President Biden has said the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks.
The idea is seen as the basis for negotiations with Hamas, which has not responded to the proposal.
This makes it clear that what he’s doing is putting pressure on both Netanyahu and Hamas to go along with it, rather than having actual certainty about what’s going to happen.
The NYT coverage says that Hamas is not on board with the specifics yet:
This makes it clear that what he’s doing is putting pressure on both Netanyahu and Hamas to go along with it, rather than having actual certainty about what’s going to happen.
That’s understandable - it’s diplomacy… diplomacy is never certain.