That a deal in which Hamas gets to claim victory, gets to keep Gaza and gets thousands of terrorists in trade for a handful of living or dead hostages is bad for Israel is obvious.

But it’s also terrible for America.

This was a deal put together by the Biden administration and Qatar, which acts as the state sponsors of Hamas, and now claimed by the Trump administration.

But while much of the focus is on the immediate damage, as Hamas terrorists celebrate their victory, few are paying attention to the final phase of the deal in which the United States is in charge of reconstructing Gaza, with Qatar taking point, and the rise of a PLO-Hamas technocratic government. That government was developed under the auspices of China and Russia in meetings in Beijing and Moscow that I reported on.

Witkoff committed the Trump administration to implementing China and Russia’s agenda to destroy Israel and replace it with an Islamic terrorist state controlled by Iran.

It’s obvious why the EU and the Biden administration would think this is a good idea. No idea why anyone in the Trump administration, which hasn’t even staffed up yet, decided to work on pressuring Israel into this.

It’s not just a catastrophe for Israel, it helps reverse Iran’s losses, empowers our enemies in the region, and commits the Trump administration to building a terrorist state in Israel.

Globally it makes it more likely that China will take Taiwan or that, seeing the abandonment of Israel, Taiwan will surrender to China.