US president says ‘gaps remain’ in truce agreement and that planned Israeli operation in Rafah should not proceed without a ‘credible plan’
Biden joins international calls for Israel to halt planned Rafah offensive
A full scale Israeli attack on Rafah could be a terrible error that narrows down the chances of a two state solution and instead consigns the Middle East to yet more wars in which neither side can ever secure absolute victory, the former UK foreign secretary William Hague said on Tuesday.
He says the decision to go into Rafah where more than 1m Palestinians are crammed “represents the most crucial strategic moment since the war,” and the moment Israel has to choose between those that want to rely wholly on deterrence and those that believe a two state solution is the only route to peace. “The future of the Middle East might well depend on the fate of Rafah”, he warns.