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Moumen Al-Natour: In Gaza, demilitarization and deradicalization must go hand-in-hand

Until kids stop being taught to fight against Jews, the violence will continue

U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner recently said that Gaza will not be rebuilt until it’s demilitarized. His reasoning was straightforward: no one wants to pour billions of dollars into reconstruction only to see the territory taken over by terrorists or destroyed again. He is right about the problem. But demilitarization alone will not solve it.

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Taking away the terrorist’s weapons is necessary. But so is asking what made generations of young people willing to carry them in the first place.

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If Gaza is to have a different future, reconstruction and rehabilitation must happen together. One to rebuild the physical environment, and the other to rebuild the institutions and ideas that shape future generations. I know this because I grew up in Gaza.

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