Take it from this Muslim: Peace depends on total defeat of the Islamist death cult

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim who has warned about the dangers of Islamism, says President Trump can only bring peace to the Middle East by helping to completely defeat Hamas and obtain their unconditional surrender.

History has shown that unconditional surrender would allow the silent majority to find renewal in a post-Hamas, post-Islamist, post-tribal Gaza. Endless wars only end when the defeated are not left at the brink of defeat to rearm again. That is tough love. Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser is the president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy based in Phoenix, Ariz.. He is a former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Patriot’s Fight to Save his Faith. He was a U.S. Senate appointee to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2012-16. He co-founded the Muslim Reform Movement and CLARITy Coalition, challenging Islamists and advocating for an Islam of moderation. He can be reached on X @DrZuhdiJasser

The strong-man approach that Trump has taken with China on trade is very similar to the ground game he must realize in the Middle East for the defeat of Hamas. In 2016, he dared to imagine a new reality to the endless wars between Israel and Arab nations and their proxies. Few thought there could be a lasting, genuine peace agreement between Israel and its enemy neighbors, but Trump put a lie to that expectation with the establishment of the Abraham Accords in 2019, building peace between Israel and four historical enemies, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Sudan and Bahrain.