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Achieving world peace won’t be easy, even with a veteran negotiator at the helm.
President-elect Donald Trump earned accolades for his involvement with a Gaza cease-fire deal brokered between the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, despite Joe Biden attempting to take credit.
Trump made headlines saying there would be “hell to pay” if U.S. hostages held by Hamas in Gaza weren’t released. Trump’s fiery rhetoric appeared to get the ball rolling for potential peace and the release of Americans.
The celebrations were cut short, however, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped the Israel Cabinet from finalizing the deal on Thursday.
BREAKING: Hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza had nothing to do with Biden, Arab officials say.
The deal today came after Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy STEVE WITKOFF met with Netanyahu.
“Trump envoy swayed Netanyahu more in one meeting than Biden did all year” – Times of… pic.twitter.com/I559LxNrbo
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 15, 2025
“Hamas is reneging on the understandings and creating a last-minute crisis that is preventing an agreement,” a statement from Netanyahu’s office said. “The Israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement.”
The deal was to go into effect on January 19th — the day before Trump’s Inauguration.
BREAKING: The hostage deal in Gaza goes into effect *JANUARY 19TH.”
That is *ONE DAY* before Trump said there will be *H*LL to pay” if a deal wasn’t struck by then.
WOW. pic.twitter.com/ED5DDNKxwm
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 15, 2025
The Biden administration appeared to take credit for the deal on Wednesday announcing that it would be enacted in three phases, with the first phase taking up to six weeks.
It would include “a full and complete cease-fire, withdrawal of Israeli forces from all the populated areas of Gaza, and the release of a number of hostages held by Hamas, including women and elderly and the wounded. And I’m proud to say Americans will be part of that hostage release and phase one as well. And the vice president and I cannot wait to welcome them home,” Biden said.
The deal is 100% due to Trump. Biden knows it. Kamala knows it. Hamas knows it. Trump promised there’d be “hell to pay” if hostages weren’t released by inauguration. pic.twitter.com/GCywL2KN5p
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 15, 2025
For now, it looks like it’s back to the drawing board for Trump to get the deal finalized. The good news is, that it should be harder for the Biden admin to claim credit for potential peace deals with his time in the Oval Office running out.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s office stated that the Isreal Cabinet won’t reconvene to vote until “Hamas backs down,” Fox News reported.
For its part, Hamas pushed back on Netanyahu’s claims saying that the group is committed to the agreement.
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