Lack of Plan for Governing Gaza Formed Backdrop to Deadly Convoy Chaos

 

 "Power vacuums are inevitable after most wars. But critics of the Israeli government say the vacuum in northern Gaza is worse than it could have been because Israeli leaders don’t agree about what should happen next.

Without any plan, “the vacuum will either be filled by chaos and lawless gangs and criminals,” said Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, an American commentator on Gaza affairs who was brought up in Gaza, “or by Hamas, which will manage to reemerge and attempt to reconstitute.”

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Lack of Plan for Governing Gaza Formed Backdrop to Deadly Convoy Chaos: