Hakeem Jeffries Pressed On Netanyahu Not Fully Addressing Ceasefire Plan During Congressional Speech

5 months ago

During a press briefing last week, House Minority Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress.

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00:00Thank you, Mr. Leader.

00:01So I spoke with House Dems who boycotted Netanyahu's speech

00:05yesterday, and they say that then instead of Netanyahu

00:07speaking to Congress, he should be

00:09engaging in a ceasefire deal.

00:11So what do you make of the fact that the prime minister didn't

00:14really talk about a ceasefire during the speech,

00:17given that nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed

00:21and hostages are still being held captive?

00:23It is my hope and expectation that in the conversations

00:28that the prime minister has today with both President Biden

00:33and Vice President Harris, that a major topic

00:37of the conversation will be the Biden-Harris peace plan.

00:43That calls for, of course, the defeat of Hamas,

00:50the freeing of the hostages who have now

00:55been held in horrific conditions for close to 300

01:00days, including American citizens

01:04alongside Israeli citizens, and for the immediate surging

01:13of humanitarian assistance into Gaza

01:18to help out civilians who have been in harm's way

01:21with no fault of their own.

01:23The Biden-Harris peace plan calls

01:25for a ceasefire of at least six weeks in phase one

01:33to allow for the movement toward a more permanent ceasefire

01:38and a just and lasting peace between Israel

01:42and the Palestinian people in a way that

01:45provides for the safety and security of the people

01:48of Israel, allows for the reconstruction of Gaza,

01:53partnerships with moderate Arab states like Jordan and Egypt,

02:00as well as movement toward normalization with Saudi Arabia,

02:07building upon the normalization that has already

02:09occurred with the Gulf states, and, of course, in my view,

02:15surging economic activity of Palestinian civilians

02:19in both Gaza and the West Bank.

02:23As part of a movement toward ensuring

02:27we can get to the just and lasting peace

02:28that every reasonable person in the world

02:31should want to see in the Middle East.

Hakeem Jeffries Pressed On Netanyahu Not Fully Addressing Ceasefire Plan During Congressional Speech

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