What is happening right now?

U.S. President Donald Trump just did the impossible: He brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East.

Now, of course, President Trump had help. And there is still a long way to go to achieve meaningful and lasting peace in the region. But as of today, the airwaves are full of something unusual: Progressives giving credit to Donald Trump.

Even if some of it is tinged with sour grapes.

According to reliable sources, Hamas will soon be releasing 48 hostages still unaccounted for, though some are thought to be no longer living.

In a stunning change of events, prominent Democrats from Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) to Hillary Clinton are suddenly giving President Trump credit where credit is due.

“I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region for making the commitment to the 20-point plan and seeing a path forward for what’s often called the day after,” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CBS News over the weekend. “Let’s now support this process and bring it together, not just in a nonpartisan way in our own country, but literally internationally as a great global commitment to try to bring peace, security, stability and a better future to the Middle East.”

“President Obama issued a statement on Twitter talking about the deal,” CNN’s Jake Tapper began in conversation with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. “He didn’t mention Trump once in his post. It starts with quote after quote of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza.”

“We should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight,” Trapper continued. “Now, I get that the ceasefire part of this, which is only points one through five of a 20 point plan and 20 is coexistence. And like, you know, we’re in early days, but still this is pretty huge.”

“Yeah, it’s a big deal,” responded Jeff Goldberg. “I mean, Dick Durbin’s right. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Nothing’s actually happened yet, and it’s the Middle East. So the only thing that that can go wrong is everything. But yeah, I mean, he did.”

“He did bring us to this point because he does have an acute understanding of the relationship between power and threats and diplomacy,” Goldberg added. “And he basically told Netanyahu as no other real friend anymore, right, like you’re going to do this. And he also told Hamas and this is the key. He told Hamas and Qatar Hamas is essentially its sponsor said, look, if you guys don’t do this, I’m just going to tell Netanyahu to eliminate all of you. You know, so it’s like this is like this is diplomacy, but it’s also Donald Trump’s very, let’s say, New York understanding of the way you get things done.”

“Look, I’m going to say something that I have never said before and that this audience has never heard me say before: Kudos to the president,” said PBS’s Jonathan Capeheart. “I think we are at this point because the president was single — he was focused, single-mindedly focused, on getting something, getting a deal done, getting the hostages out.”

Asked if President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, Democratic Senator John Fetterman replied thusly:

“Well, I mean, if this sticks, I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And I’m going to make a direct appeal to the president. You know, I hope he chooses to provide the tomahawks to the Ukrainians too, and give them the tools that they need to push back against the Russia. And if he brings the war to its end, I’ll be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Peace Prize, for ending both of these terrible wars.”

Still, the situation between Israel and Hamas is fraught.

“Hamas mobilises fighters in Gaza as fears of internal violence mount,” reported Rushdi Abualouf for the BBC yesterday, adding that “Reports from Gaza suggest armed Hamas units have already deployed across several districts, some wearing civilian clothes and others in the blue uniforms of the Gaza police. The Hamas media office denied it was deploying ‘fighters in the streets.’”

“Tensions rose sharply and quickly after two members of Hamas’s elite forces were shot dead by gunmen from the powerful Dughmush clan in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood,” added Abualouf. “One of them was the son of a senior commander in Hamas’s armed wing, Imad Aqel, who now heads the group’s military intelligence.

Some Hamas demands are also causing concern.

“Hamas insisting 7 high-profile Palestinian terror convicts, including Barghouti, be freed in deal,” revealed the Associated Free Press and the Times of Israel on Sunday. “Hamas insists that the list of security prisoners Israel is set to release under a Gaza ceasefire deal includes seven terror convicts regarded by Palestinians as senior leaders, sources close to negotiators tell AFP.”

Still, there are positive signs. According to reports, Hamas has begun moving hostages in preparation for release.

But there is also sure to be disappointment and heartbreak, despite the promised release of the remaining hostages.

“Some families of dead hostages told their loved ones’ remains may not return tomorrow,” warned the Times of Israel on Sunday.

In the days to come, hopefully, the tenuous peace will hold.

(Contributing writer, Brooke Bell)