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French official: Joint ceasefire call followed ‘very high level’ talks between US, France and Israel
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After the White House says that the joint US-French statement announcing efforts to achieve a 21-day ceasefire last night was coordinated with Israel, a French official tells The Times of Israel that “there were conversations at a very high level between the US, France, and Israel, and from those conversations, we understood there was a basis to go ahead with the joint announcement.”
“We understand that Netanyahu has to deal with the domestic political reaction as well, but for us, the possibility for a ceasefire to allow negotiations remains alive,” says the official.
The Prime Minister’s Office says that it knew of the proposal but never indicated that it would back it.
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