{"id":2290136,"date":"2024-07-07T11:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-proclaims-absolute-majority-supports-a-hostage-deal-as-talks-continue-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-07T11:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T15:30:06","slug":"israeli-president-proclaims-absolute-majority-supports-a-hostage-deal-as-talks-continue-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-president-proclaims-absolute-majority-supports-a-hostage-deal-as-talks-continue-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli president proclaims \u2018absolute majority supports a hostage deal\u2019 as talks continue &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fisraeli-president-proclaims-absolute-majority-supports-a-hostage-deal-as-talks-continue-washington-examiner%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=2290136&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\u200b article discusses\u200c Israeli President Isaac Herzog&#8217;s proclamation that an &#8220;absolute \u2062majority&#8221; of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-deliver-police-reform-by-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death-a-giant-opportunity\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On Congress To Deliver Police Reform By Anniversary Of George Floyd\u2019s Death: \u2018A Giant Opportunity\u2019\">country supports<\/a> a hostage deal to secure the release of remaining hostages. This \u2062statement \u2062comes\u2063 amid ongoing ceasefire discussions between Israel and Hamas, following a terrorist\u2064 attack nine months prior. Hamas \u2064has \u2063indicated a willingness to negotiate and dropped previous demands, awaiting Israel&#8217;s response. The\u2064 proposal aligns closely with President\u2062 Joe Biden&#8217;s outline for a three-phase end to the conflict, including releases \u2064of prisoners and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">humanitarian aid<\/a>. However, the \u2063deal is not guaranteed, as previous attempts at a ceasefire have failed.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israeli president proclaims \u2018absolute majority supports a hostage deal\u2019 as talks continue<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/mike-brest\/\">Mike Brest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-07T11:19:55-04:00\">July 7, 2024 11:19 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1696129\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> President Isaac Herzog declared on Sunday that an \u201cabsolute majority\u201d of the country supports a ceasefire deal that secures the release of the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<p>His comments, which coincide with the nine-month anniversary of the Oct. 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>terrorist<\/a> attack when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> killed roughly 1,200 people and kidnapped approximately 250 others, come as Israeli and Hamas negotiators are continuing the recently renewed ceasefire discussions. It\u2019s unclear how many of the roughly 100 hostages are still alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur commitment to return the kidnapped is absolute and supreme. We do not forget them for a moment. The people of Israel do not forget them for a moment. In every home and family, in every synagogue, in every community, in every public and private event \u2013 we hear from all sides the concern for the abductees, the prayer and the cry \u2013 for their quick return home,\u201d Herzog said on X. \u201cThe entire nation wants their return, and an absolute majority supports a hostage deal. The state\u2019s duty is to return them and it is at the heart of the consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Hamas reached out to the Egyptian and Qatari mediators indicating it had softened on some previous sticking points. They have now dropped their previous demand that Israel agree to end the war in Gaza completely prior to the start of the ceasefire, and now said it would allow negotiations to achieve that throughout the first phase of the deal, a Hamas source told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/hamas-says-its-waiting-israeli-response-ceasefire-proposal-2024-07-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Reuters<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Hamas is now awaiting Israel\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Biden administration official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3070714\/new-hamas-response-breakthrough-on-a-critical-impasse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>described<\/a> Hamas\u2019s initial response a couple days ago as \u201ca breakthrough on a critical impasse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is reportedly close to the one President Joe Biden publicly outlined in late May. The two sides did not immediately come to an agreement following the president\u2019s description of the proposal, which was a three-phase end of the war. <\/p>\n<p>During the first phase, which would last four to six weeks, Hamas would release elderly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>women<\/a>, and those in need of care. At the same time, Israeli forces would withdraw from densely populated areas of Gaza, and Israel would release hundreds of Palestinians detained in Israel. It would allow for a surge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-strongly-supports-house-gops-ukraine-and-israel-aid-plans\/\" title=\"Biden gives strong backing to House GOP&#039;s aid plans for Ukraine and Israel\">desperately needed humanitarian aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the second phase would be finalized during the first phase, which could be extended if the specifics of it are not determined in time, though it would include the release of all living remaining hostages and the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the renewed effort, the deal is not a guarantee to occur. Israel and Hamas have repeatedly failed to come to a second ceasefire deal since the first one expired at the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials, including Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, have indicated recently that the war in Gaza is slowly coming to an end, though their operations continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is tension along Israel\u2019s northern border with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hezbollah<\/a>, the Lebanese-based terrorist group that\u2019s widely considered to be better armed and a larger force than Hamas. Hezbollah began firing rockets and missiles over the border into northern Israel on Oct. 8 in solidarity with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders from both Hezbollah and Israel have threatened to escalate their limited conflict into a full-blown ground invasion in recent weeks, though U.S. officials are hoping an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire deal would settle some of the Israel-Hezbollah tension.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1696129\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1696129\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated that a large majority of the Israeli population supports a hostage deal to secure the release of remaining hostages. Talks between Israeli and Hamas negotiators are ongoing, with Hamas showing flexibility on previous demands. The Biden administration sees this as a positive development, but a final agreement is not guaranteed. The situation is complicated by ongoing conflict in Gaza and tensions with Hezbollah along Israel&#8217;s northern border<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2290137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24038515351616-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34138,34139,5779,3669,3745],"class_list":["post-2290136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-absolute-majority","tag-hostage-deal","tag-israeli","tag-president","tag-talks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24038515351616-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290136","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\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}