From US envoy pushes back at criticism in Israel of ceasefire, says buffer zone a ‘fantasy’
US special envoy Amos Hochstein pushes back at criticism in Israel of the ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, in particular for not creating an Israeli military buffer zone in southern Lebanon.
“From the sidelines to say you could have had a better deal that gets all these fantasy elements to is nothing more than just that — fantasy,” he says during an interview with Channel 12 news.
He also denies Israeli claims that the US considered action against Israel at the UN Security Council if it wouldn’t agree to end the fighting with Hezbollah.
“There was no such discussion at any point. It never came up,” Hochstein says.
President Biden did not plan any action against Israel to pressure it to agree to a ceasefire – says @amoshochstein who brokered the deal. This is the full interview that aired tonight on @N12News: pic.twitter.com/OtDO9GdgZo
— Yonit Levi (@LeviYonit) November 27, 2024
