Rubio: Negotiated settlement with Hamas unlikely because ‘savage terrorists don’t often agree to disarm’

Source: New York Post

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an agreement with Hamas to end its war with Israel “probably won’t happen” because “savage terrorists don’t often agree to disarm” during a press conference Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Asked whether he felt that “the military dismantlement of Hamas was still possible,” Rubio told reporters in Jerusalem that the terror group was welcome to end its side of the war at any time — but that scenario was unlikely. “Hamas can surrender tonight if they want, lay down their weapons,” he said.