Biden, Trump admins worked for ceasefireBiden, Trump admins worked for ceasefire

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Both the administration of outgoing US President Joe #Biden and that of President-elect Donald #Trump worked for a ceasefire in #Gaza and should take credit for it, Moe Vela, the former chief of staff to Biden, says.

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00:00I'd just like to start by picking up on what we've been talking about earlier in the program,

00:03which is the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. It seems like there's a bit of a tug of

00:10war as to who deserves the credit for having achieved that. Would you say this is a credit

00:15to the outgoing administration or the incoming administration?

00:18You know, it's absolutely a credit to the outgoing administration. They've been working

00:23on this ceasefire deal for months, as we all know. Everybody in the world knows that. But

00:29here's what I think is important right now. I don't think it's a time to be going back and

00:34forth and politicizing such an incredible milestone and monumental moment for peace.

00:41And you know what? My understanding is that one of Mr. Trump's representatives

00:46was present and involved in some of these last negotiations with the Biden team.

00:52And you know what? I think we rise above politics right now and give them both credit if that is

00:57due. But to try to say that the Biden administration shouldn't get credit is ridiculous.

01:04And I just think it's a waste of time and petty. They deserve credit. Anybody else who helped,

01:10that includes Mr. Trump's team, they deserve credit. But the most important thing, Tom,

01:15is let's focus on the good that's going to come from that for the Israeli people

01:20and for the Palestinian people.

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