{"id":2217019,"date":"2024-04-09T22:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T02:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-urges-hamas-to-release-hostages-as-relatives-meet-with-harris\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T22:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T02:41:52","slug":"white-house-urges-hamas-to-release-hostages-as-relatives-meet-with-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-urges-hamas-to-release-hostages-as-relatives-meet-with-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"White House calls on Hamas to free captives during relatives&#8217; talk with Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-urges-hamas-to-release-hostages-as-relatives-meet-with-harris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2217019&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House rejected ceasefire calls in the Israel-Hamas conflict, demanding\u2064 the release of hostages held for six\u200b months.\u2064 National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan highlighted the\u2063 need \u2064for Hamas to act. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris met with families of American hostages in Gaza, underscoring the \u2062importance of Hamas agreeing to a hostage deal. Your summary of\u2062 the situation regarding\u200d the White House&#8217;s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the demand for the release of hostages, and Vice \u2062President\u200d Kamala Harris&#8217;s involvement with the families of the American\u2064 hostages in Gaza is clear and concise.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> pushed back on calls for a ceasefire in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hamas\">Hamas<\/a> conflict by calling for the terrorist group to release hostages it has held for six months. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a party, Hamas, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-israels-hostage-deal-help-hamas\/\" title=\"Can Israel's hostage deal benefit Hamas?\">holding innocent people<\/a> that it took hostage a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-franklins-name-scrubbed-from-tacoma-city-park\/\" title=\"Ben Franklin\u2019s Name Scrubbed From Tacoma City Park\">long time ago<\/a>,\u201d National Security Advisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jake-sullivan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jake Sullivan\">Jake Sullivan<\/a> said. \u201cThere could be a ceasefire in place today that would extend for several weeks, to be built upon longer, if Hamas would be prepared to release some of those people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan complained that his point \u201cdoesn\u2019t get a lot of attention\u201d from \u201cthe commentariat\u201d when it comes to the war and calls for a ceasefire. <\/p>\n<p>As he spoke, vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> met with the families of American hostages being held in Gaza. They spoke to the press outside the West Wing afterward and made a similar point. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are waiting now, and the world waits, for Hamas to get to yes [on a hostage deal],\u201d said Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son was taken hostage on Oct. 7. \u201cIt is in their court.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Jonathan Dekel-Chen, second from left, father of American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, along with other families of hostages in Gaza, speaks to reporters outside the White house in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rachel Goldberg, whose son was also taken in the attack, described the meeting with Harris as \u201cvery productive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thinking of all 133 souls who are being held\u201d in Gaza, she said. \u201cWe want results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden administration\">Biden administration<\/a> and Congressional Democrats have been navigating a tough balancing act with the conflict, as the party\u2019s left flank takes an increasingly anti-Israel position as the death toll rises in the Gaza strip. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/08\/world\/middleeast\/yair-lapid-blinken-washington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"met\">met<\/a> Thursday afternoon with Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and has called for new elections in the country to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. <\/p>\n<p>The White House itself appeared to change its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-there-is-no-way-i-resign\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo: \u2018There Is No Way I Resign\u2019\">position amid<\/a> an Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers, saying last week that an \u201cimmediate ceasefire\u201d is essential and calling on Netanyahu to take steps to curb civilian casualties. <\/p>\n<p>The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a resolution opposing the Biden administration over what Republicans consider \u201cone-sided pressure on Israel with respect to Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Tuesday\u2019s meetings and statements from Sullivan reiterated that the White House is pressuring both parties in the conflict to work toward a resolution, and that the release of hostages will be essential if one is to be reached. <\/p>\n<p>CIA director Bill Burns met Sunday in Cairo with leaders from the U.S., Israel, Qatar, and Egypt, a discussion Sullivan said went late into the night. <\/p>\n<p>Sullivan also said he spoke with Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed, who is communicating with Hamas. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Mohammed] does not yet have an answer from Hamas,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cI pressed him to try to secure an answer from them as soon as possible. When we have more to report on that front, we will report it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House resisted ceasefire appeals in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Instead, it demanded the release of hostages held by the terrorist group for six months. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated, \u201cHamas must free these long-held innocent individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2217020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24100724849319-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24100724849319-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}