My statement on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks.

Brett McGurk (the Biden White House Middle East coordinator and lead hostage negotiator) said that Israeli military pressure was the leverage that produced Hamas hostage releases, not an alternative to deals. In a summary of his appearance on Dan Senor’s podcast, McGurk’s points include: 1. Claims that Israel could have brought everyone home almost immediately were “absolute bullshit.” A comprehensive early deal would have meant accepting Hamas terms, and U.S. assessments held that Hamas intended to keep some hostages for years as bargaining chips. 2. The first (November 2023) deal collapsed because Hamas tried to skip releasing young women still alive and move to older men; Israel refused to skip that category. 3. Before the Rafah operation there was no deal Hamas was prepared to accept. Israel agreed to difficult proposals (including releases of serious offenders); Hamas rejected them, including the framework Biden publicly outlined. 4. Biden’s push to slow or stop before Rafah was not because Israel had torpedoed a deal. By then Biden had reached the limits of his tolerance for the war and regional risks. The U.S. push for reduced fighting during Ramadan, McGurk said, actually reduced Hamas’s incentive to compromise. 5. As long as Yahya Sinwar was alive, McGurk saw no realistic full deal. The Rafah operation was part of the sequence that led to Sinwar’s killing. Military pressure brought Hamas to the points where it agreed to releases. In his view, pressure and a hostage deal were not alternatives - the pressure was what made the deals possible.

One of the Hezbollah terrorist after Mossad's pager operation. The situation of Over 4000 thousand is the same. Eyesight lost. Hand gone. Unable to speak. Forget about fighting with Israel again, now they will not be able to eat & drink on their own for the rest of their life.

And Israel blew limbs off of children is that any better?

🤩 Sydney Sweeney is "serious" about converting to Judaism. The 29-year-old, who has had roles in TV series The Handmaid’s Tale and The White Lotus, is in a relationship with Jewish businessman and former talent manager Scooter Braun, 44. According to sources speaking to the New York Post’s celebrity column Page Six: “The couple is discussing having their own family and Scooter feels strongly on the subject.” ✨ We welcome you with open arms, Sydney!

🧵 We have imposed conditions on a student march that is expected to take place tomorrow, Wednesday, 7 October.

🚨🇮🇱 ÚLTIMA HORA | Un terrorista palestino armado con un cuchillo llegó a la granja Hanania, en Binyamín, intentó apuñalar a residentes y prendió fuego a un vehículo israelí. Un residente lo atropelló.

It would be nice if Western media gave a damn about the Israelis killed *by Israel* on October 7th. They may not - but we here at Zeteo do. Watch @mehdirhasan take you through that day, explaining the secretive 'Hannibal Directive' and how it was deployed by the Israeli military