Of course, how much pressure has the Biden-Harris admin put on the US State Department designated terrorist organization Hamas since they attacked and slaughtered, raped, kidnapped, and tortured Jewish civilians? Did they even threaten them to return the hostages immediately, especially the American citizens? And pressured Hamas’ supporters in other nations?
US switched to pressuring Israel for hostage deal concessions, officials say
Israeli officials responded Saturday evening to CIA Director Bill Burns’ comments, in which he said that a new framework for an agreement between Israel and Hamas would be presented in the coming days.
“The Americans are very eager to conclude the negotiations and finalize a deal because of the American hostages,” said the Israeli officials.
“If they were able to reach a direct deal with Hamas to free the American citizens held hostage, they would likely have done so,” the officials noted. “Now, they are choosing to pressure Israel instead of pressuring Hamas. The Americans should have long ago demanded that Qatar expel all Hamas members residing in the country—but that hasn’t happened.”
According to the officials, “Until the murder of the six hostages, the administration projected optimism, even praising Israel and emphasizing that Hamas was the side that needed to compromise. The execution of the six hostages significantly changed the tone.”
“It seems that Washington feels helpless toward Hamas and is choosing to pressure Israel, which has already shown a willingness to make concessions for the deal,” they added.
Helpless? The most powerful nation on Earth is helpless? Well, yeah, because the Biden-Harris admin started out by showing weakness before the October 7th attack, and continue to be feckless after. The never threatened Hamas, never gave them an ultimatum, never told them to stand down and surrender. They’ve simply been telling Israel to have restraint. To not go in to certain Gaza areas.
According to a report by Reuters, Burns stated that 90% of the details in the deal to release the hostages have already been agreed upon, adding that the US would continue to work as hard as possible along with the other mediators on a ceasefire in Gaza.
90%, eh? Israel wants the hostages back. Period. Hamas doesn’t want to give them up, and wants to retain their ability to launch terrorist attacks on Jewish civilians.
Hamas know that the hostages they hold are their only bit of power, and they can’t give them up without a guarantee that Israel will allow Hamas to survive.
Yahya Sinwar was one of the 1,027 ‘Palestinian’ prisoners exchanged for just one hostage Israeli, Cpl Gilad Shalit, and look how that turned out. Israel needs to take the hard decision to declare the hostages dead, eliminate Hamas only power card, and force unconditional surrender, including the Hamas leadership personally surrendering to Israeli captivity.
Mr Sinwar is like Adolf Hitler, hiding in his bunker, knowing that Germany was defeated, but hanging on in hope of a miracle, finally killing himself only when the Red Army had penetrated Berlin.