From: Al Jazeera January 7, 2025 Trump says: ‘All hell will break out in the Middle East’ if captives are not released
US President-elect Donald Trump and Middle East envoy Steve Wittkoff, held a news conference in Florida, where they addressed some questions about the Gaza ceasefire talks.
Trump said if the captives are not back by the time, he gets into office, “all hell will break out in the Middle East, and it will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone”.
‘Donald Trump believes that he can get a ceasefire deal’ This is something – trying to get a ceasefire for Israel’s war on Gaza and to release the captives – that has been eluding the current US administration for quite some time.
In fact, this is something that President Joe Biden had hoped would be part of his legacy. But, in the waning days of his administration, it is not something they have been able to achieve.
And so, one would argue that this is naïveté on the part of the incoming [Donald Trump] administration and the new Middle East negotiator [Steve Witkoff].
They believe that the man who wrote the book 'The Art of the Deal' can strike a deal.
One has to look and see whether or not this is achievable. Donald Trump believes that he can get a deal. He is threatening that, if it’s not done, there will be consequences to be paid with punitive action.
From: Al Arabiya News January 7, 2025 Trump should get Nobel Peace Prize if he brokers peace between Israel, Palestinians
