Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt and retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer told Newsmax that the White House ensnared Israel in a “trap” on Monday that resulted in our country’s No. 1 ally looking like the bad guys against a terrorist regime.

Hamas, knowing that’s in on the brink with Israel’s impending invasion to eradicate them from Rafah, announced that they accepted the terms of the cease-fire. One problem: It was a watered-down proposal — written unilaterally by Egypt, Holt reported earlier — that Israel did not author nor would accept.  

But with the White House talking up the prospects of the cease-fire in Gaza that President Joe Biden wants so badly, they played right into the hands of the trap for Israel set by terrorists.

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