Sullivan emphasizes that “the ball is in the court” of the group and that “the responsibility falls on Hamas”
June 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The White House National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, has stated that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has not yet given a response to the ceasefire proposal unveiled last week by the president of the United States, Joe Biden. , and has assured that Israel “has accepted” the plan, despite the discrepancies shown by the Government regarding the ‘roadmap’.
“We are waiting for a response from Hamas,” said Sullivan, who insisted that an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “came out in public to say that they accepted the proposal.” “They have reaffirmed that they have accepted the proposal,” she noted, before emphasizing that “the proposal described by Biden was accepted by Israel before and continues to be accepted today.”
Thus, he has insisted that “the ball is in Hamas’s court” and has stressed that Washington hopes that the Islamist group will forward its response to Qatar, which is playing mediation roles and were “the ones who transmitted (to Hamas) the proposal by part of the Israelis. “There is nothing yet,” she said.
“We are in contact every hour with the Qataris,” said Sullivan, who stressed that it is “a good proposal” that “has the support of the United States, has been accepted by Israel, has been supported by the G7, for the Egyptians and the Qataris and much of the rest of the world.” “The responsibility lies with Hamas and will remain with Hamas,” she stressed.
Sullivan has thus made reference to the recent statements of Ophir Falk, Netanyahu’s advisor, who recently stated in statements to the British newspaper ‘Sunday Times’ that the Israeli authorities have accepted the framework of the proposal, although he clarified that “there are many details about to work on, including no permanent ceasefire until all of Israel’s objectives are met.
The Israeli Government has stated on several occasions that the plan presented by Biden “would allow the war to continue until all its objectives are achieved, including the destruction of Hamas’s military and government capabilities,” while the Islamist group has demanded guarantees that the ‘road map’ includes a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
In this sense, the spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, Mayed al Ansari, stated on Tuesday that neither Israel nor Hamas have presented the mediators with “concrete approvals” about the ceasefire proposal on the table. “We have seen statements from Israeli ministers that do not give us much confidence that there is a unified position in Israel on the proposal on the table,” he said, although he acknowledged “positive momentum” on “both sides.”
Therefore, he asked the international community to “pressure both parties to accept” and “immediately end” the conflict in the Gaza Strip, before influencing this it will only happen “if everyone works together to ensure that both parties understand that they have to reach an agreement now. “No one can achieve total victory in this war,” she concluded.
Biden on Friday detailed a ‘roadmap’ proposed by Israel with three phases for a ceasefire in Gaza. The first would last six weeks and would include a ceasefire with the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the most populated areas of Gaza and the release of some of the hostages, including women and elderly people, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.
The president explained that the second phase includes the release of all remaining living hostages, including military personnel, and the Israeli Army will withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Finally, the third part contemplates “an important reconstruction plan for Gaza.”
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