In a conference in Jerusalem, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his devotion to a cease-fire program as the country struggles to achieve speed for a plan that President Joe Biden announced.
Blinken, who is making his seventh trip to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out in October, told reporters that” I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu next day and he reaffirmed his devotion to the proposal.”
A “hopeful mark,” according to Blinken, was the response from Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, to a UN Security Council resolution backing the cease-fire. He emphasized, nevertheless, that Hamas leadership’s final decision regarding the Gaza strategy was what really mattered.
On May 31, Biden released a three-phase peace plan that he claimed was supported by Israel, but doubt surrounds whether all or all of the plan has been approved. For decades, Israel and Hamas have been trying to come to terms that might put an end to the conflict.
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