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/ CNN reported on Saturday, quoting American officials, that the postponed talks between the United States and Israel regarding the possible ground operation in Rafah, south of Gaza, may be held on Monday in Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the talks scheduled for this week after the United States refused to block a United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of prisoners held by Hamas.
The Israeli delegation proposed rescheduling the talks for Monday, officials said, acknowledging that the timing was complicated by a March 31 deadline facing the Israeli government to draft a new law governing the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who have long been exempt from mandatory military service.
Netanyahu asked Israel’s Supreme Court to postpone the deadline for drafting a new plan, and it remains unclear whether the delegation will be allowed to travel to the United States if these plans are in flux.
While US officials said that no final date had been set yet, the White House said it supports rescheduling the talks and is working with its counterparts to do so at the appropriate time.
“We are now working with them to find an appropriate date that will obviously work to the benefit of both sides,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said last Thursday.