If ever there was a fitting ending for that moment in time known as the Biden years, it has to be the final press conference held Thursday by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Chaos erupted as Blinken used the occasion to take a victory lap to celebrate the fragile ceasefire that has been agreed to by both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas.
As RedState’s Bob Hoge reported Wednesday, the tentative deal would see a (likely temporary) cessation of hostilities, and the release of several dozen hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists.
The proposed deal, which would still need approval from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet, was hammered out after months of back in forth during tense negotiations. The two parties have been at war for 15 months after Hamas’ savage surprise attack on the Jewish state on Oct. 7, 2023, a…