Jonathan Schanzer

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.

So this was without question the big game changer. Everybody all of a sudden started to jump. I'm going to say as much as it says something about Trump, and how much maybe the region fears him. I also have to say, where was Biden? Really, you know, when you think about the last 15 months, this is a president that could have said, hey, all hell's going to break loose.

So this was without question the big game changer. Everybody all of a sudden started to jump. I'm going to say as much as it says something about Trump, and how much maybe the region fears him. I also have to say, where was Biden? Really, you know, when you think about the last 15 months, this is a president that could have said, hey, all hell's going to break loose.

So this was without question the big game changer. Everybody all of a sudden started to jump. I'm going to say as much as it says something about Trump, and how much maybe the region fears him. I also have to say, where was Biden? Really, you know, when you think about the last 15 months, this is a president that could have said, hey, all hell's going to break loose.

We're going to come down on you like a ton of bricks. It's not what he did. He started asking for partners in the region to please work with him. Nobody feared him. Nobody wanted to go out of their way to make things happen for him. And so he had to limp along for the last 15 months. I think this is just a real indictment of Biden policy in the Middle East.

We're going to come down on you like a ton of bricks. It's not what he did. He started asking for partners in the region to please work with him. Nobody feared him. Nobody wanted to go out of their way to make things happen for him. And so he had to limp along for the last 15 months. I think this is just a real indictment of Biden policy in the Middle East.

We're going to come down on you like a ton of bricks. It's not what he did. He started asking for partners in the region to please work with him. Nobody feared him. Nobody wanted to go out of their way to make things happen for him. And so he had to limp along for the last 15 months. I think this is just a real indictment of Biden policy in the Middle East.

And I think the entire region right now is looking toward Trump with some optimism. thinking that he just might be a guy that bares his teeth at Iran and actually backs that up, because as everybody knows, Iran is the primary patron of Hamas.

And I think the entire region right now is looking toward Trump with some optimism. thinking that he just might be a guy that bares his teeth at Iran and actually backs that up, because as everybody knows, Iran is the primary patron of Hamas.

And I think the entire region right now is looking toward Trump with some optimism. thinking that he just might be a guy that bares his teeth at Iran and actually backs that up, because as everybody knows, Iran is the primary patron of Hamas.

They're the people who are behind the Houthi attacks, these ballistic missile attacks and the harassment of American ships and the killing of American servicemen. It's the Iranians at the end of the day that I think are really worried And all of those countries in the Middle East that hate Iran, that's Saudi, that's Israel, that's the UAE, it's all of the allies of the United States.

They're the people who are behind the Houthi attacks, these ballistic missile attacks and the harassment of American ships and the killing of American servicemen. It's the Iranians at the end of the day that I think are really worried And all of those countries in the Middle East that hate Iran, that's Saudi, that's Israel, that's the UAE, it's all of the allies of the United States.

They're the people who are behind the Houthi attacks, these ballistic missile attacks and the harassment of American ships and the killing of American servicemen. It's the Iranians at the end of the day that I think are really worried And all of those countries in the Middle East that hate Iran, that's Saudi, that's Israel, that's the UAE, it's all of the allies of the United States.

They are cheering on the arrival of Donald Trump.

They are cheering on the arrival of Donald Trump.

They are cheering on the arrival of Donald Trump.

Well, look, back in, I think it was 2011, maybe it was 2010, the Israelis made a deal for one guy, a guy by the name of Gilad Shalit. He was an Israeli army corporal and he was kidnapped along the Gaza border. And the Israelis ultimately traded a thousand prisoners for him.

Well, look, back in, I think it was 2011, maybe it was 2010, the Israelis made a deal for one guy, a guy by the name of Gilad Shalit. He was an Israeli army corporal and he was kidnapped along the Gaza border. And the Israelis ultimately traded a thousand prisoners for him.

Well, look, back in, I think it was 2011, maybe it was 2010, the Israelis made a deal for one guy, a guy by the name of Gilad Shalit. He was an Israeli army corporal and he was kidnapped along the Gaza border. And the Israelis ultimately traded a thousand prisoners for him.

Including, by the way, Yahya Sinwar, the guy that ultimately hatched the plot of 10-7, the guy that ran the war until he was killed by Israel a couple of months ago in the Gaza Strip. This is now what Hamas knows it will get. It is, I think, probably the most wrongheaded Israeli policy. And I generally think that the Israelis know what they're doing. They're a top-notch military.