Why has Netanyahu backed away from an officially announced peace plan? | DW News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is not ready to consider a truce in Gaza until Israel’s conditions are met. His announcement follows a statement by an Israeli government spokesperson that Netanyahu would “stop the war,“ to allow the return of hostages. On Friday, US President Joe Biden unveiled what he called a three-phase Israeli plan for a cease-fire. For more on this, we talk to Ehud Olmert. He was prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and joins us now from Jerusalem. We also talk to Yossi Beilin who served in a variety of ministerial positions in the Israeli government before retiring from politics in 2008. He was also one of the architects of the 1993 Oslo Accords. He’s now a journalist and business consultant. 00:00 Background 02:45 Ehud Olmert, Former PM of Israel 12:46 Yossi Beilin, Former Israeli minister 18:33 Tania Krämer, Benjamin Alvarez-Gruber, DW Correspondents And we talk to our correspondents Tania Kr