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Israel/Hamas Ceasefire Agreement: Hostages to Be Released
Was it Donald Trump? Joe Biden? Maybe it doesn’t matter: “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.”
“Why Biden May Matter,” ventured David Leonhardt hopefully for the New York Times on January 15, 2025. “We explore the president’s legacy.”
It wasn’t a long article. Only time will tell how history judges President Joe Biden’s one-term tenure. One accomplishment the Biden Administration has been struggling to achieve before leaving Washington may be about to happen, perhaps giving would-be Biden historians something with which to credit the 46th president.
“Israel, Hamas Agree to Ceasefire Deal to Pause War in Gaza,” reported Annmarie Hordern, Fiona MacDonald, and Dan Williams triumphantly for Bloomberg yesterday. “Israel and Hamas agreed to free dozens of hostages and pause the war in Gaza that’s killed tens of thousands of people in the last 15 months and caused turmoil across the Middle East.”
“A ceasefire will start Sunday — a day before Donald Trump succeeds Joe Biden as US president — and last six weeks, Qatari and American officials, who mediated between the warring sides, said,” the NYT revealed. “Thirty-three hostages captured after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, will be released, while Israel will withdraw from populated…