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Hamas Declines Participation in Gaza Ceasefire Talks Citing Loss of Faith in US Mediation Role
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Hamas has expressed reluctance to participate in indirect talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, citing a need for a clear roadmap for implementing the agreement. A senior Hamas official stated that the group will only participate if talks focus on implementing a proposal detailed by US President Joe Biden in May. However, Israel has denied that Biden's proposal was entirely consistent with the original proposal, leading to accusations of obstruction from both sides.
We want a roadmap to implement what we have already agreed based on President Biden's ceasefire plan and the Security Council resolution, which guarantees Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, specifically from the Philadelphi corridor [running along the border with Egypt], and allows the return of displaced persons to northern Gaza without restrictions, and allows the flow of humanitarian aid.
The fact is that it is Hamas which is preventing the release of our hostages, and which continues to oppose the outline.
There is no more time to waste and there's no more valid excuses from any party for any further delay.
No party in the region should take actions that would undermine efforts to reach a deal.
We have informed the mediators that … any meeting should be based on talking about implementation mechanisms and setting deadlines rather than negotiating something new.
In the last three, four, five days, when this new threat from Hezbollah and from Iran came on the table again, we understood that we needed to take other precautions.
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sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.BBC
- 3.CTV News
- 4.The Guardian
- 5.The New York Times
- 6.Al Jazeera
- 7.The Times of India
- 8.ABC News (Australia)
- 9.Agence France-Presse
- 10.Associated Press
- 11.Axios
- 12.New York Times
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 4.British Foreign Policy
- 5.Israel Foreign Policy
- 6.Islamic Terrorism
- 7.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 8.Israel-US Relations
- 9.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 10.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Qatar
- 2.Egypt
- 3.Israel
- 4.Palestine, State of
- 5.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 6.Lebanon
- 7.Russian Federation
- 8.United States
- 9.Syrian Arab Republic
- 10.Turkey
organizations
- 1.Hamas
- 2.Hezbollah
- 3.Mossad
- 4.United Nations
- 5.UN Security Council
- 6.White House
- 7.Central Intelligence Agency
- 8.Palestinian Red Crescent
- 9.Shin Bet
- 10.Tel Aviv Museum Of Art
- 11.US State Department
persons
- 1.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 2.Joe Biden
- 3.David Barnea
- 4.Ismail Haniyeh
- 5.Abbas Kamel
- 6.Amos Hochstein
- 7.Anthony Blinken
- 8.Brett McGurk
- 9.Ephrat Livni
- 10.Gustav Klimt
- 11.Isaac Herzog
- 12.Linda Thomas-Greenfield