‘Certainly,’ Israel Doubts That:’ Phil Wegmann Reacts to Hamas Being Open for Negotiations

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WEGMANN: “And certainly, Israel doubts that Hamas is ready for a lasting peace, as President Trump said in that statement. I think that this is a White House that is willing to take what they can get when they can get it. Hamas has said that they are ready to return those hostages and negotiate on the other points. Trump is ready to take them at their initial word here, begin that process. I think that Juan is right. The significant headline here is that for the first time Trump is leaning on Netanyahu, saying stop the fighting. And to your point also about the power dynamic, now he has a lot of these other Arab nations, Egypt and Qatar also leaning on Hamas, also coming to the negotiation table to finally bring this thing to an end.”