(The Times-UK-Radio) Jason Greenblatt interviewed by Carole Walker - Regarding calls for humanitarian gestures in Gaza, Jason Greenblatt said: "Of course, in a perfect world, I'd love for fuel to get to those hospitals. But let's remember that Hamas syphon's off and steals, essentially, a lot of that fuel and uses it to launch the destructive rockets against Israel. These are impossible situations. They're valid questions. I don't want to minimize them at all. There are people suffering because of what Hamas is doing." "But you're essentially saying to Israel, 'allow the fuel in for the hospitals and also accept the fact that the fuel is going to be stolen and more rockets are going to rain on Israel.' Some of those rockets might get through and kill Israelis and do all sorts of other damage in Israel." "I don't know how people choose. It's a tough position. But I think the prime minister of Israel's job is to make sure that his citizens are safe and not have to think about his citizens being put in danger because of the bad acts that Hamas is doing to the Palestinian people." "Everybody seems to be focused on Israel being the actor here who has to make sure that the Palestinians get what they need. Hamas is a terrible actor. They will stop at nothing other than to destroy Israel. They're causing untold suffering among the Palestinian people. Let's focus our eyes on Hamas and demand to all of our allies - friends who have some potential influence on Hamas - let's make sure they do what they're supposed to do for the Palestinian people." Jason Greenblatt, a Fellow of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, served as Assistant to the U.S. President and Special Representative for International Negotiations (2017-2019). He played a key role in developing the Abraham Accords, signed in 2020.
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