Politico magazine revealed in a report today, Wednesday, that officials in the administration of US President Joe Biden spent weeks formulating a multi-stage plan for the “post-war” phase in Gaza, which is “based on a vision that requires the Palestinian Authority’s eventual renewed control over Gaza strip".

The report notes that this solution is “an imperfect solution, but American officials view it as the best of the bad options for Gaza, where the war between Israel and Hamas militants has led to the destruction of infrastructure, the killing of thousands of Palestinians and the displacement of more than 1.5 million others. It could also put the United States in a collision course with the Israeli government."

The source, who requested to remain anonymous, said: “This plan depends on wishful thinking, like someone throwing several things at the wall hoping that one of them will stick to the wall.”

It is noteworthy that officials in the State Department, the White House, and outside it have put parts of this strategy in multiple “position papers” and interagency meetings since mid-October, according to what Politico reported, citing American officials, a State Department official, and an administration official familiar with the matter. The discussions did not reveal their names.

Although US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and other US administration officials have publicly stated that a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority should run Gaza, they have not revealed details about how this will be done.

The proposal faces rejection from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has effectively ruled out any future role for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza.

A US State Department official said, "We are stuck. There is a strong political preference for the Palestinian Authority to play a governing role in Gaza, but it has major challenges in terms of legitimacy and capabilities."

According to the “strategy,” the broad vision that emerged from the internal talks is the reconstruction of Gaza in multiple stages once the violent fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas ends. The strategy also envisions the presence of an international force to stabilize the region in the immediate aftermath, followed by a renewed Palestinian authority to take over. Long term power.

Key parts of the plan include increasing security-related assistance provided by the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to the Palestinian Authority and allowing a greater role for the US security coordinator, who has a track record of advising Palestinian security forces, said the officials, who insist that "in Ultimately, we want to have a Palestinian security structure in Gaza after the conflict.”

Officials confirmed that the proposed plan is “nascent ideas and is subject to many unpredictable variables,” while a spokesman for the White House National Security Council declined to comment.

It is noteworthy that a source familiar with the developments of the “research” between the officials told the Al-Quds correspondent on Wednesday that he does not expect this plan to be developed “in a manner similar to the Marshall Plan for Europe after the World War, for example, in dealing with the post-war situation with the methodology and methods for effective implementing, as this plan contains moving parts, scattered directions, and a lack of enthusiasm from the Arab countries and other players.”

According to Politico, any strategy proposed by the United States will face several obstacles, including Israeli suspicions and Arab frustration, although regional players and analysts generally agree that Washington will need to play a decisive role in the post-war period.

Perhaps the most difficult immediate challenge is knowing who will play a role in achieving stability in Gaza in the transitional period following the fighting.

Politico quotes an American official as saying, “While the Arab countries seemed hesitant or completely unwilling to send forces to Gaza, some in recent talks seemed more open to the idea.”

The Biden administration has ruled out sending American forces, and one of the ideas that has been circulated is to ask the UAE to help rebuild health facilities or train civil servants.

The American official said, “The United Nations can play a role in Gaza in the post-war phase, at least on the humanitarian front,” while Egypt plays a major role in post-war Gaza, and the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s proposal, that the future Palestinian state be devoid of Weapons with a temporary international security presence,” according to Politico.

But the American official acknowledges that “the big unknown is what will remain of Hamas in Gaza, and even if the group’s numbers are low, their access to weapons could dramatically change the calculations of countries considering sending forces,” and the only thing the United States hopes to see more explicit are condemnations of Hamas by Arab rulers, many of whom secretly hate the armed group and see it as a potential threat to their governments.

The key to convincing many Arab leaders to plan seriously for the post-war era seems to be the assertion that “the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the ultimate goal.”

The report notes that one of the reasons President Biden and his aides have rejected the call for a long-term ceasefire is that they support the Israeli goal of destroying Hamas. American officials told the site that the United States wants to avoid a governance and security vacuum in Gaza after the war that might allow Hamas to return again. .

It is noteworthy that the American website "Axios" quoted a senior American official as saying that in the talks that took place this week with Phil Gordon, the national security advisor to US Vice President Kamala Harris, Israeli officials were "ready to talk about the future" in Gaza.

The US administration also expressed its concern that Israel might continue its military ground operation in southern Gaza using the same tactics as it did in the northern part of the Strip.

American officials told Axios that Gordon briefed the Israelis on Harris' conversations in Dubai with Arab leaders about what would happen after the end of the war in Gaza, and presented what Harris had put forward publicly about how the US administration views reconstruction, security, and governance in Gaza after the fighting.