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US President Joe Biden has emphasized the responsibility of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas with regard to the negotiations in the Gaza war over a ceasefire and the release of hostages. “You know, there would be a ceasefire tomorrow if … Hamas released the hostages, women, the elderly, and the wounded,” Biden said on Saturday at a campaign event in Medina in Washington state, according to the press travelling with him. Israel says it is up to Hamas, Biden continued. The 81-year-old then reportedly went on to continue talking about Israel. In the end, however, he decided against it, i…