Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor emeritus, predicted Hamas will release a “couple of hostages” before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, but that won’t be enough to stop the war in the Middle East.
He made the prediction Sunday on Newsmax.
“They will be the Americans,” said Dershowitz on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “That will be a kind of a homage to Trump, saying, All right, at least we’re releasing the Americans.”
But all of the hostages must be released, and the primary goal for ending the war has to be to create a situation where “this could not ever recur,” said Dershowitz.
The United States and the incoming Trump administration can’t tolerate the use of hostages to determine policy, so “Israel has to be allowed and encouraged to continue with its victories against the enemies of democracy and the enemies of peace,” he added.
Meanwhile, Dershowitz said he believes Hamas fears Trump, as does Iran.