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July 28, 2014

Kerry Denies Israeli Rejection of Ceasefire Offer 
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Secretary of State John Kerry has been intensively involved in an effort
to reach a ceasefire. On Friday, the Israeli Cabinet rejected Kerry's
latest proposal, with Israeli sources calling it too skewed toward Hamas
demands, including lifting the seven-year blockade of Gaza. The Israeli
rejection was issued in private so as not to strain U.S. ties. But at a
news conference, Kerry denied that Israel had rejected his ceasefire
plan, claiming it was never formally proposed.

Secretary of State John Kerry: "There was no formal proposal or final
proposal or proposal ready for a vote submitted to Israel. Let's make
that absolutely crystal clear. And Prime Minister Netenyahu called me a
few minutes before this to make it clear that that is an error,
inaccurate, and he's putting out a statement to that effect. They may
have rejected some language or proposal within a framework of some kind
of suggestion at some point in time, but there was no formal proposal
submitted from me on which there should have been a vote or which a vote
was ripe."

 

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