US President Joe Biden has expressed optimism regarding the conclusion of an agreement in the negotiations over a ceasefire in the Gaza war. “We are closer than we’ve ever been,” Biden told journalists on the sidelines of an event at the White House on Friday. “I don’t want to jinx anything … We may have something, but we’re not there yet.” “It’s much, much closer than it was three days ago,” Biden said. Earlier Friday, the negotiations had been postponed until next week. The mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the United States, along with Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, did…