No Peace For President Biden
The Biden administration’s last-ditch effort to negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas before Election Day has failed.
“Hamas flatly rejected a new US draft for a hostage-ceasefire deal; Israel expressed reservations,” the Times of Israel reported the dismal news on September 23, 2024.
While it wasn’t exactly a surprise to close observers of the conflict, it was a blow to the Biden administration nevertheless.
“Determinedly seeking a hostage-ceasefire deal, Biden Administration officials in the past few days sent the draft text of a new proposal to Israel and, via Qatari and Egyptian mediators, to Hamas, Channel 12 news reported earlier tonight, citing an Israeli and an American source,” revealed the Times of Israel. “Israel expressed reservations, including over clauses relating to the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border and the Netzarim Corridor that runs between northern and southern Gaza, the report says.”
While Israeli officials were somewhat less than impressed with the ceasefire proposition, Hamas leadership refused even to consider it.
“Hamas, however, flatly rejected the draft text and said it would not accept any deal that differs from the proposal presented by US President Joe Biden at the end of May,” added the TOI.