...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...’s demand for limitations of Israel’s illusory sovereignty at the Temple Mount in the context of ongoing hostage negotiations was an "obvious non-starter."
The demand was one of several Hamas made in the response it issued earlier this month to a hostage deal framework crafted by Qatar
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said some of Hamas’s demands were "over the top," but this appears to be the first time that a US official specifies Washington’s issues with Hamas’s response.
"You saw a number of issues that were obvious non-starters, for example, the status of al-Aqsa is not going to be resolved in negotiation of hostages," Miller says during a press briefing.
He also notes that the Israeli government has taken steps to ensure that aid is delivered through the Kerem Shalom crossing by declaring the surrounding area a closed military zone to prevent access to far-right protesters seeking to block the assistance from reaching Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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. Miller says the IDF has also moved its troops into the crossing to ensure that the aid is delivered, even though the protesters have still frequently managed to thwart the shipments.
"We think it is extremely unfortunate the times that the crossing has been blocked. We engage with the Israeli government and have made clear that the position of the United States is that the crossing ought to remain open and that they take whatever steps they can to make sure that it remains open," Miller says.
PM says no progress possible in Cairo talks unless Hamas changes ‘delusional’ demands[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in a statement that no advancements can be made in talks in Cairo until Hamas changes its “delusional” position.
“In Cairo, Israel was not given any new proposal by Hamas for the release of our hostages,” says a statement from the PMO, adding that the prime minister “insists that Israel will not submit to the delusional demands of Hamas.”
“A change in Hamas’s positions will allow progress in the negotiations,” the statement says.
Reports today in Hebrew media indicated that Netanyahu refused to send a delegation to Cairo tomorrow, arguing that there is no point in doing so until Hamas climbs down from its demands regarding the release of large numbers of Palestinian prisoners.
The Hostages Families Forum reacting scathingly to the news, saying it was a death sentence for the remaining hostages.