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‘It’s Incredible’: Far-Left Hosts Change Tune, Lavish Trump With Praise For Middle East Wins

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The Trump administration is doing “way better” in negotiating with Hamas for peace than ever expected, a pair of far-left media figures admitted on Wednesday.

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of “The Young Turks,” a popular online progressive show, kicked off their discussion by describing how unfathomable it was only months ago to believe Trump could do more for Middle East peace in 100 days than former President Joe Biden could do in four years.

“I’ll give, uh, a lot of credit here to Donald Trump,” said Uygur. “And if you’re on the left and you’re like ‘oh, he brought home a hostage and cut out Israel but he’s Trump, boo, I don’t want to give him credit’ — what did you, what did you need? Like, so did you not want to bring home a hostage?”

“I’m a fair person and an honest person; Trump deserves a lot of credit for this deal.”

Kasparian, his co-host, agreed, describing how flabbergasted she was to see Hamas reach an agreement with Trump rather than Biden.

“I can’t believe I’m saying this: Someone who Donald Trump tapped to serve as his special envoy to the Middle East — Donald Trump tapped him — is way better on this issue than who Biden had involved in, you know, peace negotiations and a cease-fire deal… It’s just incredible to see it,” she said.

Meeting with the families of Israel hostages on Tuesday, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff urged them to remain united in the face of terrorist intransigence while negotiations remain underway.

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“When you argue between yourselves, when you’re disbanding as a society, do you know who’s watching? Hamas. That’s why it’s necessary to come together,” he said.

With respect to the release of Edan Alexander, the last remaining American hostage, Witkoff praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he “was ready to make tactical decisions in Gaza that others refused to do.”

“Edan is home because of Israeli and American cooperation. Despite what people say, he cares,” Witkoff said, the Jerusalem Post reported.

“I would have loved if we could’ve released more hostages, but that’s what we were able to achieve for now.”

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Alexander, a dual citizen, was 19 and serving with the Israel Defense Forces when he was captured during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas. He was kept underground for 583 days in the tunnels beneath Gaza.

“We never lost hope,” Alexander told the New York Times after reuniting with his family. “I could not allow myself to think any other way.”

Progressives like Uygur and Kasparian have praised Witkoff for largely circumventing Israel to make the deal, instead appealing directly to the Palestinian terrorist organization. No cease-fire was announced as part of Alexander’s release, and the Trump envoy continues to negotiate for the freedom of at least 20 living hostages and the return of the bodies of 40 others killed since they were captured.

Israeli citizens told The Times that President Trump was right to keep Netanyahu out of direct talks with Hamas.

“He’s losing patience,” Yehuda Cohen, whose son Nimrod is still held in Gaza, said of Mr. Trump. “We hope that it’s a new start of a new hostage deal, forcing Netanyahu to end the war, get all the hostages.”