Netanyahu is already screwing up the ceasefire deal announced yesterday.
An Israeli cabinet meeting to approve a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas was delayed Thursday morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group of “reneging” on parts of the agreement.
Netanyahu’s office said the cabinet would not convene until Hamas accepted all elements of the deal. A Hamas official said on social media that the group is committed to the agreement announced Wednesday. Neither provided any further details.
Discussions are ongoing about how prisoners will be exchanged, so the deal is not dead. And as expected, Trump is claiming credit for the deal. It will be a real joke on Trump if it falls apart after he’s inaugurated.
If you missed President Biden’s farewell address, here it is:
The part about the oligarchs is getting some attention.
I have no doubt that America is in a position to continue to succeed. That’s why my farewell address tonight — I want to warn the country of country of some things that give me great concern. This is a dangerous concern and that’s a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra-wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked.
Today, an oligarchy is taking democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. We see the consequences all across America, and we’ve seen it before more than a century ago. But the American people stood up to the robber barons back then and busted the trusts. They didn’t punish the wealthy; they just made the wealthy play by the rules everybody else had to. Workers want rights there and it helped put us on a path to building the largest middle class, the most prosperous century any nation in the world has ever seen. We’ve got to do that again.
As I said yesterday, I’m not following the confirmation hearings. They’re all corrupt; they’re all going to be confirmed. There’s nothing that can be done about it.
Update: Rudy Giuliani was a no show in court today. A trial was supposed to begin in NYC that would determine if he can keep his Palm Beach condo and collection of World Series rings. Now it’s postponed. Someone might want to find him.
"It will be a real joke on Trump if it falls apart after he’s inaugurated"
If they even get a deal which I think is doubtful it will almost certainly fall apart soon after. Bibi and his wing-nut coalition are not interested in peace, they want that ocean front land back! Israel has spent the last year and a half bombing a civilian population to smithereens, they have created more terrorists than could have possibly killed. The people of Gaza are going to want revenge, which will be deemed as terrorism and will draw a disproportional response from Bibi and his right-wing goons.
You should have taken the under for Trump taking the credit for the Gaza deal. Under as in under five minutes. On truth social. According to my confidential informant. I cannot touch truth social with a ten foot pole.
I did catch highlights of some of the confirmation hearings, That sucking sound was my essence being drained from my being.
Well stated. It was like watching leading role tryouts for parts in a remake of Dumb and Dumber. A soul-sucking experience.
Gee, big money in politics may have a corrupting effect on democracy. I wonder why nobody thought of that before?