News Wrap: White House expects Israel will say 'yes' to ending war in Gaza if Hamas agrees
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🗓️ 2 June 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening I'm John Yang. The Biden administration said today it's confident Israel |
| 0:05.8 | will move forward on the path to ending the war in Gaza that the president outlined |
| 0:10.2 | if Hamas agrees to it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief foreign policy advisor said in an interview published today |
| 0:17.0 | that Israel had agreed to the proposal, but he also underscored the Israeli position that Hamas must be destroyed as a genocidal terrorist |
| 0:25.8 | organization before there can be a permanent ceasefire. |
| 0:29.6 | Despite that apparent sticking point, White House National Security spokesman John Kirby |
| 0:33.6 | sounded optimistic on ABC's this week. |
| 0:36.7 | Are we in the situation now where if Hamas says yes, then Israel is going to say no? |
| 0:40.8 | No, this was an Israeli proposal. |
| 0:42.4 | We have every expectations that if Hamas agrees to |
| 0:45.4 | the proposal as was transmitted to them an Israeli proposal that Israel would say |
| 0:50.4 | yes. There's pressure on Netanyahu from far right coalition partners who say they'll bring down |
| 0:56.7 | the government if he goes along with the deal, and from centrist in the wartime government |
| 1:01.4 | who say they'll end their support if the Prime Minister |
| 1:04.2 | doesn't come up with a clear path forward by the end of this week. |
| 1:08.5 | In an interview that aired today, former President Donald Trump told Fox News, he'd be fine if he's sentenced to |
| 1:14.0 | either house arrest or prison time for his conviction on 34 felony counts but he |
| 1:19.5 | said his supporters might not sure |
| 1:25.0 | sure the public would stand it, you know? I'm not sure the public would stand for it. |
| 1:28.0 | With a... |
| 1:29.0 | You think it would be tough for the public to take you know at a certain point is a |
| 1:34.3 | breaking point. Trump's to be sentenced on July 11th that's four days before the |
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