An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times that Israel had accepted the framework of President Joe Biden’s plan to end the war in Gaza, although he said it would not was “not a good deal”.
Israel’s official position remains unclear and NBC News has reached out to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office for confirmation.
Biden announced Friday that Israel had proposed a three-part plan that would ultimately lead to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as well as the release of all hostages held there for the past eight month. It is “time for this war to end,” Biden said.
On Saturday, Netanyahu appeared to undermine the plan, issuing a statement calling a permanent ceasefire in Gaza a “non-starter” until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met, reiterating that ” Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed. : the destruction of Hamas’s military and government capabilities, the release of all hostages and the guarantee that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel.
But in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times, Ophir Falk, Netanyahu’s top foreign policy adviser, stressed that Israel was not rejecting the deal, saying it was a “deal that we stood behind.” deal – it’s not a good deal but we very much want the hostages to be released.” , all.”
He added that Israel’s conditions “have not changed: the release of the hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organization.”
A large demonstration in Israel on Saturday evening urged the government to act. In response to Biden’s statement, the Hostage Families Forum, the Israeli organization campaigning for the release of hostages taken during the October 7 Hamas attack, called on members of the Israeli parliament to accept the agreement.
“The forum demands the return of all hostages, some to be rehabilitated and others to be buried, and not to miss the opportunity that has arisen to bring them home.”
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