“They [Hamas] need to demilitarize, and then they might be politically involved in Gaza.” —US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, interview with Tucker Carlson, March 21, 2025.
“I thought we had an acceptable deal. I even thought we had an approval from Hamas. Maybe that’s just me getting duped.” — Steve Witkoff, about a ceasefire extension he thought he had just finished negotiating, Fox News, March 23, 2023.
Duped is putting it mildly. Witkoff, who doubtless has the best intentions, is sadly proving the perfect mark.
Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that needs to be designated by the US as a terrorist group. Hamas is Muslim Brotherhood, and Muslim Brotherhood is Hamas.
[Hamas’s] politicians devise the strategy and set the goals, while its armed wing is entrusted with following them. The political leadership of Hamas ruled that Israel must be eliminated, and the group’s military wing has carried out countless terrorist attacks to achieve that goal. […]
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