RAMALLAH, (PIC)
The Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement, Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, said that US President Joe Biden’s announcement of an Israeli ceasefire proposal in Gaza represents an acknowledgement of failure of the Israeli war on Gaza.
“This represents an acknowledgement of the failure of the Israeli war goals of ethnic cleansing, uprooting the resistance, imposing control on the Gaza Strip, and bringing back Israeli captives without a prisoner exchange agreement,” Al-Barghouthi explained in a press statement on Saturday.
He warned of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s maneuvers, demanding ending the entire war, the withdrawal of Israeli occupation army from the Gaza Strip and starting reconstruction.
He stressed that “it is now the time to form a unified Palestinian national leadership and a temporary national reconciliation government to ensure the West Bank and Strip are united to thwart Israel’s plans and prepare for free democratic elections.”
On Friday, The US President Joe Biden announced that Israel has presented a 3-stage ceasefire proposal, which includes the withdrawal from Gaza populated centers, the release of hostages and Gaza reconstruction.
Biden urged Hamas to accept the Israeli proposal and called on Netanyahu to “avoid pressure from his ruling coalition members who oppose the proposal.”
Contrary to what was stated in Biden’s speech at the White House, Netanyahu’s Office said that the latter “insists on not ending the war on the Gaza Strip, except after achieving all its goals.”
Hamas said in a statement that it is ready to “positively consider any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Gaza reconstruction, the return of the displaced, and the achievement of a genuine prisoner exchange deal,” while Netanyahu insists on a temporary ceasefire without ending the war or withdrawing from the Gaza Strip.
