Mideast Envoy Steve Witkoff: Hamas Promised Me It Would Disarm

Witkoff says Hamas promised to disarm. Willful blindness. Every sentient person knows Hamas agreed to a ceasefire so Israel would be told by Trump Administration to NOT finish off Hamas completely:

https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-hamas-leader-rejects-disarmament-says-it-was-never-part-of-negotiations/

Hamas says disarming was never part of negotiations

https://www.frontpagemag.com/steve-witkoff-hamas-promised-me-it-would-disarm/

11-18-25: Witkoff says Hamas promised him it would disarm.

(Someone PLEASE explain the Islamic concepts of hudna and taqiyya to Trump and Witkoff. We can’t go on like this.)

Hamas exists to annihilate the Jews. It’s their mission, defined in their charter. This is not hard. They must be eliminated.

Steve Witkoff: Hamas Promised Me It Would Disarm

Welcome to American willful blindness.

By Hugh Fitzgerald, November 19, 2025:

Steve Witkoff, our chief Middle East negotiator, has now said, with surprise and disappointment, that “Hamas promised me it would disarm.” But now the terror group says it won’t disarm. My goodness, Hamas wouldn’t have been fooling you, would it, Mr. Witkoff? Steve Witkoff may be a whiz at making real estate deals in New York City, but in the Middle East, he’s a babe in the woods. He apparently doesn’t know about Muhammad’s famous hadith, claiming that “war is deception.” More on the gullible Witkoff, and the state of play in Gaza between the IDF, Hamas, and the Americans, can be found here: “Witkoff says Hamas officials told him and Kushner that terror group would disarm,” by Jacob Magid, Times of Israel, November 7, 2025:

White House Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff claimed Thursday that Hamas officials told him and fellow Trump aide Jared Kushner that the terror group wanted to disarm during their “famous meeting” hours before the ceasefire was inked on October 9.

“Hamas has always indicated that they would disarm. They’ve said so — they said it to us directly during that famous meeting that Jared had with them,” Witkoff recalled, speaking to the America Business Forum conference in Miami.

Of course Hamas will keep its word, Mr. Witkoff. When has Hamas ever told a lie, or misled anyone? See, there’s nothing to worry about.

“I hope that they keep their word because if they do, they’ll understand that the development plan that we have for Gaza is really terrific — a lot better than anyone has ever discussed before,” he continued, adding that it will include a “tremendous jobs program.”

Of course Hamas will gladly give up its arms, as you and Jared were promised. After all, the terror group wants to see Gazans thrive, with good jobs at good wages, as they both clear away the rubble and proceed to rebuild. When has Hamas ever shown indifference to the wellbeing of Gazans?

Hamas officials have publicly taken a different stance, insisting either that the group will not disarm or have dodged the question entirely when pressed….

Oops. It sounds as if Hamas is not going to disarm after all, despite the promise it made to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Could they have been fooling the Americans all along?

Hamas is obligated under the Trump plan to completely disarm. There is no exception made for light arms. Rifles and guns in the hands of Hamas have killed hundreds of Israelis, including those murdered on October 7, 2023.

Hamas is stalling for time. How long will it be — weeks, or more likely months — before an international security force is formed, enters Gaza, and takes delivery of all those weapons Hamas will supposedly turn over them? Meanwhile, Hamas will have been able to hide in its network of tunnels, a great many of its weapons, which it has no intention of turning over.

Witkoff remains so hopeful, so trusting that Hamas will demilitarize. What will it take for him to realize he is being played?

Continued…..