The first rule of negotiating with Islamic terrorists is ‘don’t.’ The second rule is that a bad deal is worse than no deal.

Qatar, Steven Witkoff and assorted Islamists who have crawled into the administation through the backdoor have continued to advance ‘ceasefire’ negotiations. Every phase of these negotiations have come closer to the demands of Hamas despite the fact that it lost the war. This is a familiar pattern when negotiating with terrorists.

What Hamas wants, above all else, is victory which means the withdrawal of the Israelis from Gaza.

The current ceasefire deal includes this demand under the language of “permanent ceasefire”. A permanent ceasefire is a contradiction in terms. And there’s no such thing with Islamic terrorists. Hamas has not ended its campaign to destroy Israel and wipe out its population.

This is a deal that benefits Qatar, Hamas and no one else. America should have nothing to do with it.