{"id":995,"date":"2025-10-11T13:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/?p=995"},"modified":"2025-10-13T08:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T08:49:25","slug":"hillary-clinton-condoleezza-rice-commend-trump-over-israel-hamas-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/11\/hillary-clinton-condoleezza-rice-commend-trump-over-israel-hamas-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice commend Trump over Israel-Hamas deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice on Friday commended President Trump for successfully facilitating<\/a> the first stages of a ceasefire deal<\/a> with Israel and Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a really significant first step, and I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for making the commitment to the 20-point plan and seeing a path forward for what’s often called the day after,\u201d Clinton told CBS News<\/a> in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost importantly, the conflict hopefully will end with the ceasefire,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Under the terms of the agreement<\/a>, the Israeli military will retreat to an agreed upon line in the Gaza Strip, cease its military strikes<\/a> and liberate<\/a> 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In exchange, Hamas will release all hostages<\/a>, both still living and dead. The Trump administration brokered a deal<\/a> that would also eventually end in Gaza being turned over to an independent Palestinian body.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rice shared some optimism over the peace plan<\/a> as well but told CBS anchor Norah O\u2019Donnell that \u201cno one can be completely confident\u201d in the agreement\u2019s ability to permanently stabilize the region \u201cgiven the history of the Middle East.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I will say there are several elements that I hope will make this particular, very important period possible for success,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Rice, who served under former President George W. Bush, said there is increased uncertainty surrounding the steps needed to turn over the land to a Palestinian authority<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank, lost control of Gaza after 2006, has not really been reformed in a long time. And it needs reform,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt needs younger blood,\u201d the former top diplomat added.<\/p>\n

Rice then suggested engaging Palestinians from abroad to help usher in a \u201cnew generation of leadership,” because she added, “the Palestinian people have to own this solution.”<\/p>\n

Clinton also shared some doubt about the new governing authority’s<\/a> ability to weed out the presence of Hamas, an Iran-backed militant group, and physically rebuild the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no confidence that Hamas is in any way reformed or, you know, ready to look for a better future for the people of Gaza or the Palestinians as a whole,” she told O\u2019Donnell.\u00a0\u201cAnd so, we do have to be extremely careful in how they are decommissioned, how they are rounded up.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the agreement, as I understand it, they can choose to leave and be given safe passage, which, of course, I hope a number of them do,\u201d the former first lady continued.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Clinton shed hope on the Trump administration\u2019s ability to also broker a peace deal with Russia and Ukraine and promised to personally nominate<\/a> the president for a Nobel Peace Prize if his efforts succeed.\u00a0The Nobel Committee on Friday opted to award<\/a> the coveted prize to someone else: Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the former secretaries of state backed Trump\u2019s ability to press ahead toward stabilizing conditions in the Middle East as a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and with the support of both the Egypt and Qatari governments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stars are aligned in a way that has not been available. And I think the Israeli government, the Netanyahu government, needs to seize this moment and make some of its own reforms,\u201d Clinton said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to build a new transitional authority for the Palestinians, but the Israeli government also has to make some hard decisions in order to take advantage of this change in circumstances,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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