Old and busted: America doesn’t negotiate with terrorists. New hotness: We’d rather cut a deal with terrorists than support our ally.
NBC News helps lift this trial balloon at a very curious moment. The Israelis just conducted a dramatic and successful hostage rescue in Gaza, and at the same time, Joe Biden’s preferred Israeli leader left the unity government in Jerusalem. Ostensibly, this is about getting five Americans out of the hands of Yahya Sinwar, but even NBC sees through this:
Biden administration officials have discussed potentially negotiating a unilateral deal with Hamas to secure the release of five Americans being held hostage in Gaza if current cease-fire talks involving Israel fail, according to two current senior U.S. officials and two former senior U.S. officials.
Such negotiations would not include Israel and would be conducted through Qatari interlocutors, as…
