Netanyahu walks back proposal for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal endorsed by Biden

[Right_in_Virginia]

Netanyahu walks back proposal for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal endorsed by Biden
Axios, Jun 23, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he is interested in a "partial deal" with Hamas that will free "some of the hostages" held in Gaza and allow Israel to continue fighting in the enclave.

Why it matters: Netanyahu's remarks walk back an Israeli proposal for a three-phase deal that would lead to the release of all remaining 120 hostages and to "sustainable calm" in Gaza.

*More than 37,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to local health officials.

*Netanyahu's comments contradicted statements by Biden administration officials who in recent days said Netanyahu and his aides had reiterated their support for the proposal.

*In recent weeks, Netanyahu's radical right-wing coalition partners, ultranationalist ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, threatened to leave the coalition and topple the government if the proposal turns into an agreement.

Flashback: The proposal was approved by the Israeli war cabinet in late May and was presented publicly by President Biden in a speech on May 31.

*The Biden administration mobilized broad international support for the proposal and managed to get the UN Security Council to pass a resolution endorsing it.

*Hamas officially responded to the proposal nearly two weeks after Biden's speech. The group asked for changes in the proposal and raised new demands that went beyond its own previous positions, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 12.

*Blinken said at the time that while Israel accepted the proposal, Hamas didn't.


More:  https://www.axios.com/2024/06/24/netanyahu-walks-back-gaza-hostage-ceasefire-proposal

[Hoodat]

*Netanyahu's comments contradicted statements by Biden administration officials who in recent days said Netanyahu and his aides had reiterated their support for the proposal.

You expect me to believe the Biden Administration is telling the truth here?

[Right_in_Virginia]

You expect me to believe the Biden Administration is telling the truth here?

First, I'd like to point out that isn't my quote, even though you presented it as such.

As to what you believe, well, I simply don't give a damn one way or the other.   

[Hoodat]

First, I'd like to point out that isn't my quote, even though you presented it as such.

As to what you believe, well, I simply don't give a damn one way or the other.   

@Right_in_Virginia

It was copied from your post (see 'quote' button).  It was in quotes, signifying that someone else said it.  My comment was not directed at you.  And I have been posting this way for eight years on this forum.  If I had been replying to your words, I would have pinged you.  Not that you would have seen it since you have announced several times that you have me on 'ignore'.