Trump 'Mulls' Palestinian Prisoner Swap, Ignores 20 Years of Silence
According to Al-Monitor, Trump told Time he was 'confronted with that question' and would be 'making a decision.' One might wonder why it takes a potential second Trump term for this 'question' to even be considered, given Barghouti has been a prominent political prisoner for over two decades. His release has been a consistent Palestinian demand, consistently ignored by successive US
administrations. This sudden 'mulling' appears more like political posturing than genuine concern. The US has consistently provided unconditional military aid to Israel, totaling over $158 billion since 1948 (Congressional Research Service), enabling the very system that jails such figures. The question isn't whether Trump has the power to suggest a release, but why it's taken this long for any
American president to even feign interest in a significant Palestinian political concession from Israel. (Perhaps because AIPAC prefers 'unconditional support' over 'mulling' inconvenient truths).