Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Thursday. World leaders representing more than 20 countries have agreed that Hamas cannot play any role in the governance of Gaza.Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

Brandon Silver is an international human-rights lawyer and director of policy and projects at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He has acted on behalf of Israeli and Palestinian victims and hostages of Hamas. Manar Al-Sharif is a Palestinian-Syrian journalist and human-rights advocate. She spent three months as a political prisoner of Hamas in Gaza before resettling in Canada.

The first phase of the Trump administration’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza has been completed, and a fragile ceasefire has taken hold. But to truly end the conflict, Hamas needs to be disarmed and dismantled. Blacklisting Hamas via United Nations sanctions would be a major contribution to this, and Canada is uniquely placed to help lead the effort.

Hamas is already retaking control of Gaza, while brutally torturing and executing Palestinian dissidents and opponents. This is a breach of international law, and a grave threat to the ceasefire.

World leaders representing more than 20 countries, who met at the Sharm El-Sheikh peace summit in Egypt on Monday, agreed that Hamas cannot play any role in the governance of Gaza. Yet, most of the world........

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