Biden’s Bold Gaza Cease-Fire Gambit
by Yair Rosenberg
May 31, 2024
4 minutes
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For weeks, American officials have referred to an “extraordinarily generous” offer made by Israel to secure a cease-fire and hostage deal with Hamas in Gaza. Today, President Joe Biden told the world what that offer actually is. Speaking from the White House, Biden laid out a multistage “Israeli proposal” for ending the current war and called on Hamas to accept its terms, and for the Israeli leadership to stand behind the deal despite internal right-wing pressure to fight on.
“This new proposal has three phases,” the president said. “The first phase would last for six weeks. Here’s what
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