Harris Co-Chair: Bibi Should Make Ceasefire, Hostage Deal Top Priority, Hamas ‘Has the Most to Gain’ from Ceasefire

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Harris-Walz Campaign Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to put a ceasefire and hostage deal “at the very front of his agenda…but it is Hamas, after all, that launched the attack on October 7, that continues to hold the hostages, and that has the most to gain from an end to the fighting in Gaza.”

Co-host and POLITICO White House Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire asked, “Sen. Coons, let’s turn to the Middle East talks still ongoing in Cairo, but no deal yet for a ceasefire and [hostage] release. There seems to be both sides dug in. In your assessment here, what more needs to be done? And do you feel like both Hamas, but also Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu are putting a deal at the forefront of their agenda, they want to make this happen?”