I love Fox News’s headline: Hamas officials shut down Biden’s ice cream diplomacy, rejects cease-fire deal
President Joe Biden seemed so sure that Hamas and Israel would agree to a ceasefire this weekend as he scarfed down ice cream: “My hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a cease-fire.”
Basem Naim, a Hamas spokesman, said in a text message that the militant group had yet to formally receive “any new proposals” since senior Israeli officials met with Qatari, Egyptian and U.S. mediators in Paris last week to advance a possible deal.Another Hamas official, Ahmad Abdelhadi, said that the group was sticking to its demand that Israel agree to a long-term cease-fire and that leaks about the talks were designed to pressure Hamas to soften its position.“We are not interested in engaging with what’s been floated, because it does not fulfill our demands,” Mr. Abdelhadi said Tuesday in a televised interview with al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese broadcaster.Qatar, a key mediator in the talks, also expressed caution on Tuesday, saying it could not comment on Mr. Biden’s view that negotiators were nearing an agreement.“The efforts are ongoing; all the parties are conducting regular meetings,” Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for the Qatari foreign ministry, told reporters in Doha. “But for now, while we certainly hope it will be achieved as soon as possible, we don’t have anything in our hands so as to comment on that deadline.”
More proof that Biden has no idea what he’s ever talking about?
Or maybe he made it all up to stop Muslims in Michigan from not voting for him in the Democratic primary. He added Ramadan to his statement.
“Ramadan’s coming up and there has been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out,” Biden claimed.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also had no idea what Biden was talking about.
Biden’s declaration “surprised” the prime minister.
But yeah, everything is just fine with Biden.
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