The ceasefire talks come in the context of concern that the Israel-Gaza war may engulf the entire region.

Joe Biden has said he is “optimistic” that a Gaza ceasefire deal can be reached.

“We are closer than we’ve ever been,” the US president said following the latest round of talks, adding he was sending his secretary of state to Israel to continue the “intensive efforts to conclude this agreement”.

Amid concerns that Iran may launch an attack on Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Mr Biden said “no-one in the region should take actions to undermine this process”.

Hamas has expressed scepticism about the chances of a deal. And without mentioning the possibility of a ceasefire, Israel said it “appreciates the efforts of the US and the mediators to dissuade Hamas from its refusal to a hostage release deal”.

  • @mecfs
    26•4 months ago

    I’ll happily be proven wrong. But I don’t trust Nethanyahu a single bit. He’ll keep the crimes going on till the election as he knows it hurts the Dems and he wants Trump elected.

  • @[email protected]English
    17•4 months ago

    In the same way that the heat death of the universe is closer than ever, yes.

    Edit: actually, I expect the heat death of the universe to occur first.

  • @assassinatedbyCIA
    8•4 months ago

    Ah yes. That’s why Israel killed hamas’ lead negotiator. To move forward the negotiations. Biden is senile.

  • @Hexbatch
    7•4 months ago

    There is a real disconnect between these optimistic hopes and the fact Hamas already agreed to Biden’s entire treaty last month ( after the usa negotiating party ignored the Palestinians for weeks back in May).

    The current peace talks don’t include Palestinians much, it’s simply more BS and showmanship to help with the USA elections.

    It may happen that there will be a cease fire, maybe soon. But these jokers at this so called peace conference will not have caused it

  • @mlgEnglish
    6•4 months ago

    He better not make a fake treaty without Hamas and champion it as a success.

    There was already a headline last week about how new negotiations included Israel, Egypt, Qatar, and Iran, but did not have anyone representing Hamas.

    It would be really stupid to make a deal without one of the main factions, especially after they already agreed to a treaty, and then act like it’s a done deal.

    • @[email protected]
      2•4 months ago

      Didn’t have anyone representing Hamas or Israel.

      I guess Biden has started to be a bit more careful about how he phrases things now, after the “Israeli” deal he announced a while back, that was immediately rejected by Netenyahu.