While International Focus Shifts to the Iran Conflict, the Palestinian Terror Group Intensifies Systematic Oppression and Rebuilds Military Strength.

As global attention concentrates on escalating tensions between Iran and Western powers, Hamas has accelerated a brutal campaign to solidify its control over Gaza and suppress internal dissent. The Palestinian terror organization’s actions directly contravene the framework outlined in Donald Trump’s peace initiative, unveiled late last year and designed to end the Israel-Hamas conflict that began with the October 7, 2023 Iranian-backed invasion.

The Trump peace framework explicitly stipulated that “Hamas and other factions agree to not have any role in the governance of Gaza, directly, indirectly, or in any form. All military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels and weapon production facilities, will be destroyed and not rebuilt. There will be a process of demilitarization of Gaza under the supervision of independent monitors, which will include placing weapons permanently beyond use through an agreed process of decommissioning…”

The Trump administration and its newly created “Board of Peace,” however, have remained notably silent regarding Hamas’s systematic violations of these ceasefire provisions. This apparent acquiescence has emboldened the terror group to pursue an aggressive agenda: rearming its forces, rebuilding its institutional apparatus, and consolidating authoritarian control through intimidation, violence, and economic coercion against Gaza’s civilian population.

**A Familiar Pattern of Tyranny**

Hamas’s assault on Palestinians follows established patterns developed since the organization forcibly seized control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007. The disparity between Hamas’s operational capacity and the........

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