Arab progress begins with saying “No” to Hamas

I’m not a diplomat. I’m a citizen who wants the sirens to stop and kids to sleep through the night. So here it is straight: Hamas in power is a dead end for Palestinians and for every Arab country trying to build a future.

Look around the region. Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Amman, Rabat all fighting to bring tourists, investors, and jobs. None of that lives next to a militia bunker. Investors flee, parents hide their kids, and the news becomes a funeral program. That isn’t “resistance.” It’s slow suicide.

Two years of war proved a simple truth anyone can grasp: you can hit tunnels and commanders, but if nobody normal runs the streets—pays nurses, fixes water, polices the night Hamas seeps back like mold. Dry the room or it returns.

This isn’t about Muslims. It’s about a radical ideology that kidnaps a people and sells their pain. It serves Tehran; it sabotages everyone else. Arab leaders know this. They whisper it. Time to say it out loud.

What now? No jargon just five adult steps:

Say the truth together: Hamas doesn’t get to govern. Not a ministry, not a chair, not a “political wing.” You wouldn’t hand ISIS a health department.

Lock the money: a reconstruction fund with clean conditions disarm gangs, stand up real cops, clean up textbooks, keep lights and water on. Hit the mark, get the cash. Miss it, cash stops.

Shut the weapons door: Egypt runs Rafah with scanners and consequences. Aid in. Guns out.

Stand up normal life: a temporary team of engineers, accountants, clinic managers—twenty-four to thirty-six months of calm, with wages paid, sewage treated, kids in class, streets policed. No flags, no speeches. Just work.

Put people to work fast: power, water, hospital repairs, debris recycling, small workshops, port logistics. Visible progress in months, not years.

Some will say, “That’s surrender to Israel.” No. It’s self-respect. The Arab stake is bigger: your cities, your credit, your kids’ future. And I’ll add this: I don’t know an Israeli who doesn’t want to live in peace and stop the sirens. Ending Hamas rule isn’t a gift to Israel. It’s a gift to normal life.

Pick the future, not Hamas. Build it, enforce it, and let Gaza’s children inherit life not slogans.

Test it in ninety days: joint red line, escrow with milestones, sealed Rafah, caretaker named, three projects breaking ground. Do it, and hope returns.