Weekly Commentary: Keep Three No-So-Wise Monkeys Out of Gaza
Dr. Aaron Lerner 30 October 2025

When Israel recently finally started complaining about the numerous daily
drone flights from Egyptian Sinai to Israel smuggling in assault rifles and
even MAG machine guns, Egyptian officials angrily denied that the smuggling
was taking place.

When Hamas staged the recovery of the remains of an Israeli hostage this
week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) publicly
criticized Hamas.

Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, Jordan the UAE and the others all remained silent.

Three monkeys.
- See no evil.
- Hear no evil.
- Speak no evil

Technically the term is "three wise monkeys" but they don't deserve the word
"wise".

I'm sure that a bunch of troops from various countries deployed in the Gaza
Strip would make for a nice photo op.

But our interest is what happens on the ground after the photos.

There is absolutely no reason to expect teams from these countries to behave
any better if they are deployed in the Gaza Strip than they already do when
it comes to Hamas.

It could very well be that the only truly viable arrangement is a return to
Israeli control of the Gaza Strip with an unprecedented use of drones,
sensors and other technologies to make it sustainable.

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