I delivered a movement.”agitationHer response to the Egyptian paper that was discussed during the meetings in Cairo Finally, he described the response as “positive,” but there are observers who doubt this, given the movement’s position regarding disarmament, in addition to the apparent exploitation of the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu for this position.
The Egyptian capital hosted a delegation from Hamas and other Palestinian factions, at the Egyptian General Intelligence headquarters, in the presence of high-level officials from Türkiye andQatarDuring the period from June 6-8 of this year.
The talks focused on finding appropriate ways to enter the second phase of the ceasefire agreement that was signed in Sharm El-Sheikh in October 2025.
And I submitted Egypt A paper to bring viewpoints together following Hamas’ announcement of its rejection of the document of the head of the Peace Council, Ambassador Nikolai Mladenov, which includes about 15 items, and considered it “absolves the occupation government of its responsibilities for daily violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza (..), and focuses on the issue of disarmament.”
Disarmament represents a major dilemma in the talks. Media reports stated that the reason for Hamas’ rejection of this step was the “lack of guarantees to protect its members” in the Gaza Strip.
Part of the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit 2025. (Presidency of the Egyptian Republic)
The mediators are trying to block Netanyahu’s way
Former Egyptian General Intelligence Undersecretary, Major General Mohamed Rashad, points out that Egypt is trying to block Netanyahu, who wants to exploit Hamas’ position in his battle in the Israeli Knesset elections scheduled for next October 27.
Rashad told Al-Nahar, “Egypt views the sector adjacent to its eastern borders as part of its national security, and has tried since Hamas took control of it in 2007 to achieve Palestinian-Palestinian reconciliation, because the rift constitutes a stumbling block on the Palestinians’ path to establishing their state, and this is what Netanyahu wants.”
He added, “All attempts failed because of Hamas’ positions. The movement was receiving indirect support from Netanyahu, who was prime minister.” Israel Most of the period during which it controlled Gaza.”
The former intelligence officer believes that “the movement has no options currently,” pointing out that “it must benefit from American support for it as it is the party capable of controlling the Gaza Strip. The support will not continue, and Hamas must exploit it by moving from an armed group to a political movement.”
Preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state and displacing the population of Gaza
For his part, Palestinian political analyst Dr. Abdul Mahdi Mutawa told Al-Nahar, “Netanyahu has a vision based on preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state, and now he is working with the extreme right in Israel to change Gaza demographically and displace its population, by disrupting reconstruction in the Strip, and preventing the return of the way of life to normal in the Strip.”
Mutawa points out that “the mediators in Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar are working to push Hamas to implement what it signed, especially the item related to disarmament, because they realize that Netanyahu is adhering to it, because he knows that Hamas will reject it.”
The analyst explains the movement’s position as “betting on… IranIt hopes that Tehran will include Gaza in its demands during its negotiations with the Americans. The movement believes that this will relieve it of embarrassment and give it an opportunity to abandon the agreement.”
He considers the argument for refusing to disarm to be unrealistic, and says: “Even with weapons in the hands of Hamas members, they were unable to protect their leaders, and Israel began to turn to the lower hierarchical elements in the administrative hierarchy.”
He concludes his speech by saying, “The movement wants to remain in power, even if it leaves the government, and is betting that it has done so for about 17 years before. This situation remaining is ideal for Netanyahu, who wants to keep the situation like this, to reinforce the idea of voluntary displacement from Gaza, and thwart any hope of establishing a Palestinian state.”
