Israel is sticking to its plan to prevent Hamas from regaining power in Gaza despite Biden’s pressure to agree to hostage-release plan that might squander Israeli war gains.
JERUSALEM — President Biden’s curt response 'no' to the question if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing enough to secure the freedom of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza unleashed a storm of criticism. Biden issued the terse remark on Monday as he headed into the Situation Room, where he and Vice President Harris convened with a hostage deal negotiating team after the murder of 23-year-old Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages by Hamas on Saturday.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told Fox News Digital, 'On a day when Israel is mourning, literally weeping, for its murdered hostages, Biden should be saving his criticism for Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, not Israel’s democratically elected leader.' Friedman, who served under President Trump, said 'Biden and Harris have been wrong and catastrophically weak at every turn in this conflict.
He noted, 'That is who they are and that is how they will continue to act. Knowing this makes it clear that the single most effective way to get the hostages out alive still is, and has been, a diplomatic deal like the one from last November. And remember, a deal is not a gift to Hamas. The gift would instead be given to the kidnapped Israelis, Americans and other nationals who will get out of Gaza alive. Indeed, this would be a gift for all of Israel and the decent people of the world.
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