Biden’s “bridging proposal” for a Gaza ceasefire increasingly appears to be a bridge to nowhere.
A former Israeli hostage negotiator says chances for a deal are now “slim”, Hamas – which isn’t officially involved in the latest round of talks – has decried the new plan as “essentially an Israeli proposal”, and yet, the Biden Administration told the UN yesterday the deal is now “in sight”.
The American President has clearly been wearing rose-tinted spectacles.
Earlier this week, Blinken hailed the “constructive” discussion he had with Netanyahu during his ninth visit to the nation, affirming that the Israeli PM had accepted the new bridging proposal. The proposal’s exact details remain elusive, but likely resemble the three-stage framework that Biden initially claimed both Hamas and Israel had agreed to back in early July, a claim later refuted by Israel.
