Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu has rejected #Hamas demands for a cease-fire and vowed to press ahead with #Israel’s military offensive in #Gaza until achieving “absolute victory.”
https://apnews.com/article/6ceffca2970243cd039e90268c32c617
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“Chuck Schumer plans to force a vote Wed on an #Israel & #Ukraine aid package stripped of border security provisions after GOP made clear they would block a move to take up entire bipartisan border security and foreign aid bill in the afternoon
If it gets 60-votes needed for adoption, the procedural motion would tee up a vote later this week on the pared down supplemental aid package, which includes aid to the warring countries and Taiwan” #Senate
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/chuck-schumer-push-stripped-israel-ukraine-aid-package-gop-blocks-sena-rcna137661
“#Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in #Gaza for four-and-a-half months leading to an end to the war, in response to a proposal sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and backed by the United States and #Israel.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-seeks-prisoner-hostage-exchange-withdrawal-israeli-forces-ceasefire-2024-02-07/
"I’m Jewish. I detest Hamas and what it stands for. I know what it’s like to have members of one’s family brazenly murdered because of their beliefs and ethnicity.
Which is one reason why I take social justice and human rights so seriously. And why I, like tens of millions of others in America and around the world, am committed to a ceasefire in — and humanitarian aid to — Gaza.
And why I’m also in favor of a Palestinian state."
~ Robert Reich
#Israel #Palestine
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/children-in-gaza-why-arent-we-stopping
“#Hamas has backed off some key demands in the negotiations for a hostage deal and pause in the fighting in #Gaza following Israeli accusations that its position was “delusional,” bringing the negotiating parties closer to an initial agreement that could halt the fighting and see a group of #Israel hostages released, two sources familiar with the discussions say.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/26/politics/hamas-demands-gaza-negotiations?cid=ios_app
“An Israeli delegation is expected to arrive in Cairo on Sunday as part of negotiations for a ceasefire-hostage release deal in the #Gaza Strip... A Walla report stated that #Hamas will also send a delegation to the Egyptian capital for negotiations.
According to the report, the Israeli delegation will present the names of the Palestinian terrorists that #Israel refuses to release and will demand to receive the list of hostages that will be included in the deal.”
Gaza food aid ship delayed as Ramadan begins with no cease-fire.
@nbcnews reports: "The first ship carrying 200 tons of food aid remains docked in Cyprus after delays. Aid agencies have criticized the plan for a maritime humanitarian corridor, saying it falls far short of meeting the needs of Gaza's population of 2.2 million."
Bibi is Israel’s Trump. ‘Nuff said.
🚨 #Israel's #Netanyahu has said he will defy Joe #Biden’s "red line" and invade Rafah -Politico
#Israel military says it reduces troops in south #Gaza
“The military has been reducing numbers in Gaza since the start of the year to relieve reservists and under growing pressure from its ally Washington to improve the humanitarian situation. It did not give details on its reasons for withdrawing soldiers or the numbers involved.”
An American, suspected of murderer and terrorism, who fled to Israel to avoid charges, is the man behind the blockade of humanitarian aid getting into Gaza.
#Israel #WarCrimes
“I’m a Google Cloud software engineer, and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide [and] apartheid”
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/google-protest-israel/
Watch the others in the room. The assholes who jeer and manhandle the protestors. These are your peers in the tech industry. These are the “acceptable folks” in tech. Fuck these people.
Look at their faces. They know exactly what they’re complict in. Look at their smug smiles. Dickheads each one.
#tech #google #ai #ProjectNimbus #israel #genocide #palestine
🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
“Distrust of #Netanyahu’s ability to rule has deepened and broadened across the public from its already high levels before the war, and we expect large protests demanding his resignation and new elections,” according to the report. “A different, more moderate government is a possibility.” #Israel
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/us-intelligence-report-netanyahu?cid=ios_app
Today in Labor History March 16, 2003: Israeli Defense Forces murdered American activist Rachel Corrie in Rafah by running over her with a bulldozer. She had been defending a Palestinian home that the IDF was trying to demolish as part of their collective punishment of the Palestinian people.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #RachelCorie #idf #palestine #warcrimes #israel #collectivepunishment #rafah
“Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) will call for the #Israel government to hold new elections in a speech warning that Israel risked becoming an international “pariah” under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and his right-wing cabinet.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/israel-elections-netanyahu-charles-schumer/
Terrible reporting everywhere on the US' draft UNSC resolution on #Gaza. IT DOES NOT CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE, not even a 6-week one. It notes the importance of it but doesn't call for it. All it does is express support for the talks that have been going on for months.
This is diplomatic sleight of hand to convince people that the US is calling for a ceasefire when it isn't. The tone of US rhetoric toward #Israel has shifted, and the res does reflect that. But it is a shift in tone, not policy.
The U.N. Security Council will vote on a U.S. resolution declaring that an immediate cease-fire in Gaza is imperative.
AP reports: "The final U.S. draft eliminated language in the initial draft that said Israel’s offensive in Rafah 'should not proceed under current circumstances.'"
👉🏼👉🏼“#Israel has agreed to release 700-800 Palestinian prisoners as part of #ceasefire & hostage release deal..
The terrorists agreed upon for release by Israel incl 100s who are serving life sentences for murdering Israelis in terror attacks..In return, 40 hostages will be released by #Hamas”
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Reminder: 10 years ago, actual Jewish survivors of the actual literal Holocaust specifically referred to Israel's policies in Palestine as an "ongoing genocide." In case anybody tries to gaslight you that calling it that is somehow anti-Semitic or insulting to Holocaust survivors.
#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #genocide #GazaGenocide #Netanyahu #WestBank
“#Netanyahu says Israeli forces ‘unintentionally hit innocent people’ after strike on #Gaza aid convoy kills 7 workers
World Central Kitchen said it was pausing its operations in the region, and Cyprus said that ships carrying aid to the Palestinian enclave were turning back, a major setback for efforts to get food to a population pushed to the brink of starvation by the #Israel-#Hamas war.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/world-central-kitchen-says-israeli-strike-kills-7-workers-halts-aid-rcna145976
#Israel to open 3 aid corridors following #Biden's call with #Netanyahu
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-netanyahu-phone-call-israel-world-central-kitchen-strike-gaza/
#Israel military fires 2 officers as probe blames World Central Kitchen deaths on "mistaken identification"
It should have been clear to everyone from the start that #Republicans were gonna hit #Biden for being insufficiently supportive of #Israel or "soft on Hamas." https://www.axios.com/2024/04/05/house-vote-biden-gaza-ceasefire