The terrorists' brazen post-ceasefire crackdown on rivals and dissidents mocks Trump’s promise to disarm them and shows they believe that they’re not going anywhere.
Returning to Washington after his triumphant visit to Jerusalem to address the Knesset and to help welcome home the remaining hostages he helped free from Hamas in Gaza, President Donald Trump said something important. Asked about the 20-point deal between Israel and Hamas that he brokered to end the post-Oct. 7 war in Gaza; Trump made it clear that he wasn’t going to let the terrorists get away with reneging on the next steps to implement the accord.
Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump stated that his “people” were told by Hamas that they would disarm, as is called for in the Israel-Hamas peace plan he put together with mediation from key Arab leaders. “I spoke to Hamas, and I said, ‘You’re going to disarm, right?’ ‘Yes, sir. We’re going to disarm.’ That’s what they told me,” Trump told reporters, initially describing it as a direct conversation. “We have told them we want them to disarm, and they will disarm. And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them, and it’ll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm,” Trump said.
He returned to the same theme two days later, when, after it appeared that the terrorists ignored the first threat by posting the following on Truth Social: “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
That’s exactly what supporters of Israel, plus those who have been worrying about what will follow the liberation of the hostages, wanted to hear. That was especially needed after it was reported that Trump administration officials were downplaying Hamas activity in Gaza these past few days as not violating the deal. (Ed note: A somewhat long, but very interesting observation by Tobin. Taken from JNS.) (Read More)
That’s exactly what supporters of Israel, plus those who have been worrying about what will follow the liberation of the hostages, wanted to hear. That was especially needed after it was reported that Trump administration officials were downplaying Hamas activity in Gaza these past few days as not violating the deal. (Ed note: A somewhat long, but very interesting observation by Tobin. Taken from JNS.) (Read More)
