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		By: Sennacherib		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782457</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trump was very clever here, the only way Biden&#039;s administration would be remembered well is the release of hostages, now it would be difficult for Biden to claim credit alone for release or shed culpability if it goes wrong.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trump was very clever here, the only way Biden&#8217;s administration would be remembered well is the release of hostages, now it would be difficult for Biden to claim credit alone for release or shed culpability if it goes wrong.</p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782427</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Moving on from Lee Also&#039;s link to Front Page, some recent stories about the deal.

The source for much of the Front Page post has additional information.
https://www.jns.org/well-developed-biden-admin-anti-israel-january-surprise-planned-at-un-former-us-official-says/

The expected reaction from Bibi&#039;s current allies.
https://www.jns.org/member-of-netanyahus-coalition-urges-trump-to-reject-current-hamas-deal/

Blinken is the mover-and-shaker IMO - and we can&#039;t get rid of him fast enough.
Also, the man is delusional.
https://www.jns.org/israel-undermined-the-pa-blinken-charges-in-speech-on-day-after-plan-for-gaza/
&lt;blockquote&gt;(Jan. 14, 2025 / JNS)
In what could be his final speech on the job, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Israel of systematically undermining the Palestinian Authority, which he said should govern a unified Gaza Strip, in addition to Judea and Samaria after Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists concludes.

Presenting his plans on Tuesday for the “day after” the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., the Biden administration’s top diplomat reiterated that the P.A. and international partners should “run an interim administration with responsibility for key civil sectors in Gaza, like banking, water, energy, health, civil coordination with Israel.”

The envisioned interim body would “hand over complete responsibility &lt;b&gt;to a fully reformed P.A. administration &lt;/b&gt;as soon as it’s feasible,” he said.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Q.E.D.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Moving on from Lee Also&#8217;s link to Front Page, some recent stories about the deal.</p>
<p>The source for much of the Front Page post has additional information.<br />
<a href="https://www.jns.org/well-developed-biden-admin-anti-israel-january-surprise-planned-at-un-former-us-official-says/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.jns.org/well-developed-biden-admin-anti-israel-january-surprise-planned-at-un-former-us-official-says/</a></p>
<p>The expected reaction from Bibi&#8217;s current allies.<br />
<a href="https://www.jns.org/member-of-netanyahus-coalition-urges-trump-to-reject-current-hamas-deal/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.jns.org/member-of-netanyahus-coalition-urges-trump-to-reject-current-hamas-deal/</a></p>
<p>Blinken is the mover-and-shaker IMO &#8211; and we can&#8217;t get rid of him fast enough.<br />
Also, the man is delusional.<br />
<a href="https://www.jns.org/israel-undermined-the-pa-blinken-charges-in-speech-on-day-after-plan-for-gaza/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.jns.org/israel-undermined-the-pa-blinken-charges-in-speech-on-day-after-plan-for-gaza/</a></p>
<blockquote><p>(Jan. 14, 2025 / JNS)<br />
In what could be his final speech on the job, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Israel of systematically undermining the Palestinian Authority, which he said should govern a unified Gaza Strip, in addition to Judea and Samaria after Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists concludes.</p>
<p>Presenting his plans on Tuesday for the “day after” the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., the Biden administration’s top diplomat reiterated that the P.A. and international partners should “run an interim administration with responsibility for key civil sectors in Gaza, like banking, water, energy, health, civil coordination with Israel.”</p>
<p>The envisioned interim body would “hand over complete responsibility <b>to a fully reformed P.A. administration </b>as soon as it’s feasible,” he said.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Q.E.D.</p>
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		By: Kate		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782416</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ben David, I don&#039;t understand the rationale behind not requiring the &quot;ultra&quot; Orthodox to serve in the IDF. My Orthodox, not &quot;ultra,&quot; Israeli cousin served, and his son has been called up from the reserves twice so far in this war.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ben David, I don&#8217;t understand the rationale behind not requiring the &#8220;ultra&#8221; Orthodox to serve in the IDF. My Orthodox, not &#8220;ultra,&#8221; Israeli cousin served, and his son has been called up from the reserves twice so far in this war.</p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782403</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AesopFan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@ Cornflour&#039;s link: the source for the information: &quot;a &lt;b&gt;Palestinian&lt;/b&gt; official familiar with the negotiations told the &lt;b&gt;BBC&lt;/b&gt; late Monday.&quot;

That&#039;s two anti-Israel middlemen.

I think I&#039;ll wait for a few more days to see what the deal really comprises.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Cornflour&#8217;s link: the source for the information: &#8220;a <b>Palestinian</b> official familiar with the negotiations told the <b>BBC</b> late Monday.&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s two anti-Israel middlemen.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll wait for a few more days to see what the deal really comprises.</p>
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		By: Lee Also		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782402</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Also]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Found this and I wouldn&#039;t be surprised:

https://www.frontpagemag.com/is-the-biden-administration-planning-a-january-surprise/

If we can just get through a little less than a week without this vicious idiots doing their damnedest to screw Israel.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this and I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/is-the-biden-administration-planning-a-january-surprise/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.frontpagemag.com/is-the-biden-administration-planning-a-january-surprise/</a></p>
<p>If we can just get through a little less than a week without this vicious idiots doing their damnedest to screw Israel.</p>
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		By: Lee Also		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782399</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Also]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ben David -- 

Some of my Israeli friends, I have to say, I wasn&#039;t surprised. They are left of left. For the most part, I stopped following them shortly after October 7. (Once they were blaming it all on Bibi.) 

But I was truly shocked over three of them, who I would&#039;ve thought were more in the Cheryl Wrote It camp. I am heartened to learn that there are more Israelis like that than like my Facebook friends -- people who don&#039;t trust this &quot;hostage release&quot; deal. 

I truly want what is best for Israel. And as an American, sitting safely over here, I don&#039;t think I am in a position to be telling ISRAELIS who bear the brunt of it all what is in their best interest. People living there know better than me. 

But I do know that paying the Danegeld pretty much ensures that you&#039;ll never get rid of the Dane.  

Anything Blinken is supporting or pushing, I DO NOT TRUST. I think he is all about trying to screw over Israelis -- and Jews.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ben David &#8212; </p>
<p>Some of my Israeli friends, I have to say, I wasn&#8217;t surprised. They are left of left. For the most part, I stopped following them shortly after October 7. (Once they were blaming it all on Bibi.) </p>
<p>But I was truly shocked over three of them, who I would&#8217;ve thought were more in the Cheryl Wrote It camp. I am heartened to learn that there are more Israelis like that than like my Facebook friends &#8212; people who don&#8217;t trust this &#8220;hostage release&#8221; deal. </p>
<p>I truly want what is best for Israel. And as an American, sitting safely over here, I don&#8217;t think I am in a position to be telling ISRAELIS who bear the brunt of it all what is in their best interest. People living there know better than me. </p>
<p>But I do know that paying the Danegeld pretty much ensures that you&#8217;ll never get rid of the Dane.  </p>
<p>Anything Blinken is supporting or pushing, I DO NOT TRUST. I think he is all about trying to screw over Israelis &#8212; and Jews.</p>
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		By: Ben David		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782397</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lee Also - you need to expand your circle of friends...

Huge amounts of effort and money are being poured into convincing Israeli patriots to:
1. Go along with a hostage deal that will effectively end the war. There will be NO international support for renewed hostilities after a cease-fire of any kind.
2. Bring down the government because the &quot;Ultra&quot; Orthodox are not serving in the army, and are likely to get their excuse from service extended.

You have no idea how much money and effort is being put into this - particularly the effort to set the Religious Zionists who are the military heroes of this war against their &quot;Ultra&quot; Orthodox brethren... the hard-core Left, reduced to an irrelevant minority, is desperate to break up the coalition of religious and traditional-minded Israeli patriots.

Every week the mainstream and right-of-center newspapers I read have numerous full page ads sponsored by dodgy NGOs that have sprung up like mushrooms.

They are wasting their money.... even the most bleeding-heart &quot;Modern Orthodox&quot; who regularly parrot liberal views have cottoned on to the ruse behind these campaigns. And the families of soldiers are dead set against any deal at this point. 

We all know that Yihye Sinwar and other masterminds of the October massacre were released in previous hostage deals. Even some of the Lefties who bore the brunt of the October 7 massacre understand, despite their lingering anti-Bibi prejudices, that these campaigns are destructive.

My feeling is that Blinken, Biden, and &#039;Bama are making one last effort to stick it to Israel by pressuring for a deal now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lee Also &#8211; you need to expand your circle of friends&#8230;</p>
<p>Huge amounts of effort and money are being poured into convincing Israeli patriots to:<br />
1. Go along with a hostage deal that will effectively end the war. There will be NO international support for renewed hostilities after a cease-fire of any kind.<br />
2. Bring down the government because the &#8220;Ultra&#8221; Orthodox are not serving in the army, and are likely to get their excuse from service extended.</p>
<p>You have no idea how much money and effort is being put into this &#8211; particularly the effort to set the Religious Zionists who are the military heroes of this war against their &#8220;Ultra&#8221; Orthodox brethren&#8230; the hard-core Left, reduced to an irrelevant minority, is desperate to break up the coalition of religious and traditional-minded Israeli patriots.</p>
<p>Every week the mainstream and right-of-center newspapers I read have numerous full page ads sponsored by dodgy NGOs that have sprung up like mushrooms.</p>
<p>They are wasting their money&#8230;. even the most bleeding-heart &#8220;Modern Orthodox&#8221; who regularly parrot liberal views have cottoned on to the ruse behind these campaigns. And the families of soldiers are dead set against any deal at this point. </p>
<p>We all know that Yihye Sinwar and other masterminds of the October massacre were released in previous hostage deals. Even some of the Lefties who bore the brunt of the October 7 massacre understand, despite their lingering anti-Bibi prejudices, that these campaigns are destructive.</p>
<p>My feeling is that Blinken, Biden, and &#8216;Bama are making one last effort to stick it to Israel by pressuring for a deal now.</p>
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		By: Niketas Choniates		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782396</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niketas Choniates]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wish I understood what it is Israel is threatened with that is worse than things like Oct 7 happening from time to time. And I wish I understood why Europe and the United States repeatedly threaten Israel with it, every time they look they might be able to destroy the threat.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I understood what it is Israel is threatened with that is worse than things like Oct 7 happening from time to time. And I wish I understood why Europe and the United States repeatedly threaten Israel with it, every time they look they might be able to destroy the threat.</p>
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		By: Lee Also		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2025/01/13/hostage-deal-rumors/#comment-2782386</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Also]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I agree 100% with Cheryl  Wrote It.]]></description>
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		By: John Galt III		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How many hostages are actually left?

251 to start
157 have been released
A dozen or so have been killed by Hamas and (4) by the IDF by mistake

So maybe 75?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many hostages are actually left?</p>
<p>251 to start<br />
157 have been released<br />
A dozen or so have been killed by Hamas and (4) by the IDF by mistake</p>
<p>So maybe 75?</p>
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