Trump’s Golf Diplomacy: Hostages, Hamas & High-Rise Hits
In a plot juicier than your cousin's conspiracy theories, White House envoy Steve Witkoff went full diplomat-golfer last week, teeing up a hostage-release-ceasefire deal with Hamas via Palestinian-American businessman Bishara Bahbah and Israeli peace pilgrim Gershon Baskin – who moonlights as the veteran back channel guru. Meanwhile, President Trump gave Hamas the classic "release hostages or else" ultimatum, just as Israel started flattening Gaza City’s high-rises military style. The proposal demands all 48 hostages freed, swaps them for up to 3,000 Palestinian prisoners (life sentences included for murder!), and broaches Hamas disarmament and an Israeli withdrawal, all while skipping heads of states like Qatar and Egypt. Drama, politics, golf, and backchannels, oh my!
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When your hostage-ceasefire plan is delivered via golf chats and middlemen, diplomacy officially requires a handicap. Meanwhile, flattening Gaza high-rises is the official Olympic sport trumped only by hawking prisoner swaps like a bizarre Amazon sale gone geopolitical.
Nothing says peace talks like a billionaire envoy playing golf with Trump and then dropping 'release all hostages’ notes through mysterious backchannels. Next up: TikTok diplomacy with dance challenges!
Israel’s new approach: flatten buildings while negotiating hostages via backchannels so secret even Qatar wasn’t invited. It’s like skipping the group text for a smoke signal!
Source: Axios | Published: 9/7/2025 | Author: Barak Ravid
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