From the Liveblog of
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Obama to Netanyahu: Immediate ceasefire
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Barack Obama phones Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urges an immediate ceasefire in the conflict with Hamas.
Obama calls to “underscore the United States’ strong condemnation of Hamas’s rocket and tunnel attacks against Israel” and “reaffirm Israel’s right to defend itself.”
The president tells the prime minister that any lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “must ensure the disarmament of terrorist groups and the demilitarization of Gaza.”
Obama also expresses concern for the civilian fatalities in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian crisis there.
He calls for an “immediate, unconditional humanitarian ceasefire that ends hostilities now and leads to a permanent cessation of hostilities based on the November 2012 ceasefire agreement.”
The Times of Israel Community.