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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
JERUSALEM, May 22 (Xinhua) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ordered the return of the Israeli delegation from Doha. A senior Israeli official confirmed to Xinhua that talks with the Palestinian Hamas movement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages have “reached a dead end.”
Israel recalled its senior negotiating team for consultations on May 20 after a week of indirect talks, and now the working group that remained in Doha is also returning, a source said on condition of anonymity.
Hamas, in a statement on May 20, accused the Jewish state’s government of thwarting the talks, saying the low-level Israeli group remaining in Doha lacked the authority to conclude an agreement. The Palestinian movement accused Netanyahu of “misleading international public opinion by pretending to participate in the negotiating process.” Hamas claimed that no substantive talks had taken place since May 17.
As reported by the Israeli state television Kan, citing a diplomatic source in Israel, the talks broke down over a key disagreement: Israel insisted on a temporary truce in exchange for the release of only some of the hostages, while Hamas demanded international guarantees, primarily from the United States, that Israel would not resume hostilities in exchange for the release of all hostages. –0–