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by Khaled Abu Toameh • December 22, 2025 at 5:00 am
* If you want to disarm Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and promote peace and coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, Pakistan is the wrong choice.
* Pakistan, which does not recognize Israel, has already made it clear that it is "not ready" to disarm Hamas. According to Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar: "If the purpose of deploying an international stabilization force in Palestine is to disarm Hamas, then we are not ready for that, that's not our job. That is job of Palestinian law enforcement agencies."
* Dar pointed out that Indonesia, whose government has offered 20,000 troops to the ISF, was also opposed to disarming Hamas.
* Notably, not a single Arab or Islamic country has so far expressed readiness to take part in the disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip. The Arabs and Muslims are prepared to send troops to the Gaza Strip, but only to act as "peacekeepers" and "monitors," not to interfere with the ability of Hamas to rearm, regroup and attack Israel again at some convenient time in the future. This, by complete coincidence, of course, is how Hamas also sees the role of the ISF.
* "It is not surprising that Pakistan – one of the greatest sponsors of cross-border terrorism and a hub of global Jihadist organisations – contributed to the military build-up of Hamas.... Hamas has its ideological roots in Pakistan. It is not only organically linked with Islamabad, but also deeply entrenched in its Jihadist patterns. In fact, before 9/11, the open 'publicising jihad was part of the Pakistan Army's image building exercise to present itself as fighting worldwide for the glory of Islam....' Jihadism is an essential part of Pakistan's political culture." — The South Asia Democratic Forum, a Brussels-based think tank, November 3, 2023.
* Pakistan's leaders, siding with South Africa in its prosecution of Israel in the International Criminal Court (ICC), to which Israel, incidentally, is not a party, have also accused Israel of war crimes and genocide.
* The assumption that Pakistan will help disarm Hamas or contribute to the deradicalization of Palestinians in Gaza is spectacularly misguided. The Trump administration seriously needs to reconsider its plan to allow Pakistan, and all countries with ideologies such as these, to play any role in a future Gaza Strip.

If you want to disarm Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and promote peace and coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis, Pakistan is the wrong choice. Pictured: Supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, at an anti-Israel protest that drew tens of thousands of people, hold signs reading "Jihad is the only solution" and "We are Hamas," in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan, it seems, has stepped forward, selflessly offering to be part of US President Donald J. Trump's proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF) in the Gaza Strip. "We're very grateful to Pakistan for their offer to be part of it, or at least their offer to consider being a part of it," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on December 20.

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