In a very constructive meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu today, he confirmed to me that Israel accepts the bridging proposal - that he supports it,
The single quickest, best, most effective way to relieve the terrible suffering of the Palestinians that was instigated by Hamas's attack on October 7 and the war that ensued is to complete this agreement."
What I would say to Hamas and to its leadership is, if it genuinely cares about the Palestinian people that it purports to somehow represent, then it will say 'yes' to this agreement, and it will work on clear understandings about how to implement it,
We've seen public statements before where they don't fully reflect where Hamas is,
The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability,
This is a decisive moment—probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a ceasefire, and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security,
There are things we can be flexible on and there are things that we cannot be flexible on — which we will insist on. We know how to distinguish between the two very well,
We know that the mutilated body is not that of an innocent bystander but the one who carried the bomb,
They were engineers, teachers, medical staff. They were humanitarian workers,
Blinken acts as if he was a minister in Netanyahu's government,
It is now our primary task in defensive operations overall to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible and conduct maximum counteroffensive actions. This includes creating a buffer zone on the aggressor’s territory – our operation in the Kursk region.”
We're working to make sure that there is no escalation, that there are no provocations, that there are no actions that in any way could move us away from getting this deal over the line, or, for that matter, escalating the conflict to other places, and to greater intensity,
I will not speak for him, but I will tell you that these conversations are ongoing and we are not giving up, and we are going to continue to work very hard on this
This is the way we are living these days,
It’s also time to make sure that no one takes any steps that could derail this process,
The new proposal responds to Netanyahu’s conditions,
I’m here as part of an intensive diplomatic effort on President Biden’s instructions to try to get this agreement to the line and ultimately over the line … It is time for everyone to get to yes and to not look for any excuses to say no,
There is no greater humanitarian objective, and there’s no greater humanitarian cause, than bringing back our hostages,
Are these women and children part of the resistance?"
What we have received from the mediators is very disappointing. There has been no progress."