But… Israel were the holdouts on this deal. They could have signed it any time in the last six months. How would Trump threatening Hamas convince Israel to finally sign? It should be obvious to anyone that Netanyahu was waiting for the US election in hopes that Trump would win. You think everyone just finally agreed on all their sticking points right around Jan 20th by coincidence, or because Trump huffed and puffed?? How gullible can you be? Netanyahu handing Trump a political win as he comes into office is clearly a move to curry favor and we should all dread what he’ll get in return. Trump is the most easily manipulated man on the planet and Netanyahu is playing him like a fiddle, as usual. Trumps actual track record on Israel is the embassy move, the Golan Heights annexation, the joke of a ‘peace plan’ that was just an Israeli wish list, and the Abraham accords, which tried to remove the question of Palestine from middle eastern politics entirely. (Please don’t read this as a defense of Biden and Blinken, they were completely rolled by the Israelis and deserve to be in prison for war crimes. Just be prepared for the annexation of the West Bank, which has been the goal of the Israeli right wing all along and for which they now have eager American partners in the incoming administration)
In poker this is called a bluff to win the pot.
But… Israel were the holdouts on this deal. They could have signed it any time in the last six months. How would Trump threatening Hamas convince Israel to finally sign? It should be obvious to anyone that Netanyahu was waiting for the US election in hopes that Trump would win. You think everyone just finally agreed on all their sticking points right around Jan 20th by coincidence, or because Trump huffed and puffed?? How gullible can you be? Netanyahu handing Trump a political win as he comes into office is clearly a move to curry favor and we should all dread what he’ll get in return. Trump is the most easily manipulated man on the planet and Netanyahu is playing him like a fiddle, as usual. Trumps actual track record on Israel is the embassy move, the Golan Heights annexation, the joke of a ‘peace plan’ that was just an Israeli wish list, and the Abraham accords, which tried to remove the question of Palestine from middle eastern politics entirely. (Please don’t read this as a defense of Biden and Blinken, they were completely rolled by the Israelis and deserve to be in prison for war crimes. Just be prepared for the annexation of the West Bank, which has been the goal of the Israeli right wing all along and for which they now have eager American partners in the incoming administration)
Netanyahu thought Trump would be even more Zionist than Biden. Ooooh, poor thing, he must be disappointed. Or maybe not.