PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM RAFAH AMID ISRAEL'S ONGOING MILITARY OFFENSIVE THERE. >>> I WANT TO BRING IN SHEILA RUBIN, FORMER REPORTER FOR "THE WASHINGTON POST" BASED IN TEL AVIV. THANK YOU SO MUCH NOR BEING WITH US. THE HEADLINE OF YOUR STORY OVER THE WEEKEND SAYS "HOW BIDEN'S CEASE-FIRE PLAN TIGHTENS THE POLITICAL SQUEEZE FOR NETANYAHU." FOR A LONG TIME HE'S BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES, FROM VARIOUS FACTIONS OF HIS GOVERNMENT, UNDER PRESSURE FROM JOE BIDEN AND THE WHITE HOUSE. IS THIS DIFFERENT? HOW TIGHT IS THE SQUEEZE RIGHT NOW ON BENJAMIN NETANYAHU? >> HEY, CHRIS. YEAH. IT'S A VERY LOADED QUESTION. IT IS WHAT SEEMS TO BE A TURNING POINT ACCORDING TO ESSENTIALLY EVERYONE WHO HOPES IT WILL WORK. THERE ARE MODERATES EVEN WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY WHO SAY IT'S ENOUGH, IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON AND TO GO TO THE DAY AFTER. THERE ARE OTHERS OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT WHO ARE SAYING THEY WILL SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT EVEN IF, AS RAF MENTIONED BEFORE, EVEN IF THE FAR RIGHT MEMBERS LEAVE AND LEAVE NUN WITHOUT THE NECESSARY MAJORITY THAT HE WOULD NEED TO RULE. SO THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CONTINGENCY PLANS IN PLACE THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS DEAL GOING THROUGH. AS OF NOW, WE STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW. OUR REPORTING SHOWS THAT NETANYAHU HAS BEEN VERY CAGEY ABOUT COMMITTING TO REALLY ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE LONGER-TERM PLANS OR EVEN THE MEDIUM-TERM PLANS. IT'S STILL VERY MUCH A QUESTION EVEN AS ALL THIS PRESSURE IS MOUNTING. >> IF HAMAS SAYS UNEQUIVOCALLY THEY ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL? >> THEY HAVE SAID THEY VIEW IT POSITIVELY. THEY'VE ALSO GIVEN KIND OF VAGUE RESPONSES. THE THING IS THAT IT'S NOT A PROPOSAL THAT'S FINALIZED IN ITS TOTALITY. SO BOTH SIDES ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS VAGUE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND USE WHATEVER LEVERAGE THEY CAN TO GET THE DEAL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS MUCH PRESSURE AS NETANYAHU HAS ON HIM, AS MUCH PRESSURE THAT HAMAS, THE MILITARY CHIEF OF HAMAS HAS ON HIM, IT'S UP TO THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS TO DECIDE, TO MAKE THAT DECISION THEMSELVES. SO WE REALLY ARE LEFT
