The Perry Peace Plan

I have a dream: Saudi Arabia makes peace immediately to compel Israel to delay the Gaza invasion, and the whole region including Qatar unites against Hamas and offers Gaza another way forward

Oct 19, 2023

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The Oct. 7 Hamas massacre has begat two new fixations: Israel will launch a ground invasion of Gaza to remove Hamas from powerף and the expected peace deal with Saudi Arabia is on hold. These are a gift to Hamas and its Iranian backers who want death, destruction and divisions in the Middle East.

In an article in The Hill, I argued Israel can wait with an invasion that even if successful would saddle it with an Iraq-level insurgency as it struggles to run Gaza. Hamas is a criminal mafia and a terrorist group whose eradication would benefit primarily the Palestinians, but there is more than one way to achieve that. My scenario — also debated on I24 (link here) — could have the following contours:

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