US President Joe Biden’s decision to go public with Israel’s latest hostage deal offer was aimed at putting more pressure on Hamas, the White House says.
But the move also outed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for having signed off on a proposal over which his far-right coalition partners have subsequently vowed to collapse the government.
Nonetheless, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby insists, “This wasn’t about jamming the prime minister or the war cabinet.”
“This was about laying bare for the public to see how well and how faithfully and how assertively the Israelis came up with a new proposal — how it shows how much they really want to get this done,” Kirby says.
“If anything, this was about putting some public pressure on Mr. Sinwar and Hamas, who have repeatedly refused to accept what Israel has put forward,” he adds.
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