Former Israeli official: Arab states could rebuild Gaza

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00:00Elon, what's Israel's plan for Gaza's future?

00:03Well, the day after means the day after Hamas.

00:06And just like the Marshall Plan, which rebuilt Europe after the Second World War,

00:12wasn't devised for years until after the defeat of Nazi Germany,

00:16first Hamas has to be removed from power.

00:19Israel would like to see the moderate Arab states in the region take responsibility for governing Gaza,

00:26because there's a lot of work to do.

00:28First of all, de-radicalisation.

00:30The only way we're going to have sustainable peace is if the people of Gaza,

00:35who celebrated on the streets when the October 7th massacre happened,

00:39are de-radicalised and disavow Hamas's path of jihad.

00:43And there, I think Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which have their own experience with de-radicalisation,

00:49have a very important role to play in regional stability.

00:52But they need to decide they want to play it.