Ahmed Charai
This morning’s bloodshed in Jerusalem—where terrorists opened fire on civilians at a bus stop, killing six and wounding seven—reminds us of a painful truth: fighting terrorism is not merely a battle against gunmen, militias, or armies. It is a battle against a death-worshipping ideology, a doctrine that teaches martyrdom as glory, hatred as duty, and murder as salvation. Until that poison is confronted at its root, every fallen terrorist will be replaced, and every apparent victory will prove to be only an illusion.
Each time a terrorist leader is hunted down, each time a militia is bombed into rubble, a familiar illusion returns: perhaps this time we’ve won. Yet history tells us otherwise. Hamas could vanish from Gaza tomorrow—its tunnels flooded, its commanders killed, its arsenals dismantled—and still, the threat of terror would not end. The fighters would be replaced, the weapons restocked, the hatred reborn.
Why? Because terror does not reside solely in weapons or organizations. It lives in a death-worshipping ideology. An ideology more resilient than armies, more viral than propaganda, more enduring than regimes. That ideology—the radical Islamist doctrine, seeded by the Muslim Brotherhood nearly a century ago—remains undefeated. And until it is, no battlefield victory will last.
In Washington, glossy proposals are once again circulating: transforming Gaza’s coastline into a “Riviera of the Middle East,” where glittering skyscrapers, tech hubs, and AI-driven megacities rise from the rubble. These dreams are not new. They echo Jared Kushner’s 2019 “Peace to Prosperity” plan, championed by President Trump, which envisioned tens of billions of dollars in investment, a doubling of Palestinian GDP, and the creation of a million new jobs.
The theory was simple but bold: prosperity is the antidote to extremism. Build businesses instead of bunkers. Offer hope instead of hatred. Replace dependence with dignity.
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