Following the release of three hostages, including one with an American, President Donald Trump restated his demand that all Israeli captives must be released from Gaza today.
“Hamas has just released three Hostages from GAZA, including an American Citizen. They seem to be in good shape! This differs from their statement last week that they would not release any Hostages,” The president wrote on his Truth Social account.
The post continued, “Israel will now have to decide what they will do about the 12:00 O’CLOCK, TODAY, DEADLINE imposed on the release of ALL HOSTAGES. The United States will back the decision they make!”
Tel Aviv may view Trump’s post as a greenlight to break the ceasefire and resume its onslaught in Gaza. Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi said Saturday that it is his “duty to bring everyone back,” and the IDF is “investing in many efforts for this purpose, and at the same time, we are preparing offensive plans.”
Trump is restating a threat he made on Monday. “If all the hostages aren’t returned by Saturday at 12 o’clock, I think it’s an appropriate time. I would say cancel it, and all bets are off. Let hell break out,” he said.
Trump issued the threat after Hamas said it would display the hostage release scheduled for February 15 because Israel was not abiding by the ceasefire agreement. Since the deal went into effect on January 19, Israel has killed around 100 Palestinians in Gaza. Additionally, Tel Aviv is not letting in the amount of aid that was promised under the deal.
Construction equipment to begin clearing debris, mobile homes, and tents were all pledged to be allowed into Gaza during the ceasefire and hostage deal. However, Israeli officials speaking with the New York Times confirmed that Tel Aviv was not living up to its end of the deal.
On Thursday, Hamas walked back its plan to withhold future hostage releases until Israel complies with the deal.
While it was Trump’s envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff that pushed the hostage exchange and ceasefire deal across the finish line, Israel is now failing to comply with the agreement and Hamas is continuing to release hostages.
It is unclear why Trump set Saturday as the deadline to release all hostages. Under the deal, captives on both sides were agreed to be released slowly over the first two phases of the agreement that would take several months.
Last week, Trump appeared disturbed over the gaunt look of the Israeli hostages that were released by Hamas. While the American media and political class has focused on the status of the Israeli hostages, Palestinians detainees have also been released in ill health, and have additionally been subjected to severe beating.
One released Palestinian told Al-Jazeera, “The Israelis told us to ‘Welcome to hell.’ It was a hell,” he said. “From the first day, we were beaten badly. The beatings were brutal, tough and unbearable.”
Israel has also harassed the freed Palestinians and their families. Shortly after the release on Saturday, Israeli forces raided the homes of one of the freed men.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com and news editor of the Libertarian Institute. He hosts The Kyle Anzalone Show and is co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Connor Freeman.
To me, the three hostages released by Hamas appeared to be in good shape.
It sure shut up the Israeli commentators this time around…!
Trump is puffing smoke…!
By all accounts Hamas honors the agreement, but Trump does not get it, he thinks if he stamps his feet and throes a temper tantrum he gets what he demands. Only immature kids think like that. The Palestinian prisoners never cross his mind, what a piece of garbage the guy is.
What's noteworthy is not Trump's lack of integrity –that's a given, the surprise is the Americans who were against the "genocide," spoke out and educated others underestimate their power and influence on the American elite power base. It is this pressure that caused Biden and is causing Trump and others to fumble, regroup and maneuver to find a way to implement their emasculated Israel-first policies. Trump supporters, you are the ones best situated to affect Trump policy in a positive way for the Palestinians.
"Trump supporters, you are the ones best situated to affect Trump policy in a positive way for the Palestinians." Have you met many trump supporters? LOL. They don't care about Palestinians.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Candace Owens, a Trump supporter criticized Trump big time over his policy on Israel. She educates millions. Tucker Carlson laughed at Piers Morgan when he was pitifully trying to justify the murder of women and children. Both of them are Trump supporters. Millions were watching. There are many Trump supporters in these comments.
Hey Tim, did you see the cool jerseys the Palestinian hostages were made to wear saying "We'll never, forgive, never forget?" It was a petty attempt to respond to the blows the Palestinian resistance has been giving them every week with the captives release. It was such a creative attempt to compensate for the humiliation Israel received on the battlefield. Imagine being possessors of nuclear weapons, masters of AI, security, surveillance and one of the most powerful militaries in the world, relegated to childish slogans on T-shirt art. Look closely at the weapons Islamic Jihad was holding. They were captured Israeli rifles. It must be emasculating. As for the jerseys, Palestinians burned them
And all hell didn't break loose today. Ben-Jvir said Israel raised the white flag to Hamas. What do you think?
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You are correct but that is a tiny minority in the Trump camp. There maybe more but they are not speaking out.
Go to some Trump sites like Newsmax, American Thinker, Glen Beck, Steve Turley adn others – the majority of supporters still believe him to be Godlike.
Germany and Austria had opposition movements to Hitler as well but they were too tiny adn could not overcome the fact that the majority of Germans and Austrians supported Hitler in the beginning. It took foreign intervention.
Also, what would Tucker adn Candice do if ousted or booed by MAGA and Trump? I know what Candice would do, not sure about Tucker.
I am basing it on a few points.
1. The last couple of years has changed the entire landscape on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the role of the US
2. A growing number of Americans, especially the youth, are questioning the Israeli special relationship.
3. Its not just about opposing Trump's stand on Israel, but getting Trump to more align with his base as it slowly moves away from Israel.
4. Just like October 7th contributed to the defeat of the Dems in the presidential election, the continued conflict in the Middle East will have an impact on to what extent Trump's successor will be staunchly pro Israel.
Even Mat Walsh who was pushed on Israel said that US foreign aid should also be curtailed or stopped for Israel as well. I do believe the majority of Trump supporters as the majority of Americans are ignorant on the Palestine Israel issue. However, as the issue gets exposed the silent majority will be more vocal. The deprogramming process on Israel is taking hold.
Another words… Israel is at the end of its apartheid and immune existence…!
Why don't you give a list of mid east nations that don't practice apartheid
Most are all rotten… Including Israel.
Which I guess is what you are saying/admitting.
What I object to is that Israel claims to be some paradigm of virtue, when she isn't
Israel is a paradigm of virtue in the middle east.
What I object to is that the UN won't call out Israel's enemies for doing the same or worse as Israel (usually worse)
But Iran’s Jews and other recognized minorities are barred by law from serving in the judiciary and security services. They also cannot hold authority over Muslims in the armed forces.
When Jews and other recognized minorities seek “blood money” as restitution for various crimes, Iranian law reduces the value of that blood money to half of what a Muslim is entitled to.
https://www.voanews.com/a/challenges-facing-iran-s-jewish-minority-attract-scrutiny-after-rabbi-s-us-visit/6326767.html
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But I’ll tell you. Among the signs […] and signals which guide us, in the Islamic prophecies and not only in the Jewish prophecies, is that this State [of Israel] will be established, and that the Jews will gather from all parts of the world into occupied Palestine, not in order to bring about the anti-Christ and the end of the world, but rather that Allah the Glorified and Most High wants to save you from having to go to the ends of the world, for they have gathered in one place–they have gathered in one place–and there the final and decisive battle will take place.
ولكن انا اقول لكم. من العلامات (….) و لكن من الاشارات التي تهدينا وتدلنا وتقول لنا، في النبوءات الاسلامية وليس فقط في النبوءات اليهودية، ان تقوم هذه الدولة (الاسرائيلة) وان يجتمع اليهود من كل انحاء العالم الى فلسطين المحتلة، ولكن ليس من اجل يحكم مسيحهم الدجال العالم، وانما الله سبحانه وتعالى يريد ان يوفر عليكم ان تذهبوا اليهم في كل انحاء العالم، فهم سيجتمعون في مكان واحد -–- فهم يجتمعون في مكان واحد — وستكون المعركة الحاسمة والفاصلة.
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In Malaysia, "son of the land" refers to the term "Bumiputera" which literally translates to "son of the soil" and is used to describe the indigenous Malay population, essentially signifying their status as the native people of the land; this term is often associated with affirmative action policies designed to uplift their socioeconomic status.
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Meaning: "Bumi" means "land" and "putra" means "son" in Sanskrit.
Application: In Peninsular Malaysia, Bumiputera primarily refers to Malays, while in East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), it includes various indigenous groups like the Dayak and Kadazan-Dusun.
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Feel free to include Malaysia among nations including nearly all Middle Eastern nations which are exempt from criticism for practicing apartheid by the UN , the international community, and the RON PAUL rƎvo⅃ution
And Palestinian prisoners fire burnt those t-shits as soon as they were freed… Trashing Israeli intent…!
well well
There were once 850,000 Jews living in Arab and Muslim countries. They were persecuted, and their properties were confiscated. Today, there are successful Arabs and Muslims in Israel, but there are zero successful Jews in any Arab or Muslim country.
The majority of Jews in Israel are refugees from Arab and Muslim lands, and those 850,000 Jews became 3.5 million in Israel today, while 20–30% of Palestinians have origins in Arab countries.
Why is it that Arabs who migrated to Palestine are considered native, while Jewish refugees from Arab and Muslim lands are labeled as colonizers?
Anyone who calls Israel an apartheid state who hasn't won't call out Israel's middle east enemies for practicing apartheid against Middle East Jews needs to answer why they didn't and and why they did not .
A very small percentage of trump supporters care about Palestinians.
As for the Palestinians resistance, don't get caught up in the success of this round of fighting. The Palestinians lost over 40,000. A larger percentage of their homes are destroyed. 100,000 fled Gaza. Now toss in trump wanting to kick them out of Gaza. And all this occurred while Biden put the brakes on Israel counter attack. The next round of fighting Israel will hit harder because they won't be held back by the President of the USA>
While your entire comment was filled with inaccuracies, I'll just stick to this one:
And all this occurred while Biden put the brakes on Israel counter attack.
Yes, because he withheld 2,000 lb. bombs after Israel had already dropped 14,000 of them But he didn't stop the other lesser killing toys from flowing. And his red lines were an ongoing joke. And "brakes"? Sure, why not. At least he made them put their foot NEAR them. As long as they kept the killing to daily numbers that didn't shock, the slaughter continued to Bidens bitter end.
Trump:
“Israel will now have to decide what they will do about the 12:00 O’CLOCK, TODAY, DEADLINE imposed on the release of ALL HOSTAGES. The United States will back the decision they make!”
Promises made, promises kept. Am I right Trumpsters? Spin this one.
Trumptamonious!…
Trumpbloviatous…………….
They already are, today is Sunday as I comment here. Just came from a couple of Trump sites – Newsmax and American Thinker.
Fully one quarter of Americans think the Sun goes around the Earth. It's hard to have a conversation with them.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/14/277058739/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says#:~:text=America-,1%20In%204%20Americans%20Thinks%20The,Around%20The%20Earth%2C%20Survey%20Says
"The United States will back the decision they make" No surprise to me. I bet it is a surprise to the Pro-Palestinian Anti Biden crowd who expected trump to better than Biden.
I doubt that very much. They just figured he couldn't be worse. And they were right. He can be as equally as bad, but he can't be any worse. Rubble is rubble. Dead s dead.
And even if he is worse, he just hastens the inevitable –the fall of Israel. However, based on what I said above, the Republicans have a huge problem. There isn't much more they can do that Biden has done to support Israel. And their base is opposed to these wars and deploying troops. Thus the Republicans are in a difficult position going forward.
The end of state of Israel has been predicated for the last 76 years. When I was young and just started to pay attention international politics, I remember reading an article in early 1967 explaining how Israel could not withstand the combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. And in June of 1967 those forces were destroyed in six days.
Everything comes to an end including Israel. Hitler intended a 1000 year Reich. The best plans of men and mice go awry. Time is ticking down for Israel. Israelis themselves will give up on it when they realize it is no longer viable.
I missed the part where Biden wanted to clear Gaza of Palestinians. Yes, trump can and will likely be worst for Palestinians.
Did you miss the part where he was ALLOWING and SUPPOTRTING the Palestinians in Gaza to be "cleared" while not enforcing ANY of his red lines? So, no. You can't do worse than that since it was still ongoing when Trump took office.
Palestinian Mustafa Barghouti responds to Trump
'What about a proposal to take New York and send all the New Yorkers to Afghanistan'
Very interesting. This guys understands trump to a point. The thing he does not understand is that trump is nuts. Thus Mustafa Barghouti rational approach to handling trump may or may not work.