Andrea Mitchell: If Hamas Returns Hostages And Disarms, “Trump Would Deserve That Nobel Prize”
NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell appeared cautiously optimistic about President Trump’s latest attempt to get a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza and exchange hostages, Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
ANDREA MITCHELL: Potentially, this is such a big deal. Look, if they get the hostages out, as the Secretary said, that is the top priority, but then comes the hard part. You’ve got Hamas that has not agreed to disarm. You’ve got Israel which has not set a timetable for withdrawal and is now taking more land from Gaza in a buffer zone than anyone had contemplated. So all of this is to be negotiated. They are now in Egypt negotiating. Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and talking to Hamas. Hamas is divided between the military and the political branches. But the important thing is that Hamas is now really isolated. The Arab countries all came together in New York when they were here for the UN meetings with the president, that is a huge factor. And partly that’s because of Israel’s biggest mistake, which was to attack Qatar. This united the Arab world, it infuriated President Trump. For the first time we’re seeing President Trump really putting pressure on Netanyahu to stop the bombing. When he said that, it was very significant. So this could be transformational and, you know, if this were to work out and, you know, it would be the Abraham Accords, it would be recognition of Israel, transform the whole region, and President Trump would deserve that Nobel Prize!
