Can the mainstream media get less trustworthy? Apparently so, because the propaganda machine just credited Biden for the current cease-fire in the Isreal-Hamas conflict. It was the Egyptian government who intervened and mediated the cease-fire after president Biden decided to take a hands-off approach.
During a segment on ABC, the anchor called Biden’s “do-nothing” plan “diplomatic” and credited sleepy Joe for brokering a temporary stay of peace. Did the host mention Egypt’s role at all? Check it out for yourself:
“Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. Israel and Hamas agreeing to a cease-fire. President Biden speaking just moments ago,” ABC News anchor David Muir began the program. “After 11 days of relentless rockets and missile attacks, a truce now set to take effect just a short time from now. President Biden, who put increasing pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden talking just a short time ago.”
Muir assured viewers that “we knew” that Biden told the Israeli Prime Minister that he “wanted to see a significant de-escalation in the Israeli operation.”
Matt Gutman, ABC News correspondent, who was reporting from Tel Aviv, read a statement that was released by Hamas saying a “mutual and simultaneous ceasefire in the Gaza Strip” had been reached. However, Gutman neglected to tell viewers about the first part of that sentence from the official Hamas statement, which read, “We were informed by our brothers in Egypt that an agreement had been reached.”
After reiterating Biden’s push for a “significant de-escalation,” Muir brought on ABC News White House correspondent Mary Bruce to talk about the “delicate dance” that Biden endured and the “quiet diplomacy” that was enacted— Which I imagine was Biden just huddled away somewhere waiting for the problem to solve itself.
“David, this was the first big foreign policy test for this president and Biden walked a fine line throughout,” Bruce told Muir. “He was facing growing pressure from his own party to take a tougher stance on Israel and you seemed to see the president nod to that tonight in his remarks, saying, quote, ‘I believe the Palestinians and Israelis deserve to enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity, and democracy.’”
“Now, White House sources I’ve talked to feel that this all shows Biden’s approach to diplomacy working. He laid low in those first few days, trying to rely heavily on that quiet, intensive, behind-the-scenes diplomacy, and then upped the public pressure on Israel in just the recent days,” Bruce explained. “He and prime minister Netanyahu have a relationship, they understand how each other work. Biden took an increasingly serious tone, I am told, and made it clear to Israel that it would not be in their interest if this continued.”
WATCH VIDEO
Nursing Biden's abysmal handling of the conflict in Israel, ABC's World News Tonight completely ignored Egypt taking the lead in negotiations between Israel and Hamas and brokering the cease-fire.
ABC suggests it was all Biden's doing: "Biden took an increasingly serious tone." pic.twitter.com/x3I8QfZXkk— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 20, 2021
The TRUTH:
On Thursday, Egypt reaffirmed its value in the Middle East by mediating a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. In Cairo, state media said the halt in the fighting would take effect in the early hours of Friday, and that two Egyptian delegations would head to Tel Aviv and the Palestinian territories to follow up on the deal’s implementation.
So not only did Egypt broker the deal, but they vowed to keep an eye on the situation to ensure both sides abide by the agreement. What did Biden do?