The United States views President Donald Trump's Gaza deal agreement as an opportunity to expand Middle East peace efforts through the Abraham Accords, former Israeli consul in Los Angeles, Yaki Dayan, told 103FM on Sunday.
Dayan added that the Trump administration is unlikely to prevent Israel from enforcing Hamas’s disarmament.
“Trump has an enormous commitment to the agreement. It’s no coincidence that Clause 19 was included; it’s a very vague reference to a future state,” Dayan said. “Trump wants to seize the momentum to expand the circle of the Abraham Accords. He wants to bring in the Saudis and the Indonesians. Trump will move forward with the Abraham Accords, and he will try to make it happen.”
US guarantees that ceasefire conditions are met
According to Dayan, the US has already established a monitoring mechanism to oversee the agreement’s implementation.
“In the second phase, there are challenges, but [Jared] Kushner and [US Envoy Steve] Witkoff have created a framework under CENTCOM and US General Brad Cooper: a task force responsible for retrieving the bodies [of deceased hostages] and another ensuring that all conditions are met. The Americans will be present,” he explained. “We still don’t know what side agreements Israel reached with the Americans, but I assume there was an effort to ensure Hamas would not be allowed to rearm.”
He added that Washington aims to establish “similar mechanisms to those in Lebanon and Syria, which include a buffer zone and an IDF response.” Still, Dayan cautioned that “even with such an elaborate framework, we can only rely on ourselves. Israel will not tolerate a new Hamas buildup.”
Dayan also assessed that the likelihood of another large-scale war involving five divisions is low. “The Americans will not allow Hamas to rebuild. They made this agreement gradual, emphasizing Hamas’s disarmament."
"If the agreement is violated, the Americans won’t let Israel sit idly by and watch Hamas grow stronger,” he said. “On the other hand, they are very eager to see the Abraham Accords expanded, so they will do everything to avoid escalation.”