US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that Israel has accepted the US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Now I have to Hamas to die Agree to compromise, Blinken said after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.
“In a very constructive meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu today, he confirmed to me that Israel supports the stopgap plan,” Blinken said. “And now Hamas must do the same.” If Hamas truly cared about the Palestinian people, which it somehow claims to represent, “it would say yes to this agreement and work on clear agreements to implement it,” Blinken said. Implementation of the reconciliation proposal is “the quickest, best and most effective way to alleviate the terrible suffering of the Palestinians as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas and the war that followed.”
A warning that negotiations will fail
Blinken did not elaborate on the contents of the compromise proposal. According to mediators, one of the focal points of the negotiations until recently was Israel’s demand for control of two strategically important corridors. Gaza Strip. This was ultimately rejected by Hamas. The terrorist organization accused Netanyahu of obstructing the deal by making new demands.
The US Secretary of State arrived in Israel on Sunday, where he held talks with Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, among others. At the start of his ninth visit to Israel since October 7, Blinken warned that the current peace talks will fail. “It’s time for everyone to say ‘yes’ and not look for excuses to say ‘no’,” the foreign minister said. “This is a critical moment, the best, perhaps last, chance to bring the hostages home, reach a ceasefire, and put everyone on the best path to lasting peace and security.”
Hamas accuses US of
From Israel, Blinken is expected to travel to Egypt and then to Qatar. The talks were held in the capital Doha Ceasefire It resumed last week, albeit without Hamas representatives. He described reports of an imminent deal with Israel as “delusion” and, instead, attempts to impose a “US mandate” on the Palestinians. Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told Reuters the proposal Blinken mentioned was “nothing presented to us or agreed to by us”.
The US proposal is based on the peace plan presented by US President Joe Biden at the end of May. Apart from the ceasefire, the plan also included the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that Israel has accepted the US proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Now I have to Hamas to die Agree to compromise, Blinken said after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.
“In a very constructive meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu today, he confirmed to me that Israel supports the stopgap plan,” Blinken said. “And now Hamas must do the same.” If Hamas truly cared about the Palestinian people, which it somehow claims to represent, “it would say yes to this agreement and work on clear agreements to implement it,” Blinken said. Implementation of the reconciliation proposal is “the quickest, best and most effective way to alleviate the terrible suffering of the Palestinians as a result of the October 7 attack by Hamas and the war that followed.”
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