Yeah this is the US' push for a ceasefire, caving in to Netanyahu. Nothing like the proposal Hamas agreed to months ago, all concessions to Netanyahu's added new conditions.
White House says truce talks will continue in Cairo
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, told reporters that “senior officials will convene again in Cairo before the end of the week” to continue talks on a ceasefire in Gaza.
She added, “Secretary Blinken is in the region to reaffirm our ironclad commitment to Israel’s security and also to continue our intensive efforts to conclude this agreement”.
Jean-Pierre made the comments as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Netanyahu had agreed to a ‘bridging proposal’
Hamas reveals details of Israel’s new conditions for Gaza truce
We have a statement from Dr Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, on the latest ceasefire talks.
Naim is urging the world to pressure Netanyahu and the Israeli government to sign the ceasefire deal that was proposed by Biden on May 31 and backed by the UN Security Council on June 11.
He noted that Hamas has agreed to the three-phase proposal, which – in the first stage – calls for an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces to the border areas, the unconditional return of displaced people to their homes, the entry of humanitarian aid and the release of captives and prisoners.
But Naim said Netanyahu’s response since then has been to carry out more “massacres and killings” in Gaza, including on al-Mawasi and al-Tabin school in Gaza City.
The Israeli leader also presented new conditions for negotiations, he said, including:
- no withdrawal from the Rafah crossing
- no withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor
- no withdrawal from the Netzarim Route
- the inspection of returning displaced people moving from south to north
- alterations to the agreed-upon prisoner exchange deal, effectively nullifying its substance
- tying humanitarian aid and reconstruction to the acceptance of the aforementioned conditions.
- not committing to continued negotiations under the terms of the first phase (complete and comprehensive ceasefire and withdrawal to the borders) until an agreement is reached on the conditions of the second phase, while demanding a written commitment from the Americans allowing the resumption of hostilities if so decided.
That's not a permanent ceasefire proposal, a humanitarian pause at most. Despite the UNSC already having voted for a permanent ceasefire months ago.
Harris can forget any support from Muslim voters with this bullshit.
