Monday, June 3, 2024

Biden's description of cease-fire offer ‘not accurate,’ Israeli official tells NBC News

(So it is not an Israeli peace proposal and they have no intention of EVER removing IDF troops from Gaza which leads to the next question of the reestablishment of Israeli settlements in Gaza)

from NBC

President Joe Biden’s description of Israel’s cease-fire proposal was “not accurate,” a senior Israeli official has told NBC News, as doubts grew Monday over the U.S. ally's stance on the deal.

Biden said in a surprise announcement Friday that he was outlining a truce proposal that had been made by Israel and passed by mediators to Hamas. But with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing competing pressures — including a threat from right-wing ministers to bring down his government — a senior Israeli official called into question Biden’s description of the cease-fire offer.

The officially specifically disputed that Israel had agreed to fully withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip as part of a deal to free the hostages.

“Israel has not changed its conditions to reach a permanent cease-fire. That will only happen after our objectives are met including destroying Hamas’s military and governing capabilities,” the official said.

The official also said that while the White House described the plan as originating from Israel, it was actually a proposal put forward by mediators that Israel had made amendments and changes to...

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