Fred Fleitz, former Trump National Security Council chief of staff, told Newsmax that Hamas is being “rewarded” by weak foreign leaders.

Fleitz told “Carl Higbie: FRONTLINE” on Thursday that the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and now Canada, saying they will support a Palestinian state, is a political reward. “Consider these states are giving to the Palestinians something that it wasn’t going to give them before the Hamas terrorist attacks. This is what Hamas wants. Hamas is being rewarded.”

The former top Trump administration staffer said the leaders of those nations are weak. “Why is it being rewarded? Because Hamas leaders realize that there are spineless Western leaders who cannot stand up to negative TV coverage of violence and people being killed in Gaza. They’ll do anything to stop it.”

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