Trump admin effort to get American hostages out from Hamas on its own goes NOWHERE and pisses off Israeli RightWingNuts….
This IS the way Trump operates , without regard to the way things have and should be done…
As in the Ukraine….
Trump Foreign policy so far, has been a failure….
A US envoy has said Hamas proposed a five-to-10-year ceasefire and a full prisoner exchange during backroom talks that have provoked angry responses from the administration of Benjamin Netanyahu and his conservative backers in Israel and the US.
Adam Boehler, the US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, told Kan News, an Israeli public broadcaster, that he “does believe” Hamas would eventually lay down its weapons and leave power in Gaza. While he said the series of interviews was meant to explain the US position, he also defended the talks by saying that Washington is “not an agent of Israel”.
“We weren’t prepared to just sit back for two weeks,” Boehler said, adding: “You’ve got a real chance for some movement and seeing hostages home in the next few weeks.”
Those remarks are said to have provoked behind-the-scenes fury from Netanyahu’s strategic affairs adviser Ron Dermer, as well as public anger from rightwingers in the government including the ultranationalist finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.
“[Boehler] attempted to negotiate the release of American hostages. We made it clear to him that he cannot speak on our behalf, and if he wishes to negotiate on behalf of the United States, then good luck to him,” Smotrich told Israel’s Army Radio, according to the Times of Israel.
The Israeli minister did not specify how this message was conveyed to Boehler. However, on Monday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, further sought to tamp down concerns over the talks between Boehler and Hamas.
“That was a one-off situation in which our special envoy for hostages, whose job it is to get people released, had an opportunity to talk directly to someone who has control over these people and was given permission and encouraged to do so. He did so,” Rubio told reporters while flying to Saudi Arabia.
“As of now, it hasn’t borne fruit. Doesn’t mean he was wrong to try, but our primary vehicle for negotiations on this front will continue to be Mr Witkoff and the work he’s doing through Qatar,” Rubio added, referring to Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
In Israel, the revelation of direct talks between the US and Hamas has provoked mixed emotions. Official reaction from the Israeli government has been limited to a single terse statement by the office of Netanyahu acknowledging the negotiations and some broadly neutral comments from more junior officials…..
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Syria and the US backed Kurds and Israeli back Druze …
Syria’s government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that controls the north-east of the country to integrate the group into the national army and achieve a nationwide ceasefire.
The agreement will place the north-east under Syrian government control for the first time since the Kurdish-led authority gained autonomy of the region in 2012 during the civil war..
The deal, which is to be carried out by year’s end, will place all public institutions in north-east Syria – including borders, airports and oilfields – under Syrian government control.
The deal will also recognise Kurdish rights – long denied under the Assad regime, which banned the Kurdish language from schools and prohibited Kurdish holidays….
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The announcement of the agreement prompted cheering crowds to take to the street in Raqqa, north-east Syria and in Damascus.
The agreement came just after the Syrian defence ministry announced the end of its military operation against Assad loyalists in the Syrian coast. Combat had started after fighters loyal to the ousted Assad regime launched a coordinated attack on Syrian security forces across the coast on Thursday.
The fighting triggered a five-day battle in north-west Syria that killed more than 1,000 people, including at least 745 civilians. The attack also triggered revenge killings of mostly Alawite civilians in villages across the north-west…
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The Syrian government also needs to make a deal with the Druze community in southern Syria, which has retained autonomy under the country’s new rulers.
Syria also faces an Israeli incursion in the south, with Israeli leaders threatening military intervention in the country if the central government harms the Druze population. Druze leaders in turn have rejected any Israeli intervention in the country….
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