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Cotton knocks Gaza ceasefire-hostages agreement, offers alternate 'deal'

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16.01.2025

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) criticized the ceasefire and hostage-release deal mediators struck between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, saying the only agreement should be Hamas’s “unconditional surrender” and return of all hostages.

His statement on the social platform X came before official details of the agreement were unveiled and before both President Biden and President-elect Trump jockeyed for credit for striking the agreement.

“Why is lame duck Joe Biden trying to cram down a bad deal on Israel on his way out the door?” Cotton wrote shortly after reports surfaced that a deal had been struck.

“The only ‘deal’ should be unconditional surrender by Hamas—which is already nearly destroyed—and return of ALL hostages,” Cotton continued. “Instead, we hear reports that Biden is demanding that Israel withdraw from key terrain in Gaza, release dozens of hardened terrorists for every one hostage, and get back only SOME hostages?”

Cotton proposed an alternative arrangement, quoting Trump’s own

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