As I’ve suggested in the past, words without demonstrable actions are worse than no words at all. This simple truism particularly applies to promises, apologies, threats, and ultimatums.
This takes us to President Donald Trump and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
Hamas on Thursday potentially put Trump between and rock and a hard place, blowing off his latest threat — this one a clear ultimatum — and refused to release all remaining hostages without a permanent ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, as reported by Fox News.
According to Fox, Hamas spokesman Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua said the “best path to free the remaining Israeli hostages” is through negotiations on a second phase of the ceasefire agreement.
The first phase of the ceasefire, which lasted 42 days, ended on Saturday. A second phase was supposed to begin in early February, though only limited…
