After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, President Trump warned the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian terrorist franchise Hamas that it must live up to its agreement to disarm. Then he added that, if that didn’t happen, there were numerous nations who would be willing to use force to “wipe Hamas out.” 

Unfortunately, Hamas spokesmen have repeatedly insisted that the jihadists never committed to lay down their arms. And it’s unclear whether even a single country – other than Israel – is prepared to engage in the kind of costly combat required to  disarm the terrorists, let alone eliminate their organization.

The likely sources for claims to the contrary are two unreliable so-called U.S. “allies”: Hamas’ enablers, Qatar and Turkey.

If Hamas is actually to be “wiped out” – as it must be – only Israel has the will and the capability to accomplish it. Make it so.

This is Frank Gaffney.