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Could it be that Hamas hesitates to agree to the deal because they are worried that Harvard university recruiters will show up and take their most fanatical members from them?
Israel: Accept the terms – or be annihilated. "The murderers of Hamas will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Agreement' for the release of the hostages – or be annihilated," writes Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on X.
Hamas has not yet taken an official position on the ceasefire proposal put forward by US envoy Steve Witkoff – and accepted by Israel – earlier this week. In a brief statement on Friday, Hamas said the proposal was still being reviewed and discussed, the AP wrote.
Israel Katz also says in a video published by his staff on Friday that they will build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the occupied West Bank, according to AFP. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
The expert on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israel accepts the US proposal for a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas. The big question is what happens after the 60 days, says Middle East expert Alexander Atarodi on SVT Morgonstudion. The pressure on Hamas from mediating countries like Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey to accept the proposal is substantial. Even if the proposal is not perfect, it could save two million people, according to Alexander Atarodi. - Hamas is on the brink of losing the war, the war is lost, he says. See the segment on SVT Nyheter.