Hamas rebuffs Blinken blame for elusive ceasefire

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****** rebuffs Blinken blame for elusive ceasefire

****** has pushed back after being criticised by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for not yet accepting a ceasefire proposal, saying it had shown “positivity” towards the negotiations.

The group said it had “dealt positively… with the latest proposal and all proposals to reach a ceasefire agreement”.

It said, in contrast, “while Blinken continues to talk about ‘*******’s’ approval of the latest proposal, we have not heard any ******** official voicing approval”.

Mr Blinken has repeatedly said that ******* has accepted a ceasefire proposal outlined by President Biden on 31 May. *******’s government has not officially said so, though an ******** plan formed the basis for Mr Biden’s declaration.

Speaking in Qatar on Wednesday, Mr Blinken expressed frustration with ******’s response to the ******** ceasefire proposal, which the group delivered on Tuesday.

The details of the response have not been made public, though Mr Blinken said ****** had proposed changes, some of which were unworkable.

“At some point in a negotiation – and this has gone back and forth for a long time – you get to a point where if one side continues to change its demands, including making demands and insisting on changes for things that it already accepted, you have to question whether they’re proceeding in good ****** or not.”

But in a series of statements on Wednesday night, ****** questioned whether ******* had actually accepted either the plan or

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“The world did not hear any welcome or approval from [******** Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu” and his government to the resolution,” it said. “Rather they continued to emphasise the rejection of any permanent ceasefire, in clear contradiction with the Security Council resolution and President Biden’s initiative.”

****** said that on the other hand, it had “clearly expressed its positive position on what was included in US President Joe Biden’s speech” and on “what was included” in the resolution. It also said it had confirmed its “readiness to co-operate” with the mediators involved in the ceasefire negotiations.

After a meeting with Mr Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, Mr Blinken said the prime minister had “reaffirmed his commitment” to the ceasefire proposal.

Mr Netanyahu has not publicly endorsed the plan, although the war cabinet which he leads authorised the proposal which was delivered to ****** on 27 May. That proposal – reportedly lengthier than the summary presented by Mr Biden – has not been made public and it is unclear whether it varies from what the president conveyed in his televised statement at the end of last month.

One of the main sticking points between the two sides appears to be their visions for ending the war. Reports say ****** is insisting first on written guarantees that ******* will end the war before it will sign up to the plan. Mr Netanyahu has said the war will not end until ******’s “governing and military capabilities” have been destroyed and the hostages returned.

The war began after ****** attacked ******* on 7 October, ******** about 1,200 people and taking 251 others back to Gaza as hostages. The ******-run health ministry says more than 37,000 people have been ******* in *******’s offensive since then.

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