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The staggering hypocrisy behind Trump's deal to free the last living American hostage

JL;DR SUMMARY The article critiques President Donald Trump's administration for its contradictory actions related to Israel and Palestinians. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasIsrael Palestine ConflictMiddle EastU.S. Foreign PolicyDonald TrumpDiplomacyDouble StandardsHostage NegotiationsEdan AlexanderBishara Bahbah

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Israel
"Seeing photos of the newly freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander reuniting with his parents fills me with unadulterated joy."
Qatar
"Witkoff, via Bahbah and Qatari interlocutors, communicated to Hamas that releasing Alexander without conditions would carry a lot of weight with Trump."
Turkey
"Consider that on April 22, the same day that a delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana to demand the release of Rmeysa ztrk the Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University who was snatched off the street by plainclothes agents and spirited away to a detention facility for co-writing an op-ed critical of Israel"
Saudi Arabia
"He brought in Bahbah, whose career has been devoted to explaining what he called the painful truth about Israels illegal occupation of Palestinian lands."
United Arab Emirates
"And on his first foreign trip, to the Middle East, hes pursuing lucrative deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE and has left Israel off the itinerary."

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