Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is a Win for Trump
The US president-elect gave Netanyahu and his cabinet a binary choice to sign on or alienate his administration. It worked.
Donald Trump attends an Oct. 7th remembrance event.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America“WE HAVE A DEAL,” US President-elect Donald Trump said on his social media channel Truth Social, as Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization agreed to a ceasefire on Wednesday. He will get much of the credit if this marks the end of what has been a brutal war — and he’ll deserve it.
It isn’t that he or his foreign policy team came up with a new solution. As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to highlight in a valedictory speech at Washington’s Atlantic Council on Tuesday, the deal on offer appears to have changed very little since its last-minute rejection by Israel months ago.