'Gaza's Colonization Council': Hamas's Actual Position on Disarmament, Trump's Board of Peace
by Khaled Abu Toameh • January 26, 2026 at 5:00 am
Hamas is clearly unfazed by Trump's repeated threats that it must give up its weapons. The terror organization maintains that Israel is the one that needs to be disarmed. Hamas has become used to Trump's recurring threats over the past year -- especially with Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Trump's new Board of Peace to make sure that Hamas is left untouched. Hamas is apparently convinced that Trump's threats are just a means of scaring the terror group.
Trump seems to regard the Gaza Strip as a real estate enterprise that can be managed by earnest investors, politicians and technocrats, and not as a terror hub for Hamas and other Islamist Jihadists committed to destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist state.
These countries will undoubtedly serve as Hamas's representatives on the Board of Peace and make sure that the terror group preserves its political and military presence not only in the Gaza Strip, but in the Palestinian arena as well. The assumption that Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or other Arab and Islamic countries would participate in any effort forcibly to disarm or demote Hamas and the other Palestinian terror groups is nothing but a starry-eyed make believe.
"The composition of the Gaza administration committee is also flawed, as all its members are loyal to the Palestinian Authority, masquerading as technocrats and professionals." — Yassin Ezzedine, Palestinian political analyst, felesteen.news, January 18, 2026.
Palestinian poet and journalist Ali Jahiz described the Board of Peace as "a major catastrophe... a peace board for the occupation of Gaza and the disarmament of the resistance. It is headed by the criminal Trump, and consists of bodies led by Zionists, with nominal participation from regional countries. In short: A dangerous occupation with multiple fronts."
Another important fact that Trump and his advisors need to pay attention to: Hamas is threatening to attack members of the proposed International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas's refusal to disarm, its opposition to the Board of Peace, and threats to kill members of the International Stabilization Force signal that the terror group and its supporters have total contempt for Trump or anyone who seeks a better life for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. For the Islamist terrorists, the Jihad to destroy Israel takes precedence over reconstruction, economic prosperity, everything.
What is the terror group Hamas's true position regarding demands to lay down its weapons and the formation of the Board of Peace headed by US President Donald J. Trump?
Hamas is clearly unfazed by Trump's repeated threats that it must give up its weapons. The terror organization maintains that Israel is the one that needs to be disarmed. Hamas has become used to Trump's recurring threats over the past year -- especially with Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Trump's new Board of Peace to make sure that Hamas is left untouched. Hamas is apparently convinced that Trump's threats are just a means of scaring the terror group.
Hamas and many Palestinians, however, have significant reservations about Trump's Board of Peace. They view it as a "new round of colonization" in the Middle East by the US and other Western powers.
