Hamas…Israel Conflict Day 239…Hamas turns thumbs down on Biden cease-fire ‘deal’ plan….

Nevermind that President Biden IS going after Netanyhu’s politics…..

And he’s Right….

But Hamas IS helping Netanyahu by turning down ANY ceasefire agreement that doesn’t net them what they HAVE wanted since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel…

They want a Hamas Gaza….

Just what they had BEFORE….

They do NOT ANY Israeli ocersight or occupation…..

These are things that MOST Israeli’s will NOT accept, even at the cost of the current hostages …

(Hamas seems to feel that the push for the hostages releasese and their ability to regenerate WILL eventually get them what they want….US Intelliegence also feel that Israel will NEVER erase Hamas from Gaza )

 

Folks….

This may go on for Long….LONG TIME…..

And alll the while?

President Biden will continue to make sure Israel gets more arms and weapons…..

 

President Biden, asked whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was prolonging the war in Gaza in an effort to hold on to office, said that he believed “there is every reason for people to draw that conclusion,” lending his voice to something many in his administration have been saying privately for months.

His statement came in an interview with Time magazine published Tuesday that was conducted May 28, three days before Mr. Biden gave a speech revealing the details of what he called an “Israeli plan” to bring about an exchange of hostages and a permanent cease-fire. His decision to describe the Israeli plan in public appeared to be a clear effort to lock in Mr. Netanyahu, who did not publicly reveal the details and seemed to back away from some of them after Mr. Biden’s statement last Friday.

Both in Jerusalem and Washington, Mr. Netanyahu is widely seen as highly aware that an end to the conflict could easily result in his being swept from office — especially once investigations began into how Israel ignored evidence of the Oct. 7 terror attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis, and how slowly Israel’s defense forces responded. Street protests against him have begun…

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• The Israeli military said on Tuesday it was carrying out a new wave of airstrikes and ground raids around Bureij in central Gaza, hitting, among other targets, a U.N. school building where it claimed Hamas fighters were “embedded.” Palestinian news outlets reported that at least five had been killed in the strikes on Bureij, and three more people died in strikes in nearby Maghazi. The Israeli offensive in Bureij came after Israeli forces pulled out of Jabaliya in northern Gaza last week, after weeks of intense battle that left it in ruins.

• The C.I.A. director and the White House’s Middle East coordinator are returning to the Middle East this week, officials said, as President Biden steps up pressure on Israel and Hamas to agree to a deal that would end the fighting. The Middle East coordinator, Brett McGurk, is expected to go to Cairo for talks about a possible deal on a cease-fire and hostage release, as well as to the military situation in Rafah. The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, will travel to Qatar for meetings on the hostage talks, a U.S. official said.

• The French president, Emmanuel Macron, told the Israeli prime minister in a telephone call on Tuesday that France also backed an Israeli peace proposal endorsed by President Biden. Mr. Macron called for an end to the war in Gaza and release of all hostages being held there, his office said. The French president also said that Hamas has an “overwhelming” responsibility to accept the proposal. “The ordeal of the Palestinians in Gaza must come to an end,” he said. Mr. Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister had stressed to Mr. Macron that the proposed deal would still let Israel obtain its goals, including “the elimination of Hamas.” Mr. Netanyahu has been struggling to persuade right-wing members of his coalition who demand the complete dismantling of Hamas before they will agree to accept the plan.

• Slovenia’s parliament on Tuesday officially recognized the state of Palestine, a move that came shortly after three other European countries — Spain, Ireland and Norway — took similar steps last month. Tanja Fajon, Slovenia’s foreign minister, wrote on social media after the vote that the recognition of Palestine sent “a message of hope and peace.” She added that “only a two-state solution can lead to a lasting peace,” and vowed that Slovenia would “tirelessly continue to work on the security of both nations, Palestinians and Israelis.”

• Qatar is waiting for Israel to clarify its position on the cease-fire proposal outlined by the United States, a spokesman for the Qatari foreign ministry, Majed al-Ansari, said on Tuesday. The Gulf state, which is a mediator in the conflict, has received an Israeli proposal, delivered it to Hamas and is now “waiting for a clear Israeli position that represents the entire government,” he said.

• The United Nations’ human rights office called for an end to violence in the occupied West Bank, saying that Israeli security forces had killed more than 500 Palestinians there since the start of the war in Gaza, according to U.N. figures. Volker Türk, the U.N. human rights chief, said that Israel must enforce rules of engagement in line with human rights standards and allow allegations of unlawful killings to be independently investigated. The Israeli military, which has said it is conducting counterterrorism operations in the West Bank, did not immediately comment.

• Israel has signed an agreement with the U.S. to buy another squadron of F-35 fighter jets, using American military aid, in a roughly $3 billion deal, the Israeli defense ministry said on Tuesday. Delivery of the jets, some of the most advanced and expensive weapons in America’s arsenal, will begin in 2028 and bring the number of F-35s in Israel’s air fleet to 75. In February, a Dutch court ordered the Netherlands to stop exporting F-35 parts to Israel after finding a “clear risk” that the jets were being used in “serious violations of international humanitarian law.”….

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