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Biden’s Unveiling of Israeli Roadmap Succeeds Only in Deepening Israeli Infighting, Boosting Hamas Prospects

As Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners, Itamar Ben Gvir and Betzalel Smotrich, threaten to bolt his ruling coalition, the premier says Biden’s speech was an ‘inaccurate’ portrayal of the Israeli proposal.

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President Biden on March 8, 2024, at Wallingford, Pennsylvania, and Prime Minister Netanyahu at Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. AP
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Updated at 6:35 p.m. EDT

While President Biden’s characterization of an Israeli roadmap to ending the war may fail to free hostages or lead to a Gaza cease-fire, it is succeeding in deepening Israeli political enmities and strengthening Hamas’s prospects of survival.

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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