. >>> joining us, we have ambassador dennis, now fellow and councillor -- ambassador ross, what is your-- while i regain my voice -- whether netanyahu was agreeing to something -- was this an israeli proposal negotiated probably between bill burns and the mossad leader? >> no, this was an israeli proposal that was absolutely adopted by the war cabinet. this was not something that president biden was somehow making up. this is a 4 1/2-page document that the war cabinet, which includes the prime minister, they approved it and they asked the united states to present it to egypt and qatar to then present to hamas. there is, within this three-phased approach, there is a connection between the first phase and the second phase, where the two sides will commit to good-faith negotiations hamas had a favorable view, provided it will produce the end of the war, complete israeli withdrawal. hamas has its maximal projections, and what you're hearing from the right within his own government, is he's saying i haven't walked you're, the trust is he hasn't walked away from the objectives, but he's appro