"Hamas claims that it has lost track of some of the hostages. That gives it — and its closest allies such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad — time to murder more of the hostages.
"[Today] is the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel. The October 7, 2023 attack was genocidal, seeking to kill the maximum number of Jews. Hamas burned entire families, used rape and torture as weapons of war and took about 250 hostages."
"President Trump is vastly different from former president Biden. Instead of pressuring Israel to make peace on Hamas’s terms, he has put forth four or five peace plans that were designed to place Israel in control of its own fate.
"Now Trump has put forth a 20-point peace plan and has given Hamas a deadline of 6:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time to agree to it or face what should be attacks by Israel that could eradicate the terrorist network.
"The plan requires the release of all hostages — those still alive and those who were murdered in captivity — within three days of the agreement. It also requires that Hamas surrender its weapons and not participate in any future Palestinian “government” of the Gaza Strip.
"The plan further creates a “Board of Peace,” headed by Trump, to oversee the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and ensure that Hamas takes no part in Gaza’s government.
"The unspoken alternative is for Hamas to face eradication by the Israelis.
"Several Arab nations have endorsed Trump’s plan. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt all issued a joint statement which said we “welcome President Donald J. Trump’s leadership and his sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza, and assert their confidence in his ability to find a path to peace.”
"That means those Arab states, at least, are tired of the war and want it to end. It doesn’t mean that they won’t aid Hamas — especially our Qatari “allies” — but they are worried about Iran, Hamas’s principal sponsor, and its influence across their region.
"Hamas has already responded to the peace offer. In a statement it said that it would release all the hostages, “if the proper conditions for the exchange are met.” The statement continues, saying that Hamas “renews its agreement to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats), based on Palestinian national consensus and Arab and Islamic support.”
"Note well that Hamas doesn’t agree to be excluded from the future government of Gaza" . . .
American Spectator contributing editor Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H. W. Bush administration. He writes the “Loose Canons” column for The American Spectator and often appears as a talking warhead on television and radio.
Trump Warns of ‘Massive Bloodshed’ if Hamas Fails to Agree to Peace Deal
. . . "Trump previously announced the deadline in an Oct. 3 post on Truth Social, delivering an ominous warning to Hamas about accepting the deal.
"If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas," Trump wrote. "THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. Thank you for your attention to this matter!' " . . .
. . . "Alan Dershowtiz noted, “On October 8, things changed again when the extreme Progressive woke left used these massacres as an excuse to turn on Israel. This was even before Israel fired a single shot or sent a single troop into Gaza. Now on college campuses, students and faculty feel free to call for genocide against the Jews. Everyone should read the Hamas charter, which in some ways is worse than Mein Kampf because it is more specific.' ” . . .
. . . "The world should realize that evil does not occur in a vacuum. Some, whether college presidents, the mainstream media, or Western leaders, should recognize that they have enabled and encouraged genocide against the Jews."
No comments:
Post a Comment