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McGurk: No Political Future in Gaza While Hamas Remains in Power

Brett McGurk, former deputy assistant for national security affairs for the Middle East and North Africa and author of Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages, says there can be no “political horizon or future” as long as Hamas maintains its claim to power in Gaza, while Israel’s narrow right-wing coalition leaves the government with…

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