The first rule of negotiating with Islamic terrorists is ‘don’t.’ The second rule is that a bad deal is worse than no deal.

Qatar, Steven Witkoff and assorted Islamists who have crawled into the administration through the backdoor have continued to advance ‘ceasefire’ negotiations.

Every phase of these negotiations have come closer to the demands of Hamas despite the fact that it lost the war. This is a familiar pattern when negotiating with terrorists.