According to Hamas, Biden is giving Israel a green light to continue the war with his remarks.
The extreme organization Hamas condemns the US president Joe Biden claims that Hamas is backing out of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
According to Hamas, Biden is giving Israel a green light to continue the war with his remarks. Hamas said in a statement that the allegations do not correspond to the organization’s real position. The organization says it is committed to the cease-fire plan outlined by Biden in May.
Biden spoke about Hamas’ intentions at the end of the first day of the US Democratic Party convention in Chicago. According to Biden, Israel could accept the agreement, but Hamas is backing away from it.
The US Secretary of State visited Israel yesterday by Antony Blinken according to which Israel has accepted the US armistice proposal.
Blinken met with the Prime Minister of Israel yesterday Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and described having previously had a “fruitful” conversation with him. The meeting lasted three hours.
– He supports (the proposal). Hamas must now do the same, Blinken told reporters in Tel Aviv yesterday.
Blinken on tour in the Middle East
Blinken has visited Egypt today, where he met the country’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with.
Egypt demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and warns of an expansion of the conflict.
– The time has come to end the ongoing war, resort to wisdom and maintain the language of peace and diplomacy, al-Sisi said in his statement after the meeting.
From Egypt, Blinken continues his journey to Doha, Qatar to meet the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
Blinken, who has already visited the Middle East for the ninth time in a year, described the opportunity at hand as the “best and maybe the last” opportunity to end the war.
Ceasefire talks took place last week for two days in Doha, the capital of Qatar, and will continue this week in Cairo, Egypt.