Hamas appears to be rejecting the peace deal put forward by President Biden on behalf of Israel last week. It’s leaders are indicating today that they are not interested.
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Thursday that while the group welcomed what he called “Biden’s ideas,” a US draft resolution at the UN Security Council based on the latest proposal was related to an Israeli ceasefire offer Hamas had seen and had rejected.
“The (US) document… has no mention of ending the aggression or the withdrawal,” he said.
“The Israeli documents speak of open-ended negotiation with no deadline, and it speaks of a stage during which the occupation regains its hostages and resumes the war. We had told the mediators that such a paper wasn’t acceptable to us,” said Abu Zuhri.
The Wall Street Journal has a quote from Yahya Sinwar himself.
“Hamas will not…
