Total Hamas disarmament ‘not achievable, not likely’ at this stage: Analysis

As Washington tries to iron out the details of phase two of Trump’s Gaza plan, including a demand for Hamas to disarm, analyst Rob Geist Pinfold says “all sorts of compromises” are possible on disarmament. “Hamas could, for example, agree to give up its heavy weapons – things like its long-range rockets and mortars – whilst keeping its small arms,” said Pinfold, a lecturer in international security at King’s College London. “The issue here will be Israel. Netanyahu has campaigned on total victory, the total destruction, the disarmament, of Hamas, which will mean that Israel will drag its feet all the way.” Pinfold told Al Jazeera that completely disarming the Palestinian group at this stage is “not achievable and not likely”. “The group will be basically committing institutional suicide and giving up something which it won’t be able to get back in the future to use as leverage against Israel. If we are going to see any disarmament of Hamas, it’s likely to be some kind of a compromise solution rather than the wholesale disarmament of the group.” Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Hamas #Gaza #Israel #GazaWar #HamasDisarmament #GazaCeasefire #IsraelHamasWar #MiddleEastPolitics #TrumpGazaPlan #Netanyahu #AlJazeeraEnglish