The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on Thursday night that “Israel shares the aims” of the U.S.-led initiative for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s previous remarks denying he had a private understanding with the U.S. about the ceasefire proposal created tension with the White House.
The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.
It was another episode in a series of flip-flops by Netanyahu in the last 24 hours over the Lebanon ceasefire proposal that was announced on Wednesday.
Even though Netanyahu was part of the negotiations over the ceasefire initiative, on Thursday morning he distanced himself from the proposal under political pressure from his ultranationalist coalition partners.
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