in a In a new statement, Hamas said it “has shown the necessary positivity at all stages of the negotiations” to reach a “comprehensive and acceptable agreement based on the just demands of our people.”
Hamas said those demands include a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal from Gaza, the “return of the displaced, reconstruction and the conclusion of a serious agreement for the exchange of prisoners.”
Hamas said that while it had “expressed its positive position” regarding what was included in US President Joe Biden's speech on May 31, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “continued to confirm its commitment to the war of genocide, attacking the proposal presented by President Biden” that is contradicting the claim that Israel has accepted what was in Biden's speech.
Hamas said that while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “continues to talk about Israel agreeing to the latest proposal, we have not heard any Israeli officials talk about this agreement.”
Hamas called on Blinken and the Biden administration to apply pressure about the Israeli government which, according to Hamas, “is determined to complete its mission” and which, according to Hamas, constitutes “a flagrant violation of all international laws and treaties.”
In the statement, Hamas also said it rejects Blinken's statements attempting to absolve Israel “of its crimes against innocent children, women and the elderly.”
Hamas said this is in line with US policy that is complicit in the brutal war “against our Palestinian people, allowing the occupation to continue its crimes under full US political and military cover.”
Earlier Wednesday, Blinken questioned whether Hamas is “proceeding in good faith” amid ceasefire negotiations, saying Hamas had proposed a series of changes to its response to the latest agreement, which “go beyond the positions it had previously adopted.
