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How can Old Joe Biden possibly win reelection at this point? Well, his team could cheat. A more savory alternative, however, would be for the old deceiver to pull off a triumph so massive, so awe-inspiring, as to secure his place in history as the wildly successful president his remaining supporters are improbably insisting he has been.

As improbable as it is, that triumph could be in the offing. If it happens, the senescent corruptocrat might well ride a wave of adulation that could propel him to victory in November and secure his place in history as one of the most craven betrayers who ever lived. The two motions — triumph and betrayal — would be one and the same.

David Ignatius laid out the whole sorry business in the Washington Post on Wednesday. “After months of agonizing [agonizing!] negotiation,” he revealed, “the Biden administration appears close to a cease-fire deal that would halt major fighting in Gaza, release some Israeli hostages and surge humanitarian aid to desperate Palestinian civilians.”

Although there appears to be something in this deal for both sides, it doesn’t even sound good at first glance, and it gets much, much worse. Israel would get some, but not all, of its hostages back. Hamas would get even more “humanitarian aid” than it has already seized from the people of Gaza. And above all, Hamas would survive.

The Israeli government has repeatedly stated that the destruction of Hamas is its primary war aim. As recently as three weeks ago, the Netanyahu government reiterated that it “has defined the destruction of Hamas’ military and governing capabilities” as one of its foremost goals and emphasized that “the IDF, of course, is committed to this.”

The Biden ceasefire deal, however, not only doesn’t envision such a scenario but maps out a future for Gaza that includes Hamas. Ignatius explained that “Israel and Hamas have both signaled their acceptance of an ‘interim governance’ plan that would begin with Phase 2, in which neither Hamas nor Israel would rule Gaza.”

Instead, Gaza would apparently become a kind of American protectorate: “Security would be provided by a force trained by the United States and backed by moderate Arab allies, drawn from a core group of about 2,500 supporters of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza who have already been vetted by Israel.”

Hamas loves this idea. Hamas top dogs have already “told mediators that it is ‘prepared to relinquish authority to the interim governance arrangement,’ a U.S. official said.”

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