With the genocide in Gaza temporarily paused and some hostages freed by each side, Donald Trump and Joe Biden played tug o’ war over which deserved “credit” for the deal finally being struck.
Never mind if the deal was a good or bad one, or about the tens of thousands of Palestinian lives snuffed out, or even the hundreds of Israeli ones fifteen months ago. Credit must be given to someone for the ostensible “win.”
The truth is, neither deserves credit. Certainly, Biden deserves none. The “plan” he put forth last May was on the table for six months before he dishonestly presented it as an Israeli plan, only to later claim it for himself. In fact, it was neither; it was the only way to negotiate a ceasefire that both sides could be made to accept, and was negotiated for that reason. …..more
