Later, at the White House, Trump said that a deal was “very close”. “There’s a good chance this will happen,” he said. “I might go to the area on Sunday.” Hamas has insisted that prominent Palestinian prisoners are released in exchange for freeing all Israeli hostages, holding up discussions. Those that the group wants released include Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader serving multiple life sentences for several murder convictions. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has described him as a “symbol of terrorism”. Objections about freeing the convicted terrorists are understood to be a sticking point in negotiating President Trump’s...
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