Blinken: ‘We’re Determined to Try to Bridge the Gaps’ with Hamas

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BLINKEN: “As I said, based on what we saw last night, the response from Hamas, numerous changes proposed to the deal that was on the table and that the entire world has gotten behind, but some of those are workable changes. Some as I said are not. I don't want to characterize it further, but you know, at some point in a negotiation, and this has gone back and forth for a long time, you get to a point where if one side continues to change its demands, including making demands and insisting on changes for things that had already accepted, you have to question whether they're proceeding in -- in good faith or not. But based on what we've seen, and what I've discussed with the prime minister, and what we discuss with our Egyptian colleagues, we're determined to try to bridge the gaps.”