Vice President Kamala Harris on July 25 urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to finalize a deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip during a closed-door meeting at the White House.
President Joe Biden and other members of the administration have signaled that negotiators for Israel and the Hamas terrorist group are closing in on a deal to see the end of a nearly 10-month-old war and win the release of remaining hostages Hamas took during its attacks across southern Israel on Oct. 7.
The president announced on July 12 that Israeli and Hamas negotiators had both committed to a cease-fire framework. Mr. Netanyahu, however, made no mention of those talks during his historic fourth address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on July 24….