US president says final deal for release of hostages is close but Israeli PM is not doing enough to make it happen
Senior Israeli officials say Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is biding his time and will wait to see how big the protests become before deciding on a course of action, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.
Netanyahu is widely accused of adding so many conditions to ceasefire negotiations as to make a deal impossible, due to opposition from far-right cabinet members in his government. They have said they will leave his coalition should he agree to a ceasefire, meaning Netanyahu may have to face long-standing corruption allegations.
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