Washington, June 3. US President Joe Biden’s move to make public Israel’s latest hostage offering was intended to put more pressure on Hamas. This was stated by the White House, speaking of the decision through which it emerged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a proposal on which his far-right coalition partners subsequently promised to bring down the government, due to the fact that the prime minister , according to them, would have attempted to “cover up” the agreement carried out with the USA. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told his parliamentary group that Netanyahu had invited him to read the proposal but the prime minister’s aides twice failed to produce the document.
On making Netanyah’s offer public, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby insisted: “It wasn’t about disturbing the prime minister or the war cabinet, but it was about showing how well, how much loyalty and with how assertive the Israelis have presented a new proposal, which shows how much they really want this to be implemented.” “It was about putting some public pressure on Sinwar and Hamas, who have repeatedly refused to accept what Israel has proposed,” Kirby added.
