Palestinian scholar Mouin Rabbani suggests that Trump issues hawkish statements about Hamas/Palestinians to provide political cover for norm-breaking moves like the U.S. negotiating directly with Hamas for the first time.

The substance of these negotiations are not entirely clear. We can however be reasonably confident that they concern US guarantees for a durable ceasefire and end of Israel’s genocidal military campaign in exchange for a full resolution of the captives file. The trigger for…

What then to make of Trump’s blood-curdling threats, issued, as so much else from this administration, via social media? The obvious question is whether one attaches more weight to what the administration or, given the irreconcilable contradictions, to what it is saying.…

Mouin Rabbani

Palestinian scholar Mouin Rabbani suggests that Trump issues hawkish statements about Hamas/Palestinians to provide political cover for norm-breaking moves like the U.S. negotiating directly with Hamas for the first time. https://x.com/MouinRabbani/status/1897523469622882719