During his visit to Israel, the US diplomat assured that this is a “decisive moment” to achieve “lasting peace and security.”
The United States Secretary of State, Antonius Blinkensaid this on Monday from Tel Aviv and to the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog “Maybe it’s the last chance” to reach a ceasefire between the Israeli army and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.
“This is my ninth visit since October 7 to Israel, to the Middle East. And it is a decisive moment, probably the best and perhaps the last chance to hostages home, reach a ceasefire and put everyone on a better path to a peace and A security permanent,” he told the media.
The head of US diplomacy has assured that he is in the region “as part of an intensive diplomatic effort” by US President Joe Biden “to try to get this agreement done”. “It’s time to do it”, he concluded before his meeting with Herzog. He will later meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On his part, previously, the president Duke He absolved Israel of any responsibility for this lack of consensus during the negotiations, stressing that “people must understand that everything starts with Hamas’ refusal to advance further,” although he remains confident that he can reach an agreement.
“We still have great hope of being able to make progress in the negotiations,” he said before meeting Blinken in person, thanking not only the United States for their efforts in the negotiations, but also Egypt and Qatar.
Hamaswho did not participate directly in this round of negotiations, has accused Netanyahu of backing out of points agreed more than two months ago, announced by Biden and endorsed by the UN Security Council. For example, he has urged the mediating countries – the US, Egypt and Qatar – to force Israel to implement what has been agreed “so that the negotiations do not end up in a vicious circle”.
Source: EITB
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