President Joe Biden babbled about his belief that Israel would reach a ceasefire agreement with Palestinian terrorist group Hamas by next Monday, as he prepared to take a bite of his ice cream.
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“My National Security Advisor tells me that we’re close. We’re close. It’s not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a ceasefire,” said President Biden.
Biden delivered his remarks as he stood with a blank expression, about to take a bite of his ice cream.
Statements from Hamas and Israeli leadership suggest that a ceasefire is further away than Biden indicated between licks of what appeared to be vanilla hardserve.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu stated that Israel was willing to enter into a temporary ceasefire deal, but Hamas leaders made demands for the release of hostages that Israel was unprepared to accept.
“They have what I’d call outlandish demands,” said Netenyahu speaking to Fox News, “They have to come down to reality. And I think that, if that’s the case, we will be able to have a deal. We certainly want it. I want it.”
In comments provided to Al Jazeera, a Hamas spokesman blamed Israel for difficulties in a ceasefire agreement, and highlighted their own demands, including an end to all Israeli military presence in Gaza.
“The keys to the negotiations for us are three basic issues: a sustainable cease fire, ending any military presence of the occupation in the Gaza Strip, and the entry of all the needs of our people for reconstruction, and ending the siege,” said the Hamas spokesman.
Recent negations have centered around the release of hostages, and attempts by Hamas and numerous world leaders to prevent Israel from invading Rafah, a city on the southern border of Gaza, which houses over one million Palestinian refugees who fled from the north.
The U.S. and other nations have opposed the invasion of Rafah on the grounds that the civilians taking refuge in the city would likely flood across the border into Egypt, which would risk sparking a larger conflict.
Israel has refused to cancel its invasion of Rafah entirely, claiming that the invasion would put an end to the war.
They have, however, displayed a willingness to delay the invasion until after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, analogous to the Christian Lent, if a ceasefire is reached for the release of hostages.
Less than two weeks ago, the Biden Administration used the U.S.’s veto power in the United Nations Security Council to kill a multinational proposal to impose a ceasefire in Gaza.
Biden’s support of Israel has been a losing issue for him among progressive Democrats, many of whom oppose Israel’s war, and have coined the term “Genocide Joe” to refer to the president.
Biden’s comments on Monday suggested that his administration is shifting its position to more closely align with the progressive Democrats who have opposed him as a presidential election approaches.
Israel please don’t listen to biden, annilate hamas, no deals
I believe that the only way to deal with people what wish to eradicate you is to destroy them. Anything less will allow the vermin to attack you again.