Trump uncuffing Israel
Israel National News Arutz Sheva by Melanie Phillips 21 March 2025

Extracts:

• If Hamas sees the IDF reaching the hostage locations, Hamas would murder them

If Hamas gives up all the hostages, Hamas will be left with no means of holding off the Israelis It will be finished

By keeping hold of its captives, Hamas doesn’t just have the upper hand;
it holds all the cards because it knows that to Israel, every life is important and thus Israel feels under a sacred duty to retrieve them

While Hamas keeps them under its brutal imprisonment, it will continue to spin out negotiations over releasing them to paralyze Israel’s military options


The released hostages say that a deal is the only way to bring the rest of them back The terrible truth is,
1. no deal will bring them all back
2. Only Israel’s total capitulation will do that

That would mean,
1. Hamas would survive
2. more hostages would be taken
3. more Israelis would be murdered


So now, Israel is going all out to destroy Hamas as a military and governing force

This second stage of the war is different from the first because Israel no longer has to fight America, too
Unlike the Biden administration, the Trump administration is backing Israel to win this war