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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | November 27th, 2024: Isolated Hamas Pushes For Ceasefire & China's Military Purge Intensifies
27 Nov 2024
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, with a ceasefire now in place in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, a newly isolated Hamas has reached out to Arab mediators to revive negotiations for their own truce with Israel in Gaza. Then, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s purge of the CCP’s armed forces is intensifying, with China’s defense minister becoming the latest high-profile official to come under investigation for alleged corruption. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Blackout Coffee: https://www.blackoutcoffee.com/PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. All right, fair enough. Again, it's the Late Afternoon Bulletin. I apologize for my travel schedule. Let's get briefed. First, with a temporary ceasefire now in place in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, a newly isolated Hamas has reached out to Arab negotiators to revive negotiations for their own truce with Israel in Gaza.
Then, Chinese President Xi Jinping's purge of the CCP's armed forces is intensifying, with China's defense minister becoming the latest high-profile official to come under investigation for alleged corruption. Now, is it just me, or does it seem like every time Xi wants someone out of the way, suddenly it's a corruption charge? Now, either they have massive corruption issues within the regime,
Or she just uses corruption as a smokescreen to remove folks who have fallen out of favor with him. Or I suppose it could be that both are true. But first, our afternoon spotlight. In the wake of Wednesday's ceasefire agreements between Israel and Hezbollah, it appears that Hamas militants in Gaza are growing wary about continuing their war against the Jewish state on their own.
Well, OK, technically, they're not alone. They always have their Iranian puppet mass. Just hours after Israel's truce with the Iranian-backed terrorists in Lebanon, officials with Hamas said they were ready for their own truce with Israel in Gaza.
They immediately reached out to mediators in Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, expressing a desire to revive the long-stalled negotiations and reach what they called a, quote, serious deal to exchange prisoners, according to a report from the Times of Israel.
Now, as we discussed earlier on the PDB, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a 60-day cessation of hostilities beginning on Wednesday, which will see Israel gradually withdraw its forces from Lebanon. Without a terror partner occupying Jerusalem's attention at their northern border, Israel can renew their focus squarely on Gaza, and that's a reality that Hamas seems eager to avoid.
Indeed, Israeli officials said a key achievement of the ceasefire with Hezbollah was that it broke the link between the two fronts and isolated Hamas from their allies in Iran's so-called axis of resistance. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Wednesday, quote, From day two of the war, Hamas was counting on Hezbollah to fight by its side.
With Hezbollah out of the picture, Hamas is left on its own. We will increase our pressure on Hamas, and that will help us in our sacred mission of releasing our hostages, end quote. A senior Hamas official attempted to downplay the significance of Hezbollah signing their own deal with Israel, saying, quote, End quote.
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