Hamas Accuses US of ‘Selling Illusions’ on Ceasefire – HotAir

For many weeks now, we’ve been hearing updates from the Biden administration, particularly John Kirby, that Israel and Hamas are “getting closer” to a ceasefire agreement based on Biden’s own proposed plan he put forward earlier this summer. These increasingly rosy forecasts were obviously intended to give the impression that both sides were hard at work ironing out the details of a ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement. Of course, the only people delivering this supposed good news were speaking from the White House. Neither Israel nor any Hamas spokespeople ever seemed anywhere near as certain. Yesterday, it all apparently became too much for Hamas spokesperson and Political Bureau member Basem Naim. He spoke to reporters and said that Hamas wasn’t even involved in the latest round of negotiations and that the latest statements from John Kirby “are an attempt to sell illusions…