“Expect And Hope” White House Doesn’t Rule Out Trump Recognizing Palestine State If Hamas… | 4K

During her weekly briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if the Trump administration would ‘recognize a Palestinian state’ if Hamas agreed to cede power to a ‘transitional technocratic government’. But she didn’t rule it out and said “I don’t want to get ahead of the technical talks right now. They’re extremely sensitive. They’re taking place, again, as we speak. And there’s a lot of, there’s many things to discuss, of course. This is, hopefully, we expect and we hope going to be one of the greatest peace deals this world has ever seen.” She also claimed ‘all sides’ agreed that the Gaza war needed to end and had agreed to Donald Trump’s 20-point framework. Indirect talks with Hamas and Israel -also involving Qatar and the US – are taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh this week. n18oc_world n18oc_crux

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