As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Biden administration officials are growing increasingly concerned that Israel and Hamas will not reach a ceasefire, Politico reported Wednesday.
President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from advocacy groups and his base to ensure that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is reached to end the war in Gaza. The Biden administration is worried that the current framework for a ceasefire agreement proposed by Biden in late May could fail, leading to months of fighting, Politico reports. reportIt quoted four U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. “I know what’s going on”: Americans call into popular hip-hop radio show to attack Democrats and ‘crazy’ Biden
“No one is confident that this agreement will move forward as the administration hopes,” a U.S. official briefed by the White House on the current status of ceasefire talks told Politico. “There are too many unknowns.”
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden disembark from Marine One and visit their nearby home as they arrive at Gordon’s Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on June 18, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP) (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Ceasefire suggestion The ceasefire proposed by Biden is divided into three phases: the first is a six-week temporary ceasefire to free the hostages, the second is a permanent ceasefire and the release of all remaining hostages, and the third is the start of reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip. Israel and Hamas agree on some aspects of the deal but cannot agree on how to actually end the war, two US officials who spoke on condition of anonymity told Politico.
“The issue is phase two of the deal,” one administration official told Politico. “If phase one could have been done in a vacuum, we would have done it already.”
Neither Israel nor Hamas seem willing to compromise on the deal. Hamas wants full concessions on ending the war before releasing the hostages to Israel, and Israel has indicated it will not seek a permanent ceasefire until Hamas is completely defeated. To make matters worse, according to Politico, ceasefires have failed so many times in Gaza that U.S. officials believe that even if a first, short-term ceasefire is reached, it will fail.
“We expect this situation to continue until at least the end of 2024,” one U.S. official told Politico.
Biden has come under intense scrutiny from supporters who believe he has not done enough to end the war once and for all. Muslim voting groups in particular are outraged by his handling of the war, and some Arab communities and advocacy groups in the key battleground state of Michigan have threatened to withhold their votes unless Biden takes more direct action.
Biden won Michigan’s primary in February but lost the support of 100,000 independent voters, including about 200,000 registered Muslim voters in the state.
About 44% of registered Democrats say Biden has handled the war and the protests that have erupted on college campuses across the country poorly, making some less likely to vote for him in November’s presidential election. according to According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in May.
As of June 19, former President Donald Trump was leading Biden by 0.8 percentage points in the average of public opinion polls. according to To RealClear polling.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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