Strange things are afoot at the Protection Racket Media Circle K. Or perhaps not so strange, when the impact of incentives are properly understood.
The real surprise is that NBC News reports this new development by crediting Donald Trump — in the headline, no less:
Hamas relented in ceasefire talks under Trump pressure, official says
The president-elect’s warning that he wants to see a deal before he takes office was “a big factor” in recent concessions, the source tells NBC News.
Trump wanting a deal wasn’t the pressure that created these two key concessions, however. As the Wall Street Journal more accurately reports, it was Trump’s promise of what would happen without a deal by January 20 that provided the proper incentive:
Hamas has yielded to two of Israel’s key demands for a cease-fire deal in Gaza, Arab mediators said, raising hopes of an…
