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| Hamas leader says terror group prepared for dialogue with US, credits Trump with ‘ending’ Gaza war; PA’s Abbas ditto | |
| 2025-01-21 | |
“We’re prepared for a dialogue with America and achieving understandings on everything,” Qatar-based Mousa Abu Marzouk tells The New York Times. His comments came on Sunday after the release of three Israeli hostages in the first stage of a hostage-ceasefire deal. The report notes that it is not clear if Abu Marzouk speaks on behalf of all Hamas leadership, including the hardline terror leaders in Gaza. Abu Marzouk calls Trump a “serious president.” “If not for President Trump, his insistence on ending the war, and his dispatching of a decisive representative, the deal wouldn’t have happened,” says Abu Marzouk, referring to new Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. “Truthfully, Trump gets the credit for ending the war,” he says. Abu Marzouk says Witkoff is welcome to visit Gaza. “He can come and see the people and try to understand their feelings and wishes so that the American position can be based on the interests of all the parties, and not only one party,” he says. Abbas says ready to work with Trump toward peace ‘according to the two-state solution’ [IsraelTimes] Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has congratulated Donald Trump on his return as US president, according to a statement published by the PA’s official Wafa news agency. “We are ready to work with you to achieve peace during your era, according to the two-state solution based on international legitimacy, the State of Palestine and the State of Israel living side by side in security and peace, and to achieve security and stability in our region and the world,” says the statement on Wafa’s English-language site. Hamas: Gaza ‘will rise again… and continue on path of steadfastness until occupation is defeated’ [IsraelTimes] Hamas says that Gaza and its people “will rise again” and rebuild the territory battered by more than 15 months of war sparked by the Palestinian terror group’s October 2023 invasion of southern Israel. “Gaza, with its great people and its resilience, will rise again to rebuild what the occupation has destroyed and continue on the path of steadfastness until the occupation is defeated,” Hamas says in a statement issued on the second day of a hostage-ceasefire deal with Israel. Related: Mousa Abu Marzouk 10/24/2024 Senior Hamas official, Mousa Abu Marzouk arrives in Moscow for talks Mousa Abu Marzouk 10/19/2024 Who’s next? Speculation swirls on who will take over Hamas from slain Sinwar Mousa Abu Marzouk 03/06/2024 Video of Hamas stealing food aid trucks | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 This phase ended faster because Trump doesn't give a shit about the Hamas supporters here. They will try to rebuild and go at Israel again in 5 years. Now if Trump gives Iran a twist, Hamas and Hezbollah are truly fucked. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-01-21 10:58 |
| #2 credits US President Donald Trump with “ending” the war in Gaza. It is only a ceasefire. This is a crude attempt at persuasion by talking past the sale. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-01-21 06:10 |
| #1 While it is true, Trump coming back into office likely is the icing on the cake. The IDF is the real reason, and Hamas is just trying to avoid stating the truth everyone knows and is slapping Hamas in the face. Which is the IDF has decimated Hamas' and other area terrorist groups numbers since Oct. 7th 2023. Add to the fact, Iran is losing control of its collection of surrounding controlled Arab nations. Iran, the world's main sponsor of Islamic Terrorism, is having serious $$$$$$ issues, and now a serious growing internal problem with its citizenry openly rebelling. In short, Hamas has played the usual terrorist game. Strike, make the news, get their asses handed to them, hint at a peace treaty, make outrageous demands, milked it for all its media worth, play it for months, settle and rebuild to strike again using another name. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-01-21 05:34 |