"The memo, titled "Gaza Exit Strategy and the Morning After," made two main recommendations to the Biden administration: to immediately set up Palestinian and international security forces to prevent Hamas from resurging in postwar Gaza, and to create a "dramatic change of Israel's policy in the West Bank" that would rein in Israeli settlers and ensure a political horizon for creating a Palestinian state."
"Now, more than three months into a declared ceasefire, the Trump administration has not yet set up security forces in Gaza, though Trump in mid-February is expected to announce an international stabilization force with thousands of troops from several countries to deploy in Gaza, along with efforts to raise billions of dollars for reconstruction, a U.S. official with knowledge of the subject, but who was not authorized to speak to the media, told NPR."
"Even under the Biden administration, efforts to prepare a new Palestinian security force to replace Hamas in postwar Gaza ran into problems. While the Gaza war raged on, U.S. security officials expanded an initiative to train hundreds of Palestinian Authority Security Forces in advanced law enforcement techniques, including SWAT training, according to three former U.S. military and law enforcement officers involved in the effort."
On Oct. 30, 2023, U.S. security officials in Jerusalem drafted a Gaza exit plan recommending immediate deployment of Palestinian and international security forces to prevent Hamas's resurgence in postwar Gaza. The plan called for a dramatic change in Israel's West Bank policy to rein in settlers and create a political horizon for Palestinian statehood. More than three months into a declared ceasefire, security forces in Gaza had not been established, though an international stabilization force was expected. U.S. training for Palestinian Authority forces expanded but was hampered by Israeli and U.S. concerns that training could be used against Israel.
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