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Israel’s ambassador to Washington made a blunt and necessary appeal this week, telling the world’s mediators that Hamas cannot be allowed to survive as an armed terror state inside Gaza. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter pushed countries like Qatar and Turkey to put real pressure on Hamas to disarm, arguing that the U.S.-brokered peace framework depends on removing Hamas’s military power for good.
President Trump’s 20-point peace plan makes clear that disarmament isn’t optional — it’s the linchpin for any lasting peace and for getting hostages home. The White House has warned that if Hamas won’t lay down its weapons voluntarily, the international community — and the U.S. if necessary — will act to enforce demilitarization. That hard line is exactly what defenders of liberty should want: strength, not appeasement.
Let’s be honest: Qatar and Turkey have long been safe harbors for Hamas operatives and financiers, and their willingness to pressure the terror group has been inconsistent at best. Decades of Qatari support and Turkish political cover helped Hamas grow into the lethal menace that struck Israel on October 7, and no one should be surprised when Israel’s leaders demand answers and action. It’s past time these regimes choose whether they stand with civilization or with terrorists.
Conservative Americans should applaud Israel’s envoy for calling it like it is and urge our own leaders to back firm measures that make terror impossible to politically tolerate. Prime Minister Netanyahu and others have pushed Washington to use diplomatic leverage on Doha and Ankara to force a real break between mediators and militants — leverage that must be used, not ignored. Weakness only encourages brutality; strength secures peace and saves lives.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media and many on the left continue to talk about “nuance” and “humanitarian concerns” while failing to hold the enablers accountable. Real peace comes from disarming violent extremists and rebuilding normal civil society in Gaza — not from moral equivalence or making excuses for terror. Americans who love liberty should demand policies that protect innocents and punish perpetrators.
If Qatar and Turkey want to be part of the solution, they should demonstrate it now: cut Hamas’s lifelines, expel its operatives, and help implement the demilitarization plan under honest international supervision. Otherwise, the only language terrorists understand is force, and it will be the duty of free nations to restore order so that children on both sides can sleep without bombs. The choice is clear — stand with freedom or stand with terror — and patriotic Americans know which side we must be on.
