Source: CCTV news client
According to Israeli media reports, Israeli negotiators will travel to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, on April 30 to participate in ceasefire talks with Hamas. The Hamas delegation temporarily left Cairo on the 29th to discuss the latest ceasefire plan.
As for the latest ceasefire plan, the United States, Britain and other countries urged Hamas to "quickly accept" it, claiming that the relevant agreement was "very generous" to the Palestinians, which was severely refuted by Hamas.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: In recent days, new progress has been made in the negotiations. Now the responsibility is actually on Hamas's side, the agreement is on the table, and they should accept it. We believe that the parties should persuade Hamas to accept this proposal immediately.
On the 29th, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron told the outside world that the new ceasefire plan was "very generous" and urged Hamas to accept it.
In response, Osama Hamdan, a senior member of Hamas, dismissed that it would not be "generous" to stop attacks that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. "The attack itself is a crime, so when the crime is stopped, it cannot be claimed that it is a generous act on the part of Israel," Osama said. ”
Analysts: The United States has bargaining chips but does not use them
As Israel's main supporter and arms supplier, the United States has repeatedly created obstacles to ceasefire efforts in the Gaza Strip. Some Qatari analysts pointed out that the United States has all the bargaining chips in the negotiations, but it does not use them.
Mohammed Elmasri, Professor of Media Studies and Political Analyst at Doha Graduate School: The United States has all the leverage, but it doesn't use it. They could have stopped supplying weapons and frozen arms supplies to Israel, but they were unwilling to do so. There is no indication that the United States is willing to do so. On the contrary, US President Joe Biden has previously told the US media that "Israel will never be abandoned and will not stop supplying weapons to Israel."
Ninety lawyers signed a letter urging the United States to stop military aid to Israel
The continued supply of weapons by the United States to Israel has sparked growing opposition.
According to a report by Politico on April 29, a group of more than 90 lawyers from inside and outside the United States sent a joint letter to the U.S. government, urging the government to cut off military aid to Israel, arguing that Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip are inconsistent with U.S. and international law. It is reported that 20 of the lawyers who signed the letter were from the US State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and other US government departments. The letter is still in circulation, and the number of signatures is likely to continue to increase.
(Source: CCTV News Client)