Lee wants an immediate, permanent ceasefire which would leave Hamas in power, and negotiations toward a two-state solution. Porter and Schiff also favor a two-state solution but not while Hamas is in power. Garvey says a two-state solution is naïve, because a Palestinian state would remain in favor of Israel’s destruction. [Donald H. Harrison]
Published by DPA Egypt has reinforced its security presence along the border with Gaza, witnesses and a security source told dpa on Monday. Security reinforcements and intensive security patrols were seen along the border, especially in the area of the Rafah crossing and the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to witnesses. Security forces have been redeployed
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Seated in the office, they read a letter to their representative, read, poetry, chanted and recited names of children killed in Gaza. They also held up a clothesline of baby clothes with the names of dead Palestinian infants. After three hours they marched out of the office to join nearly 50 demonstrators outside. [Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine]
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Published by Euronews (English) “No, I have no intention to resign,” Lazzarini, who heads the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told reporters in Brussels following a meeting of EU foreign ministers. Members of the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu have called on Lazzarini to step down after serious allegations against his staffers emerged. “We
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 11 (ANI/TPS): As international attention starts to turn towards Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that raising the pressure on Hamas would help bring about a negotiated prisoner release. Meanwhile, Israeli officials called for the resignation of the director of
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Published by ANI News Abu Dhabi [UAE], February 11 (ANI/WAM): The UAE has expressed deep concern regarding preparations by the Israeli military to launch an operation in the Rafah area, in the south of the Gaza Strip populated by displaced Palestinians, and the serious humanitarian repercussions that may result from the operation. In a statement,
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Published by DPA US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest round of Middle East diplomacy ended on Thursday with a meeting with Israel’s war Cabinet, but he leaves the region deprived of a deal for a truce in Gaza that would have allowed for the return of hostages. The top US diplomat, who was on
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Published by DPA International A beating in central Berlin last weekend that left a Jewish student at the city’s Free University (FU) hospitalized appears to have been a targeted attack, according to investigators. The assault appears to have been politically motivated over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is being investigated as a potential anti-Semitic attack, according
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I was very concerned however, so after the meeting, I searched for and found a full video of the remarks that were referred to during the public testimony, and found the Imam’s remarks to be truly awful, and I immediately regretted the vote I made. I do not support Imam Taha Hassane being on the County’s Human Relations Commission. [Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer]
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Published by AFP Baghdad (AFP) – An American air strike in Iraq on Wednesday killed a senior commander from a pro-Iran armed group who was involved in attacks on Washington’s troops in the region, the US military said. Washington launched a wave of strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria last week following the
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 8 (ANI): In a blow to diplomatic attempts to cessation of Israel-Gaza conflict, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Hamas’ plans for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, calling them “delusional,” reported CNN. In a briefing on Wednesday, Netanyahu said, “We haven’t committed to anything. We haven’t
There appears to be as much political animosity in America over Israel and Gaza as there is live warfare 6,000 miles from Chicago and Minneapolis. Three midwestern mayors got mixed up with the war in recent days, giving them a respite from resolving concerns over education, gun violence, housing needs and other local trifles. The mayors of Chicago and Minneapolis voted on cease-fire resolutions and the mayor of Dearborn, Mich., ranted about Israeli apartheid and imaginary hostages held by Israel. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 7 (ANI): Hamas has put forward a three-phase plan in response to Israel’s proposed deal, which entails a ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian aid in exchange for the release of hostages held in Gaza, CNN reported. Each phase is intended to last 45 days. The Hamas
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Published by DPA International Saudi Arabia on Wednesday ruled out establishing diplomatic ties with Israel without the recognition of an independent Palestinian state. The oil-wealthy monarchy said it had communicated its “firm position” to the United States that “there will no diplomatic relations with Israel unless the independent Palestinian state is recognized.” In a statement
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