Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas expires on March 1. New negotiations should have started this Monday, but Israeli Prime Minister nor named the team. It is and Washington to first discuss the deal with Trump.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office informs that Israeli Prime Minister is expected to start this Monday talks about the second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas, while arriving in the US to visit the new Trump administration in Washington.
Before leaving, he said, quoted by, he was going to argue with the White House to “victory over Hamas“The liberation of hostages and the strife with the Iran.” I think it is a testimony of the strength of the Israelo-American covenant. ” He is the first foreign leader to visit Trump since his inauguration.
“Negotiations about the second phase of the hostage agreement will start with your meeting in Washington,” added the office, where Netanyahu and Trump will “discuss Israel’s positions.”
But according to, It wasn’t with Trump that Netanyahu must have gathered firstthe. According to the terms stipulated in the agreement, the conversations with Hamas about the next phase of ceasefire, which expires on March 1, should start, late, this Monday.
However, the Israeli leader continues without even presenting the team chosen to star in the negotiations.
Speaking first to Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister is violating the agreement.
Gershon Baskin, Israelite negotiator and peace activist, said in a statement that the “refusal of Netanyahu to start negotiations on the day stipulated in the agreement is a clear violation of the agreement“.
“Israel requires Hamas to comply with all the terms of the agreement, while violating it significantly. Once again, Netanyahu is abandoning the hostages and put them in danger. ”
Since the ceasefire came into force on 19 January, Hamas and his allies released 18 hostages detained in Gaza. In return, the Israeli government released 583 detained Palestinians.
