Distinguished Fellow and Professor Ezzedine Fishere argues in his latest article published in MBN, It's Not Only Up to the United States, that the Gaza peace plan can succeed only if major regional players actively do their part.
According to Fishere, while the U.S. played a key facilitating role, the success of the plan depends primarily on three critical elements: the disarmament of Hamas, the emergence of a functioning governing authority in Gaza, and the deployment of an effective stabilization force.
He writes:
"There is a widespread assumption that what happens next depends on the Americans. But that view, popular as it may be, is also wrong. The success or failure of this plan does not depend on the United States. And the United States will not, and should not be expected to, lead this process. And that leads to the conclusion my fellow Middle Easterners hate most: that the responsibility for progress lies in the hands of the regional players themselves."