The White House said on Sunday that it supports Israel’s decision to delay releasing 600 Palestinian prisoners who were set to be freed after Hamas released six Israeli captives in exchange on Saturday.
President Donald Trump is prepared to support Israel in “whatever course of action it chooses regarding Hamas,” a statement from National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said the prisoner release would be delayed until Hamas ends its ceremonies while freeing Israeli captives.
Hamas has called the delay a “blatant violation” of the truce and said Netanyahu is engaging in “procrastination and stalling tactics” to undermine the agreement.
“Somewhat justified” in the context of Israel and Palestine is not really that different than the much more at home faux pas of “both sideism” while the mainstream push is to make people throw up their hands and say “It’s complicated but Israel has the right to exist” it’s so lopsided as to be prison guards vs prisoners who haven’t been given their basic human rights since their arrest 77 years ago. One need not look any further than the average age of each population to see the horror of one side vs the other.