international peacekeeping force in place.
It doesn’t matter who is in charge. Until the culture of hatred changes, the risk of a new terror attack will always be high.
The Palestinian people should control Gaza.
Anyone but Hamas.
A democratically-elected Palestinian government.
A joint Israeli-Arab bipartisanship, if such a thing can ever come into being.
Israel is the only country that can guarantee security.
The United Nations should control in the short term and provide military forces from neutral nations. A transitional government can be created.
Hamas and the PA have a common goal: to destroy Israel as a Jewish state. It’s time for Arabs to take care of the Palestinians, who they’ve mistreat and used as pawns against Israel since 1948.
A confederation of Israeli and Palestinian people, focused on peace.
Gaza should be governed by an entity established for it by a nonpolitical organization.
Eventually, they need local governance and to be unified with the West Bank. A two-state solution is the only route to a sustainable peace in the region.
Gaza should revert back to Israel. When Jews lived in Gaza, it was flourishing. It’s time for it to be under the umbrella of Eretz Israel once again.
There usually are no good solutions in foreign affairs, only some that are worse than others. The No. 1 priority is that Hamas must not remain in control. Who can make that happen? Alas, not the PA, which has neither the will nor the ability to take on Hamas. So it will have to be a non-Palestinian power.
There will never be a two-state solution. Oct. 7, Hamas, and the reaction of Gazans and the Palestinian Authority make it crystal clear that the Palestinians have no interest in peace. Rebuilding Gaza should be conditioned on the complete destruction/exile of Hamas and relocation of the Gazans during reconstruction. Then, in five or 10 years, we’ll see.
I actually wish that Egypt would just take it over and annex it, with safeguards from Israel.
Let Trump turn it into a beautiful Mediterranean resort metropolis. Everyone will profit and the Palestinians can have better homes in other Arab nations.
Palestinian people in Gaza should have the ability to shape their own future and elect leaders for themselves. It should be their decision. PJC
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