There are multiple issues with Iran. Not everybody is on the same page.

Steve Witkoff is in Israel, which is generally bad news for the local population. Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure that he’s a great guy, and if one went with him to a falafel stand, he could regale you with stories of Putin and others. The problem is that he is more of a representative of the Qatari government than the U.S. His positions are dangerous, and he has been more wrong than Jim Cramer has been on stocks.

The problem with Witkoff is that he believes the lies of the other side. Only recently, he chortled that there is a new no-Hamas government in Gaza! And that Hamas was on the verge of giving over its weapons! Neither statement is true, but this is the garbage that Qatar feeds him, and he swallows it whole and then regurgitates it for the president and the American people. A fake “technocratic” government was cobbled together, but everyone with more than seven functioning neurons knows that Hamas is still entrenched and calling the shots. As to the weapons, one of their out-of-state honchos claimed that nobody ever asked them to get rid of weapons. It’s like an old Three Stooges gag:

Moe: Larry, hand me the tools.

Larry: What tools?

Moe: The same ones we’ve been using for the last 10 years.

Larry: Oh, those tools!

Hamas without weapons is like a bird without wings. They don’t do window dressing. I don’t know if Israel has the manpower and/or the desire to get rid of Hamas’ weapons for them. As long as there is an armed Hamas in Gaza, nothing will ever change for the better. Witkoff and Jared Kushner want to build a beautiful Gaza. The locals will say thanks and then figure out how to build war tunnels under the new, gleaming towers. Witkoff, like most Westerners, cannot penetrate the mindset of Muslim Arabs. The latter would rather live in a rain-filled tent on a freezing beach than shake hands with a........

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