{"id":2239557,"date":"2024-05-07T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-likens-hamas-ceasefire-proposal-to-an-insincere-pr-stunt\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:35:38","slug":"netanyahu-likens-hamas-ceasefire-proposal-to-an-insincere-pr-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netanyahu-likens-hamas-ceasefire-proposal-to-an-insincere-pr-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu compares Hamas ceasefire offer to a disingenuous publicity move"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnetanyahu-likens-hamas-ceasefire-proposal-to-an-insincere-pr-stunt%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=2239557&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>Israeli Prime Minister \u2062Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Hamas&#8217;s recent\u200d ceasefire proposal, labeling it insincere and a strategic PR move to obstruct Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weekend-media-wrap-vol-34-what-you-missed-if-you-werent-glued-to-the-sunday-shows\/\" title=\"Weekend Media Recap: Catch Up on Sunday Shows Highlights\">planned\u2062 offensive<\/a> in\u200c Rafah.\u200b Netanyahu emphasized the operation&#8217;s goal of \u2062rescuing hostages and dismantling Hamas. Despite sending a delegation to \u2062peace talks, he highlighted the vast gap between Hamas&#8217;s offer and\u200b Israel&#8217;s requirements. International pressure for a ceasefire has mounted\u2063 on Netanyahu.  <\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hamas's \">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> on Tuesday slammed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hamas's \">Hamas\u2019s <\/a>latest\u00a0ceasefire proposal as an insincere offer and choreographed\u00a0public relations move meant to stall Israel\u2019s planned ground <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/2993715\/israeli-military-confirms-capture-of-gazan-side-of-rafah-crossing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"offensive\u00a0in Rafah\">offensive\u00a0in Rafah<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas\u2019s proposal yesterday was meant to torpedo the entry of our forces into Rafah,\u201d he said in a video statement. \u201cThat did not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, front, attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, May 6, 2024. (Amir Cohen\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The purpose of the Rafah operation is to bring back the hostages and eliminate Hamas, Netanyahu said, adding that Israel \u201calready proved in the previous hostage release [that] military pressure on Hamas is a precondition for the return of the hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said Hamas\u2019s latest offer \u201clies very far from Israel\u2019s necessary demands.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Despite his comments, he sent an Israeli delegation to peace talks in Cairo. <\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu has been under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eus-borrell-mulls-leverage-to-impose-two-state-solution-on-israel\/\" title=\"EU's Borrell considers using 'influence' to enforce two-state solution on Israel\">increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-50-years-of-lies-and-gaffes\/\" title=\"Joe Biden: 50 Years Of Lies and Gaffes\">international pressure<\/a><\/a> to reach a ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">day earlier<\/a>, Hamas\u2019s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, said the group would accept the terms of a ceasefire championed by Egyptian and Qatari mediators, though with slight modifications. But within hours, Israeli troops and tanks made their way into the city of Rafah and took the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-convoy-triumphs-as-canadian-mandates-fall\/\" title=\"Freedom Convoy Triumphs as Canadian Mandates Fall\">vital border crossing<\/a> with Egypt, cutting off the flow of aid into Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>A Palestinian official said \u201call movement on the Rafah crossing had stopped after Israeli tanks captured the facility on the Palestinian side.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ismael Abu Dayyah)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPassenger movement and entry of aid to the Gaza Strip has completely ceased,\u201d Wael Abu Omar, a spokesman for the General Authority of Border and Crossing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-05-07-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The facility was the sole crossing between Gaza and Egypt.  <\/p>\n<p>The United Nations said that the closing of two major border crossings in southern Gaza would have catastrophic effects in the area. <\/p>\n<p>Andrew De Domenico, who is in charge of the United Nations\u2019s\u00a0humanitarian agency for Palestinian territories, said the three hospitals in Rafah may be inoperable within just a few hours, cutting 1.5 million civilians squeezed into the area off from healthcare. <\/p>\n<p>Hamas has been demanding that a ceasefire agreement lead to a permanent halt in fighting as well as the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the\u00a0Gaza Strip. Israel said it\u00a0wants a temporary ceasefire for a hostage exchange but has vowed to keep fighting until Hamas has been dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>Regional leaders approached Hamas\u2019s declaration of a ceasefire deal Monday with cautious optimism and it was not clear immediately what the ceasefire actually entailed. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The White House said Tuesday that a more detailed reading of Israel and Hamas\u2019s separate negotiating positions on a hostage deal shows the two sides come to a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>CIA Director William Burns, along with Israeli and Hamas officials, are expected to meet in Cairo today to restart talks that stalled on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli PM Netanyahu criticized Hamas&#8217;s recent ceasefire proposal as insincere, calling it a staged PR tactic to hinder Israel&#8217;s Rafah operation. Netanyahu stated, &#8220;Hamas aimed to block our entry into Rafah, which was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2239558,"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\/05\/AP24127306044173.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239557","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\/05\/AP24127306044173.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239557","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\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}