U.N. adopts U.S. cease-fire resolution, Israel and Hamas leaders express openness to it

GREEN CARD HOLDERS. >>> U.S. ARCHETYPES IT ANTONY BLINKEN LANDED IN JORDAN TODAY AFTER MEETING WITH THE FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES TAKEN BY HAMAS DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL. THIS COMES AS THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED TO OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT A THREE PHASE CEASE- FIRE PROPOSAL OUTLINED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN. IT AIMS TO BRING THE MONTHS LONG CONFLICT TO AN END. HAMAS SAID IT WELCOMED THE MOVE, SOMETHING THAT SECRETARY BLINKEN CALLED, QUOTE, A HOPEFUL SIGN. AND SO FOR THE LATEST ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, LET'S GO TO JOHN DONALD WITH OUR PARTNERS AT BBC. SO THIS SEEMS LIKE IT IS A POSITIVE SHIFT. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN IS BACK IN THE REGION. WHAT IS ON HIS AGENDA THIS TIME AROUND? >> WELL HE IS BACK IN THE REGION FOR THE EIGHTH TIME SINCE THE WAR BROKE OUT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, AND ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME IS PUSHING FOR THAT CEASE-FIRE DEAL TO COME THROUGH, BUT THE DEAL IS NOT THERE YET I DON'T THINK, AND ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD COMMENTS FROM HAMAS TODAY, HAMAS LEADERS OUTSIDE OF GAZA SAYING THAT THEY WELCOME THIS U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, THEY DID SO SAYING THAT THERE WERE CAVEATS. THEY STILL WANT A COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI FORCES FROM GAZA, AND THEY STILL WANT A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE, AND FRANKLY, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAS NOT SIGNED UP TO. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT DID SIGN UP TO IT COULD POSSIBLY BRING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COALITION OF MR. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, THE PRIME MINISTER, DOWN. >> I WANT TO PIVOT BACK TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL SORT OF ACCEPTING THIS CEASE-FIRE. NOW I KNOW WE ARE CALLING IT A U.S.-BACKED PLAN, BUT THERE WAS SOME REPORTING THAT AT LEAST BEHIND THE SCENES, THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN. BUT AS YOU POINT OUT, HAMAS, DESPITE THE KIND OF POSITIVE WORDS, WANTS SOME KEY CHANGES MADE. BUT WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL PACKING THE PLAN, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? HOW THINGS MOVE FORWARD? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO HAVE THE U.N. BE SUPPORTIVE? >> WELL I THINK MR. BLINKEN SEES THIS AS A VERY POSITIVE STEP, AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED THIS PLANT A FEW WEEKS AGO, HE SAID THAT IT WAS AN ISRAELI PLAN AND ONE THAT THEY PUT ON THE TABLE. AND THAT DID NOT REALLY MATCH WITH WHAT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAD TO SAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. HE CALLED IT A NONSTARTER. SO IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO RECONCILE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO GET THIS DEAL DONE WHEN YOU'VE GOT CRUCIALLY -- WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE HAMAS LEADERS INSIDE OF GAZA, THE LEADER OF HAMAS YEAH YES AND WAR, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD EITHER SIDE SAY PUBLICLY THAT THEY ARE PREPARED

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Keywords: biden, israel, hamas, middle east, blinken, palestine, netanyahu, cease-fire, ceasefire, united nations, Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Cease-fire, United Nations, Middle East, CBS News, World

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Length: 3min 6sec (186 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 11 2024