Trump made the Gaza ceasefire deal happen, not Biden

[Al-O-Meter]

The negotiator who got the sides to agree after 16 months of refusing to stop their war was a man named Steve Witkoff. Biden’s envoy, who was also at the negotiations, was the useless Brett McGurk. If there is any credit to Biden in any of this, it is in allowing Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff to take the lead.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-...-more-in-one-meeting-than-biden-did-all-year/

Who is Steve Witkoff? A look at central figure to Gaza ceasefire deal

Steve Witkoff, an investor and real estate mogul, has been highlighted as a key figure in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

www.newsweek.com

Trump did make a public statement about there being hell to pay, but I don’t think that played a role. The thing Trump did was to send in Steve Witkoff.

 

[Mongoose]

Biden is so useless and stupid.


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[Red]

Trump Made the Gaza Cease-Fire Happen

But not for the reasons he or Biden’s critics say

www.theatlantic.com

The tentative agreement is nonetheless a victory for the foreign-policy teams of Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who worked in tandem with regional partners Qatar and Egypt to bring it about. The terms largely echo a proposal laid out by Biden himself in May 2024, but the incoming president dragged the parties over the finish line. What changed was not Washington’s general orientation toward the conflict. Far from turning up the heat on Israel, Trump telegraphed a further embrace of its positions during his 2024 campaign, repeatedly attacking Biden for restricting arms sales to Israel. But this posture may have helped deliver both sides: Hamas could reasonably surmise that it would not get a better deal during Trump’s presidency, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government likely acceded to the arrangement in order to stay in the new leader’s good graces as he assumed office.

The Israeli far right, whose lawmakers hold the margin of power in Netanyahu’s coalition, had previously threatened to collapse the government should a deal be reached without Hamas fully vanquished from Gaza. But amid Trump’s return, the radicals have their eyes on bigger prizes, such as the annexation of the West Bank—which the Palestinians claim for their future state—and are loath to forgo such opportunities. For this reason, they will likely vote against the cease-fire but leave Netanyahu in power, allowing him to enact it.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

This Gaza ceasefire deal is tainted by Trump, Netanyahu and their disregard for peace | Simon Tisdall

From these beginnings must come a just and lasting settlement for Palestinians and Israelis alike – and a reckoning, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator, Simon Tisdall

www.theguardian.com

I love the 'does not compute' theme of this article. Trump is bad, but he made the peace deal and peace is good, but Trump is bad and peace is good. Does not compute! Does not compute!

 

[Al-O-Meter]

Hamas reveals eight of the 33 hostages it plans to release are dead

Eight of the hostages due for release in the first phase of a truce deal between Israel and Hamas are dead, Israeli government spokesman David Mencer said Monday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Red]

I know he’s suggested Canada, but maybe Gaza as the 51st state…



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[PJF]

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[BabyPeterzz]

Great see Trump trigger the **** out of his base. They are losing their minds, crying, wailing in pain! Shock and aweing his stupid supporters too. You guys are a joke.

Great idea Trump, buy Gaza! See, if we tariff Australia we can by TiikTok and Gaza. See guys, it’s 5D chess.

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/02/04/trump-u-s-will-take-over-gaza-we-will-own-it/#disqus_thread

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