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Blinken says Netanyahu has accepted the latest Gaza peace proposal .. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-says-netanyahu-accepts-latest-us-proposal-on-deal-now-hamas-must-do-the-same/ , yet Netanyahu has not said so publicly. Note that Times is the right-wing paper in Israel.
How does the latest proposal differ from the one Netanyahu rejected in July.
If Netanyahu has accepted the latest deal why isn't he saying so openly.

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Middle East crisis: Netanyahu’s office says meeting with Blinken was ‘positive’ – as it happened

Israeli prime minister says meeting with US secretary of state was ‘conducted in good spirit’ as Blinken says latest push for ceasefire is last opportunity

Updated 13h ago

Blinken meets with Netanyahu in Jerusalem – video
Charlie Moloney (now) with Vicky Graham and Adam Fulton (earlier)

Tue 20 Aug 2024 00.48 AEST
First published on Mon 19 Aug 2024 15.38 AEST

13h ago18.07 AEST

My life in Gaza was constantly at risk, and I could have been targeted and killed at any moment. Had I stayed, there is every chance that I would’ve been one of the 40,000 Palestinians killed by Israel, of which as many as 17,000 are children, over 11,000 women and 113 journalists like me. A Lancet study even suggests that the Gaza death toll could exceed 186,000.

I had less than 24 hours notice that I was leaving Gaza, but it wasn’t one of those times where I was excited to pack to go on a vacation. It felt like I was living everything my grandpa once lived through during the Nakba in 1948. I left Gaza with a heavy heart, a fake Dolce & Gabbana top, a black jacket and lipstick.

But now that Plestia Alaqad has fled and survived, she finds herself this week a “national security risk” for Australia. Read more here:
I fled Gaza to Australia not by choice but as a matter of survival. How can I be a security risk?
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14h ago 17.45 AEST
Gershon Baskin

Another round of ceasefire and hostage talks, this time in Doha, has ended in disappointment. This is in large part because Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is unlikely to accept any agreement that Hamas could present as a victory – and has handcuffed the Israeli mediators with conditions that appear impossible for Hamas to accept.

Beyond the substance of any potential agreement between the two sides is the emotional juice of so much of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship: the battle for national dignity and honour. Huge quantities of explosives have been dropped on Gaza by Israel since 7 October because of the humiliation felt by all Israelis, and especially Israel’s leaders and military. So much of this war over more than 10 months has been fought on both sides as a war of revenge. Nonetheless, it also has major strategic consequences for Israel, Hamas, the Palestinian people, the nations of the region, and the world’s major powers – above all the United States.

Neither side will tolerate the necessary concessions until the US, Egypt and Qatar exert their considerable influence, Gershon Baskin argues in full here:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/19/israel-gaza-war-live-updates-latest-blinken-netanyahu-hostages?page=with:block-66c2ed008f083bf3c32b9953

What happens now, more new demands from Netanyahu as we've seen before?

Israel's New Demands Are Expected to Delay Completion of Hostage Deal, Sources Say

"Gaza’s invisible massacre: aid workers killed in record numbers
"Note the latest stolen Palestinian land is contiguous to another block close to the Jordan border. Look at the map again .. ""

Mossad Chief David Barnea provided the mediators with a list of new Israeli reservations, some regarding wording that would impose a cease-fire on the ground. According to an Israeli source, negotiations are expected to last at least three weeks before the deal can be carried out
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* Netanyahu tried to derail the hostage deal even before Hamas responded
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-06/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-tried-to-derail-the-hostage-deal-even-before-hamas-responded/00000190-7f58-df13-a798-ffd8b3ad0000
[...]
"Hamas has already agreed to the latest position presented by Israel. But in Friday's meeting, Israel presented some new points it demands that Hamas accept," said a source familiar with the details. According to one source, Israel has made it clear it would oppose wording that would impose a cease-fire on the ground, whether during the negotiations over the deal's second phase or subsequently.
[...]
A senior Hamas source told Reuters that the organization had agreed to hold talks on this issue during the first phase of the deal, which is expected to last six weeks. According to this source, Hamas has accepted the American proposal, agreeing that talks about releasing soldiers and male civilians can begin 16 days after the first part of the deal commences.

A senior Palestinian official said the present proposal could lead to a deal if Israel agrees to it, and a source in the Israeli negotiating team said there was a real chance of reaching an agreement. The Hamas source added that the current proposal would ensure a temporary cease-fire, the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and a withdrawal of IDF forces as long as talks on the second phase of the deal continue. The Prime Minister's Office has not yet responded to this report.

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Then we have

“Israel Has To Accept Proposal” Says Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak 14:16
"West Bank village mourns resident killed in settler attack"

Aug 12, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3MOjl40s6Y
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