The Hamas Surrender Deal

A moral and strategic abomination that sells out America and Israel.

Daniel Greenfield | Jan 14, 2025

After a Pearl Harbor or an Oct 7, the only ‘deal’ that could be considered with the perpetrators is their absolute surrender. Hamas however took hostages to force an Israeli retreat.

That’s what a ‘ceasefire’ always was.

And the proposed Hamas surrender deal is just that. While reports about the details are still coming in, the deal appears to be another variation of the Biden Hamas surrender deal, but with pressure being applied by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff who praised Hamas’ Qatari state sponsors.

The headlines tell one part of the story.

Trump’s Mideast Envoy Forced Netanyahu to Accept a Gaza Plan He Repeatedly Rejected – Haaretz

Hostage talks advanced after ‘tense’ meet between Netanyahu and Trump envoy – The Times of Israel

How Trump’s ‘salty’ envoy may have forced Israel’s hand on hostage deal – The Telegraph

The media can tell all sorts of stories, but the Biden team clearly feels Witkoff is on the same page as they are.

“I think Steve Witkoff has been a terrific partner in this, and also President-elect Trump in making clear that he wants to see this deal go forward, and go forward before January 20th,” Blinken says in an interview with MSNBC.

I can’t think of a worse recommendation than this.

Any deal with Hamas is unacceptable. It destroys the moral and strategic credibility of Israel and America. And the only conceivable deal to be entertained would have been the deportation of terrorists in exchange for the release of hostages. Instead, this deal follows the Hamas demands of an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the border with Egypt and the release of thousands of Hamas terrorists in exchange for the release of some Israeli hostages.

It’s a moral and strategic abomination and anyone on the Trump team who had anything to do with it has demonstrated that they are incapable of standing up to terrorists and protecting America’s interests.

America doesn’t need a “terrific partner” with Tony Blinken or Qatar. That’s not America First. It’s Terrorists First.

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.