National Security spokesman John Kirby appeared on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday and admitted that negotiations for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire are basically going nowhere. The completely unsurprising reason? Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is unwilling to negotiate “in good faith.” Imagine that, a terrorist is being difficult. Who could have predicted such a thing?
Kirby responded to a question by one of our least favorite journalists, George Stephanopoulos:
STEPHANOPOULOS: It appears that the Gaza ceasefire talks have gone cold. Is that right?
KIRBY: I would say that we are not achieving any progress here in the last week to two weeks. We have — not for lack of trying, but it doesn’t appear, like Mr. Sinwar is prepared at all to keep negotiating in good faith, especially after he murdered six hostages in a tunnel.
So, I mean, just an execution style. So, it doesn’t appear as if he’s…
