When US President Joe Biden publicly aired a Gaza ceasefire proposal developed by Israel and the United States and sent to Hamas, he made the announcement without seeking agreement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said three US officials with knowledge of the matter. The decision to announce unilaterally \u2014 an unusual step for the United States to take with a close ally \u2014 was deliberate, officials say and narrowed the room for Israel or Hamas to back away from the deal. \u201cWe didn\u2019t ask permission to announce the proposal,\u201d said a senior US official. \u201cWe informed the Israelis we were going to give a speech on the situation in Gaza. We did not go into great detail about what it was.\u201d Meanwhile, in an apparent blow to the Biden plan, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday the group would demand a permanent end to the fighting in Gaza and Israeli withdrawal as part of a ceasefire plan. Biden\u2019s announcement, and his framing of the proposal as a deal \u201cIsrael has offered\u201d, were intended to raise hopes for a ceasefire and put pressure on Netanyahu, said Jeremi Suri, a history and public affairs professor at the University of Texas at Austin. \u201cBiden is trying to box Netanyahu into accepting the proposal,\u201d said Suri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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