Israel cannot accept a Gaza deal without Hamas truly disarming

(JNS) — It would be welcome news if Hamas had truly agreed to surrender its weapons as part of a proposed 20-point framework to end the war. Above all, it would offer hope to the people of Gaza, who have suffered under the terrorist group’s theocratic dictatorship.

According to media reports, a new initiative helped secure a breakthrough in negotiations between Hamas and the U.S.-backed Board of Peace over a proposed postwar framework that includes Hamas’s disarmament.

But there are good reasons for skepticism.

Hamas’s ideology makes genuine disarmament difficult to imagine. As the saying goes...