Tuesday, December 26, 2023

How to get Hamas to release the hostages

 Joseph Puder - American Thinker  "Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas chief terrorist in Gaza, has no incentive to make a deal for the release of the estimated 129 Israeli hostages.  Thanks to the Biden administration, he believes he has the upper hand in his war with Israel.  After all, the U.S. and its allies are providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as food, water, and fuel.

"Sinwar has all he needs to sustain his fight against Israel.  The Iranians provided him with enough ammunition, and cash to fire rockets into Israel, albeit at a reduced rate.  Additionally, Sinwar watches the Israeli TV stations and reads the Hebrew newspapers, and he has concluded that the families of the hostages and the Biden administration are pressing the Netanyahu government hard enough for him to ultimately relent and declare a ceasefire.  Under such circumstances, Hamas and terrorism worldwide will triumph." . . .

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"If President Biden is serious about the release of the Israeli hostages, there are two essential steps the administration must take.  First, the U.S. must increase its pressure on Qatar, the primary paymaster of the Hamas terrorist organization.  Top Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s political chief, and former head of the organization Khaled Meshaal, have been living in luxury in Doha, Qatar’s capital.  According to the New York Post, these top leaders are worth a total of $11 billion.  While Gaza Palestinians languish in poverty, Meshaal and Haniyeh live billionaire lifestyles.

"President Biden conferred to the Qatari regime the status of a key U.S. ally.  The U.S. Central Command headquarters is based in Doha, along with the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, the Al Udeid Air Base.  Yet the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is ideologically allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, and the regime supported the jihadi-Islamist groups in Syria and is the major supporter of Hamas.  The U.S. has leverage over the Qataris by virtue of being Qatar’s chief defender from regional hostile forces, including Iran.  Biden’s cozy relations with the Qatari regime should lead to better results from the Qataris.

"The second step would be to condition future humanitarian aid pouring into Gaza on the release of the Israeli hostages.  Hamas must allow the Red Cross or other neutral doctors and nurses to visit the Israeli hostages and provide them with humanitarian aid that has, thus far, only been granted to the Palestinians in Gaza."

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