Jonathan Schanzer

The same deal could have been accepted by Hamas, but it wasn't. Really, three reasons for that. One is, you know, Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas, last year. They also really just gave Hezbollah a shellacking, which took a lot of pressure off of Israel, put more pressure on Hamas. But I think the real game changer was the election of Donald Trump.

The same deal could have been accepted by Hamas, but it wasn't. Really, three reasons for that. One is, you know, Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas, last year. They also really just gave Hezbollah a shellacking, which took a lot of pressure off of Israel, put more pressure on Hamas. But I think the real game changer was the election of Donald Trump.

The same deal could have been accepted by Hamas, but it wasn't. Really, three reasons for that. One is, you know, Israel killed Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas, last year. They also really just gave Hezbollah a shellacking, which took a lot of pressure off of Israel, put more pressure on Hamas. But I think the real game changer was the election of Donald Trump.

It really, I think, changed their view of how much time they had to continue to kind of jerk everybody around and to keep this crisis going. They knew they had to get this thing done, and we're going to see that this thing is going to get implemented on Sunday, one day before Trump's inauguration, and this is going to alleviate pressure on Hamas.

It really, I think, changed their view of how much time they had to continue to kind of jerk everybody around and to keep this crisis going. They knew they had to get this thing done, and we're going to see that this thing is going to get implemented on Sunday, one day before Trump's inauguration, and this is going to alleviate pressure on Hamas.

It really, I think, changed their view of how much time they had to continue to kind of jerk everybody around and to keep this crisis going. They knew they had to get this thing done, and we're going to see that this thing is going to get implemented on Sunday, one day before Trump's inauguration, and this is going to alleviate pressure on Hamas.

From the Israeli perspective, they don't love the deal because it is likely going to see the release of about 1,600 Hamas and other terrorist fighters that have blood on their hands, that have been sitting in Israeli jails. They're going to be sent back out into the wild. And so there's a lot of people here in Israel who are grumpy about this.

From the Israeli perspective, they don't love the deal because it is likely going to see the release of about 1,600 Hamas and other terrorist fighters that have blood on their hands, that have been sitting in Israeli jails. They're going to be sent back out into the wild. And so there's a lot of people here in Israel who are grumpy about this.

From the Israeli perspective, they don't love the deal because it is likely going to see the release of about 1,600 Hamas and other terrorist fighters that have blood on their hands, that have been sitting in Israeli jails. They're going to be sent back out into the wild. And so there's a lot of people here in Israel who are grumpy about this.

But it's going to see the release of 33 hostages, the majority of whom are going to be women, elderly, sick,

But it's going to see the release of 33 hostages, the majority of whom are going to be women, elderly, sick,

But it's going to see the release of 33 hostages, the majority of whom are going to be women, elderly, sick,

uh children you know these are the sorts of things that has it's just been breaking the hearts of israelis here but the key i think for the israeli negotiators was that they did not agree to end the war not in phase one after phase two if there is a phase two they might agree to it but i don't think that's where the heads of the israeli negotiators are i think the way they look at it is if they're able to get everybody back i think they're gonna go right back into that gaza battlefield and try to finish off hamas

uh children you know these are the sorts of things that has it's just been breaking the hearts of israelis here but the key i think for the israeli negotiators was that they did not agree to end the war not in phase one after phase two if there is a phase two they might agree to it but i don't think that's where the heads of the israeli negotiators are i think the way they look at it is if they're able to get everybody back i think they're gonna go right back into that gaza battlefield and try to finish off hamas

uh children you know these are the sorts of things that has it's just been breaking the hearts of israelis here but the key i think for the israeli negotiators was that they did not agree to end the war not in phase one after phase two if there is a phase two they might agree to it but i don't think that's where the heads of the israeli negotiators are i think the way they look at it is if they're able to get everybody back i think they're gonna go right back into that gaza battlefield and try to finish off hamas

Trump came out and said there's going to be hell to pay. And nobody knows what that means. By the way, I'm not even sure Trump knows what that means, but everybody knows one thing about Trump. He's unpredictable, right? You don't want to find out what he means. And so Trump put a huge amount of pressure on Hamas. He put actually some pressure on the Qataris.

Trump came out and said there's going to be hell to pay. And nobody knows what that means. By the way, I'm not even sure Trump knows what that means, but everybody knows one thing about Trump. He's unpredictable, right? You don't want to find out what he means. And so Trump put a huge amount of pressure on Hamas. He put actually some pressure on the Qataris.

Trump came out and said there's going to be hell to pay. And nobody knows what that means. By the way, I'm not even sure Trump knows what that means, but everybody knows one thing about Trump. He's unpredictable, right? You don't want to find out what he means. And so Trump put a huge amount of pressure on Hamas. He put actually some pressure on the Qataris.

He put pressure on the Egyptians who've been brokering this deal. But pressure on the Israelis, despite the fact that he's got a good longstanding relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister. We don't know exactly what was being threatened, but nobody wants to find out. Nobody wants to start off on the wrong side of Donald Trump when he steps into office.

He put pressure on the Egyptians who've been brokering this deal. But pressure on the Israelis, despite the fact that he's got a good longstanding relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister. We don't know exactly what was being threatened, but nobody wants to find out. Nobody wants to start off on the wrong side of Donald Trump when he steps into office.