Antony Blinken

How About a Pause to Build Up Hamas’ Trust? – HotAir

How about go pound sand? Joe Biden, along with other Western allies of Israel, desperately need a pause in the fighting for their own domestic-politics concerns. And so does Israel, which is why they continue to engage negotiations for a hostage deal.  But somehow the dynamics of a war started by Hamas and the Gazans […]

Blinken’s Palestinian Delusions – HotAir

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is taking a break from his globetrotting diplomacy tour this week to hang out in Davos at the World Economic Forum and hobnob with the private jet set who want the rest of us to live in pods and eat bugs. While there, he sat down for an interview with […]

Enough of the Spin. Austin Went AWOL. – HotAir

Kenneth Israel has had enough of the apologists at the White House and elsewhere trying to defend the indefensible. In an essay today at The Messenger, the retired major general blasts those spin efforts to hide what everyone can plainly see happened at the Department of Defense. Lloyd Austin went AWOL, regardless of his personal […]

Gaza Pullout for Hostages — and Hamas Exile – HotAir

In theory, this sounds like a win for Israel in its war. In practice, though, it may just be another opportunity for Hamas to escape the IDF. According to reports this morning, Qatar has proposed what amounts to a capitulation from Hamas. The real question is: do the Israelis think Hamas would ever capitulate? The […]

Does Turkey Have a Role in Post-War Gaza? – HotAir

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on the road again. He landed in Turkey yesterday for the start of his fourth trip to the region since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. He met with Turkish tyrant Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Foreign Minister, attempting to negotiate for Turkish participation in the reconstruction of Gaza […]