ADDED: Here's what the NYT is saying now: "Negotiators from Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire in Gaza, though the start date is unclear, according to a senior official from one of the mediating countries and two senior Israeli officials.... There are also still technical details that need to be worked out. Two other officials said there was last-minute wrangling over the Egypt-Gaza border, which is currently controlled by Israeli forces.... President-elect Donald J. Trump also announced that a hostage deal had been reached, writing on social media that 'THEY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY.' Mr. Trump had threatened severe consequences unless Israel and Hamas reached an agreement before his Jan. 20 inauguration, which some officials credited with helping the negotiations to advance. If implemented, the cease-fire would allow for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israel, after more than a year of devastating war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and destroyed much of the enclave. Neither Israel nor Hamas has publicly endorsed the agreement, but the Palestinian group said on Tuesday that the negotiations had entered their 'final stages'...."
AND: Another Truth Social post from Trump: "This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies. I am thrilled American and Israeli hostages will be returning home to be reunited with their families and loved ones. With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven. We will continue promoting PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH throughout the region, as we build upon the momentum of this ceasefire to further expand the Historic Abraham Accords. This is only the beginning of great things to come for America, and indeed, the World! We have achieved so much without even being in the White House. Just imagine all of the wonderful things that will happen when I return to the White House, and my Administration is fully confirmed, so they can secure more Victories for the United States!"
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Release all of the hostages - live or dead - immediately! Hamass doesn’t negotiate from a position of strength, they’ve been decimated.
Now or face more justice!
If Harris had won, a deal would not even be on the horizon. Hamas knows that elections have consequences.
The headlines write themselves:
Trump more effective than Reagan: hostages released before he was even inaugurated. Biden bigger failure that Carter, again.
If the deal is what I heard previously that the exchange of 30 Israeli hostages (alive or dead) is for 1000 hamass terrorists, then such a deal should be roundly rejected out of hand. That was an absolute garbage proposal (if that's the deal...) and it defies belief that the Israelis would agree to it.
Why not let Biden make the announcement? It’s not like Trump negotiated the deal. Right? I mean, I don’t know. The media don’t report anything important going on.
If the IDF rounds up 50 guys on a street in Gaza, strips them to their underwear, and drags them off in trucks to rape them in prisons in Israel, they aren't called "hostages". They're called "terrorists". True fact!
“We” meaning Biden and Trump.
Because Trump's victory is clearly the catalyst, as Goldenpause alludes above, "If Harris had won, a deal would not even be on the horizon."
And if all of the hostages are now declared by Hamas to be dead?
I find it all a bit unsavory. I suspect the hostages disagree..
It's SOP there. Israelis return 700 Muslim terrorists for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers.
Apparently Hamas is choosing not to FAFO. Add some "incoming" Trump and the troops duck for cover.
Sure, Jan. The Muslims are the Good Guys...like Democrat Party members are in America.
The problem with all these "deals" is that Israel never keeps their side of the bargain and the USA doesn't nothing about it. Jimmy Carter spent his whole Post-Presidency trying to get Israel to live up its agreement of 1979. No dice.
Israel is currently breaking its deal in Lebanon by refusing to withdraw troops. And of course, it has a nasty habit of assassinating any Arab/Iranian leader who opposes them, so the person "Signing the deal" just put a big bullseye on the themselves. Not the way to reach agreements.
Anyway, I hope Trump is right. Now, do Ukraine/Russia.
The hostages who are still alive.
F the left and F Biden.
Right WE have a deal who is in the presidency spot now and has been working on this all along? Kind of like the Reagan Carter trick SEE thru as a cellophane bag,,,Lets see how fast trump fux it up
Biden kept the killing going for as long as he possibly could. Biden gave Israel plenty of bombs to use for the purpose. But sure, Biden's heart was in the right place all along!
"Face justice?" Israel will never face justice.
They know Trump isn’t beholden to the DC PR firm that was hired on Palestinian behalf but, just like The Hillary Global Initiative IOUs, people didn’t pay for nothing so the vig will continue to run while they wait out Trump…
Why didn't Biden stop this before? Israel couldn't have done it without all of the American bombs we gave them. Biden kept the killing going on as long as he could. How delusional you people are not to see Joe Biden as the blood soaked villain that he actually is. Gaza was a war that did not need to happen, now the US's reputation has been dragged through the mud, Ukraine was a war that didn't need to happen, but Biden wanted it. Now more than half the world looks at the US as the villain in the piece. This is Joe Biden's doing, but now that the jig is up for him, and he can no longer continue the killing, you want to give him credit for being stopped.
as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies.
So how does "all hell will break out" square with this statement. Being batshit crazy and contradicting yourself within a just over a week, may work for a little while, but eventually people will tire of it.
I really wish the USA's SOP was to stop worrying about that region's colossally ass-backwards and goat-fucked SOP by not giving anyone in that region any more weapons or money. Our SOP should be to let that region glass itself and move on with our lives.
All remaining Hamass leadership (are there any?) should get the Trotsky Treatment.
And Trump threatened that all hell will break out if the hostages are not released (and of course this deal, if it doesn't collapse like all the rest, does not release all the hostages) by inauguration day. Do you really think that means that Trump was contemplating limiting arms shipments to Israel.
Feck Biden.
From Ankara to Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi, Algiers, and Tel Aviv, there are no "good guys" in that region.
Fredo still doesn't understand "stray voltage".
Freder confuses consecutive with concurrent.
This is a Jedi mind trick. Hamas is now at the end of their rope, either they will be exposed as lying frauds, or they will integrate into a new peaceful order.
Hamas expects to gain two things, guns and money. They expect to be re supplied thru the Egypt Gaza border and given billions for rebuilding their tunnels, they always want more tunnels. Israel can retain a strip on the Gaza side to prevent this, or if that is given up, they can just wait for 5 to 10 years for Hamas to start another war. Either way the world gets a break for a while.
Time will tell, but one thing is certain, Biden didn't give a rip about the killing.
Well that’s good news!
Very true.
Hamas had agreed to a deal in the very beginning of all this but biden prolonged their unnecessary suffering.
Get them home, start to eliminate the Palestinian cause through the Abraham accords ( which the anti semitic democrats squandered ) and then squash them. Hamas does something else they will go hegsmith on their ass. Israel had lost this round anyway because of Biden and the democrats siding with terrorists. Take a step back and regroup.
Boy. Our Lefty friends are out in force on this one.
Must have touched a nerve.
And if Trump turns out not to give a rip about the killing either, will you criticize him as voraciously as you have Biden? I bet there will be crickets.
BTW, most of the "American" hostages are dual citizens, many of whom left the USA 20-30 years ago to live in Israel, or are "anchor babies" who were serving in the IDF. Sorry, since our American elite wants to hand out citizenships like free candy or a box of cracker jacks, don't expect me to get all worked up about "Americans" being put at risk.
Like Regan and Jimmy Carter's Iranian hostages.. all Trump had to do what threaten them with a 'when I get there'.... and the folded like a cheap suit.
Biden had zero to do with this....
Did Biden agree to a secret payoff on some future date?
Yet, him Kamala and Blinken are on TV taking full credit.
Freder confuses a lot of stuff. He's confused a lot.
Antony Blinken claimed this morning that the Hamass forces that were killed during the last 15 months have been replaced by new recruits. I certainly hope that’s the usual bullschiff from him.
They hate Jews.
Field Marshall Freder's spittle-flecked apoplectic rage at the mere thought of a deal is really quite something to behold.
Don’t be such a hater, Fredo.
“Hey! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!"
—— Fredo
https://x.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1879598370236285091
And who many fighters will be let loose as with the shailt release
Tell us again how many of those declared 'off-limits & neutral' hospitals, schools, and mosques have been discovered with tunnels under them, chock full of weapons? Oh, that's right: All of them.
The New Soviet Democratical - islamic supremacist alliance is fully locked in.
Iman said...
“Antony Blinken claimed this morning that the Hamass forces that were killed during the last 15 months have been replaced by new recruits.”
I take it they haven’t been issued the company pager yet.
Here we go, taking credit for things he helped with, but did not directly affect. 4 years of this trash is almost too much to bear. A man of the people? Ha. A man of his buddies. and maybe the rest of us. No savior, no panacea.
No dice, toots.
This ends nothing. None of us really knows what the real intentions are of the Islamist movements, Iran, Israel, or Trump. Either this really is Trump just wanting a "win" to tout, which is trivial, or he understands that this ceasefire is an illustory diversion the inevitable collapse of which will justify him in what he truly intends, a green-lighting of Israel against Hamas, Iran, etc. (See Hegseth's terrific and concise statement about Hamas.) The other possibility is Israel needs a respite, a chance to rearm, etc., and it knows Hamas is already a powerless shell and can be allowed to taste this pyric victory. I really don't know.
What I do believe is that Israelis suffer a very serious and terrible price for making the hostages such a central focus of their diplomacy and war fighting. How many Israelis have died for those hostages? How many more will die from the monsters Israel will now release? Israel needs to confront this horribly false and self-defeating humanitarianism
You are correct. We can't wait for 5 more days until he leaves. He didn't do squat. He's been too busy on vacation. Enjoy the new fundamental transformation that begins in 5 days Vicki!! America WILL be great again!
This is a terrible deal maybe we can revisit it after
Cook always manages to strike the absolute worst possible note.
Looks like a hiccup - Hamas changed the maps wo informing others? Lucy!!
"This ends nothing."
That should be the motto, slogan, and epitaph for the entire Middle East.
Wars do not “end.” They are lost when one side begs for mercy. Only after all hell breaks loose can there be peace. Bad deal.
Hamas' rearming begins now.
Whether it’s Ronald Reagan conspiring with Iranian Ayatollahs to delay the hostage release until after Carter’s defeat or Donald Trump conspiring with Netanyahu to delay a ceasefire agreement until after Biden’s defeat, Republican presidential candidates….
Yep, dual Citizenship needs to end, for everyone. Philosophically, ethically and politically dual citizenship is a retarded concept for everyone except the person who has it. Worse, the fact that there are some voters willing to vote for serving members of another country's armed forces as representatives in OUR legislature and that our government and constitution allow this is mind-boggling.
There is zero ethical justification that can be made for an actively serving member of a foreign military to be involved in the law-making functions of a totally different nation.
“We” meaning Biden and Trump.
“We” meaning Biden and Hitler.
Corrected for the leftists. What a crazy thing for Hitler to do.
Is Trump thanking Joe Biden or Hamas?
I'll believe it when I see the hostages freed. Not before.
What happens if Hamas pulls another Hamas at this juncture? Stay tuned.
Or Nixon conspiring with south Vietnam…
https://x.com/hpmcd1/status/1879572250594353299
Joe Biden's last public appearance... "Is that a joke??" #Sad
https://x.com/AssalRad/status/1879611917633003716
Yes. Wars end when the aggressor (Hamas in this case) completely surrenders, gives up the cause and forswears war. Blinken said that "new recruits" to Hamas have replaced the old regulars who have been killed. The new recruits are of course young men whose whole education was anti-semitism and the religious duty to destroy Israel. (America is also on their list, as a country in which Muslims are treated equally, instead of being the rulers.) So this agreement, if it really comes off, is just a stage in the continuing war.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-13/ty-article/.premium/trumps-mideast-envoy-forced-netanyahu-to-accept-a-gaza-plan-he-repeatedly-rejected/00000194-615c-d4d0-a1f4-fbfdce850000
It was Trump. I told you guys a few days ago that Trump had taken the gloves off with Israel when he posted severe criticism of Israel on Truth Social.
LOL. According to the press in Israel, Trump forced Bibi's hand, see my post above, Biden could have done it at any time.
Last Friday evening, Steven Witkoff, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, called from Qatar to tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aides that he would be coming to Israel the following afternoon. The aides politely explained that was in the middle of the Sabbath but that the prime minister... - Haaretz
Long story short, Bibi. was told in "salty terms" to be there, and he showed up to meet with Trump's envoy, and Bibi agreed to Trump's terms, which he had been rejecting for six months.
Here is the link I gave you guys last week which, if you had looked at it, would have given you a heads up on this.
https://theduran.com/will-trump-deliver-peace-jeffrey-sachs-alexander-mercouris-glenn-diesen/
Ha, Vicky. You are such a loyal tool of that corrupt warmonger who is in his final days.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-13/ty-article/.premium/trumps-mideast-envoy-forced-netanyahu-to-accept-a-gaza-plan-he-repeatedly-rejected/00000194-615c-d4d0-a1f4-fbfdce850000
Just calling "balls and strikes" again, eh self-declared "middle of the roader"?
LLR-democratical Rich: "Whether it’s Ronald Reagan conspiring with Iranian Ayatollahs to delay the hostage release until after Carter’s defeat...."
Oh, so you're back pushing that obvious lie again are you?
Poor li'l Rich. Go ahead Rich, tell us all how, and this is a key part of the lunatic conspiracy theory our resident moron LLR-democratical Rich has been pushing and re-pushing (he tends to do that alot), HW Bush was able to commandeer an SR-71, have it flown to an outlying airfield near Paris where HW supposedly cut the deal with the Ayatollah's reps!
LOL
I. Kid. You. Not.
Rich literally believes that. Literally.
victoria, all Joe is doing these days is fondly reminiscing about his long showers with his adolescent daughter......which is why your party threw him overboard after you couldn't hide his dementia any longer.
Too funny. victoria thinks joey bag-o-donuts had something to do with this!
I would be careful about putting too much stock in whatever Haaretz is pushing as a story.
https://x.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1879632347961970913 really terrible
I'm seeing Biden do a lot of things in the final moments of his Presidency. Here's the thing. Biden had 4 years to do any or all of these things. In the case of these hostages, they've been held since October 7th, 2023. Nothing Biden did resulted in their freedom for 15 months. Trump is right. It was his win in November that brought home the stark reality to the remaining holdouts of Hamas that they will no longer enjoy the US hampering Israel in the destruction of Hamas. Trump could also force Netanyahu's hand, because Bibi had lost the support of practically everyone else but Trump.
If you want to give Biden credit; you have to do better than simply claim it. You won't, because you don't have any tangible credit to give Biden.
You kind of have to feel bad about how pathetic LLR-democratical Rich has become since his Harry-Sisson-like performance for over 2 years leading up to the election set him up for another "collapse" of a lifetime.
This announcement comes right after Jack Smith was able to drop his one-side Adam-Schiff-level-"honest" "report" which showed even Jack knew his completely corrupted DOJ/FBI team, in a corrupt pool of DC hack leftist judges, with near 100% total lunatic New Soviet Democratical "juries" would not be enough to deliver on a lie-filled prosecution of Trump for "insurrection"!
LOL
Tough week for the New Soviet Democraticals all around. And its not going to get any better any time soon. Better hunk down.
Someone throwing a last minute cog in this last minute deal would shock no one.
It’s like he is already President. This has been a remarkable transition.
It’s like he is already President. This has been a remarkable transition.
It isn't just Haaretz.
Just wait till Netanyahu chimes in on it.. he will tell the world who did what.
Biden will get the next Nobel Peace Prize for this. Watch for it. Even though Trump will soon bring the Ukraine/Russia War to an end, the NPP is Biden's for this pittance - the Norwegian Nobel Committee will not, of course, even give Trump a glance.
He's thanking Steve Witkoff. Witkoff is the guy who looks nothing like Andrew Blinken standing next to Benjamin Netanyahu in this recently released photo.
Having mastered submarine engineering, Russian military history, and large language models, Drago would like to give you a careful estimate of how many gin and tonics one can safely drink before noon...
For good or ill, this is Trump's work, not Biden's.
It's rather obvious, isn't it, when LLR-demcratical Rich, who declared the kamala campaign the most perfect campaign of all time, haa completely run out of rhetorical ammunition and he is far, much too far down Exposed Boulevard, to try and attempt a 'hey, I am just a reasonable and principled Lifelong republican that doesn't like Trump'..."reset.
Tsk tsk tsk
Now Abacus Boy is stuck in No Man's Land...which is odd since he cannot define what a "man" is.
Yes! Tell me that Trump’s comment “there will be hell to pay” made Hamas think do this now or we are goners.
And Biden’s weak stance is still evident here. Israel has to release now many murderers to get back some live and some dead hostages in a NOT 1 for 1 deal. I wish Israel could do the same-send some of these guys back in coffins.
"Cook always manages to strike the absolute worst possible note."
Well...the truth hurts.
No one with a thinking brain would think that Trump will hold back any arms to Israel.
Please, Israel,doesn’t keep their side of the bargain?
It was Hamas who broke the ceasefire on October 7th. Hamas really doesn’t care how many of their side die. The men all have 72 virgins waiting for them and they never gave a shit about the women anyway. All they are good for is to give birth and make food and turn over their children in one way or another to the sick Hamas members. And the leaders are still rich as shit sitting in fancy hotels somewhere. When you are as evil as Hamas me,bets are I just don’t get the tears shed over them.
Yes.
Exactly.
Maybe fake news, but I heard that Israel had promised a free pager to all the Palestinian convicts being traded for hostages held by Hamas.
So how does "all hell will break out" square with this statement. Being batshit crazy and contradicting yourself within a just over a week, may work for a little while, but eventually people will tire of it.
Do you want the hostages released or not? If not, say so. Otherwise, shut up.
Secretary being interviewed on MSNBC has one of her dreadlocks that caught in her eyelash and as she speaks for several minutes every time she blinks and pulls that drug lock down hurry amusing. Definitely going to be some internet memes on that.
I am sure you think so, it explains why you ignore it so scrupulously. I mean carefully choose your news sources so that you won't hear anything that might upset your feelings of superiority to us lot.
'No one with a thinking brain would think that Trump will hold back any arms to Israel."
Apparently Bibi did.
He would have ended the conflict in Korea with a final peace deal, but John Bolton killed it. This is why the deep state hates presidents like Trump, you know what happened to JFK who tried to make peace with the Soviets, and Nixon, who ended the Viet Nam war and tried to make peace with China. The attempted assassination by incompetent security failed, but I am worried for Trump.
Is the three gin and tonic breakfast the new three martini lunch? When Drago is on a bender there is no contender.
Fredo is wish-casting, and he says a “Hail Gaia” before every wish.
KAK!!!
Is three gin and tonics at breakfast too many or too few? Yes.
Depends on whether you drank it from a glass or poured it over your Corn Flakes.
“Arab officials: Trump envoy swayed
Netanyahu more in one meeting than
Biden did all year.”
...tried to make peace with the soviets and forced the American Zionist Council to register as a foreign funded agent of Israel in 1962. The AZC lives on though as AIPAC.
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