Source: Common Dreams
by Medea Benjamin & Nicolaas JS Davies
“On June 13, Hamas responded to persistent needling by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the U.S. proposal for a pause in the Israeli massacre in Gaza. The group said it has ‘dealt positively… with the latest proposal and all proposals to reach a cease-fire agreement’. Hamas added, by contrast, that, ‘while Blinken continues to talk about ‘Israel’s approval of the latest proposal, we have not heard any Israeli official voicing approval’. The full details of the U.S. proposal have yet to be made public, but the pause in Israeli attacks and release of hostages in the first phase would reportedly lead to further negotiations for a more lasting cease-fire and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in the second phase. But there is no guarantee that the second round of negotiations would succeed.” (06/17/24)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-policy-middle-east-peace