As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began addressing a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem earlier this week commemorating the country's dead from wars and other hostilities, Nir Galon rose to his feet and proceeded with a silent, one-man protest.
Kommentar: Israel hat keinen Plan für die Zeit nach dem Krieg
Israels Regierung hat weder eine Idee, wie der Krieg beendet werden könnte, noch eine Strategie für die Zeit danach, meint Bettina Meier. Die einzige vernünftige Idee sorgt bei Netanyahu und seinen rechten Koalitionspartnern für Entrüstung.
The #Republican-led UnitedStates House of
Representatives passed a bill on Thurs that would force President Joe #Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect #civilians during its war w/ #Hamas.
The #Israel Security Assistance Support Act was approved 224 to 187, largely along party lines. 16 #Democrats joined most Republicans in voting yes, & 3 #Republicans joined most Democrats in opposing the measure.
The act is not expected to become #law, but its passage underscored the deep #US#election-year divide over Israel policy as PM Benjamin #Netanyahu's government seeks to wipe out militants who attacked Israel on #Oct7….
A growing rift within the #Israeli government over the governance of #Gaza after the war has become a 'colossal game of chicken' between rival factions who are each waiting for the other to make a mistake, according to Israeli political commentator Dr Ori Goldberg. He also says that that Israelis have trouble articulating a critique of #Netanyahu 's management of the war and that as long as the war continues, Netanyahu continues to be safe in power. #Israel#Hamas
Israel’s war minister declares opposition to Israeli military control of Gaza as Netanyahu insists on continuing the war. Meanwhile, the Israeli army killed five Palestinians in the West Bank, including a student on Nakba day.
A US Department of the Interior staffer has become the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of #US support for Israel’s #genocide.
Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff, accuses #JoeBiden of using Jews to justify US policy.
Biden is sending another $1 billion worth of arms to Israel despite the ongoing Rafah catastrophe and on the eve of/on the #Nakba - a day commemorating >700,000 Palestinians being displaced in 1948
His hands are full of blood - no different from #Netanyahu
Pres Biden is addressing the #famine in Gaza, but #Netanyahu isn't letting aid through. The US needs to prioritize protecting civilians.
As of the start of April at least 32 ppl, 28 of whom were children, have died of malnutrition & dehydration in Gaza💔, acc to HRW. Numerous employees of USAID assail the agency & the Biden admin for its “failure to uphold INTL humanitarian principles & to adhere to its mandate to save lives."
Pres Biden likely knows #Netanyahu's goals, so he must revamp his IL strategy:
In the matter of IL, PS, & KSA, Biden's correct to believe a diplomatic AGT to end the war in Gaza, free hostages, restore pol rights to PA's, & normalize RELs b/w Tel Aviv & Riyadh would help stabilize both the region & -dom. pol outlook. Worthy goal -only reasonable one available for him to pursue. But it's undermined: IL & KSA are led by men who want Biden to lose the '24 elect-.
He's determined to continue with his strategy *prioritizes MIL goals over humanitarian objectives such as freeing the hostages or safeguarding Gazan civilians. IL ordered a new round of forced evacuations in Gaza -orders that are illegal under INTL law. Although the differences b/w the US & IL are the widest they have ever been, no one expects the 2 countries to totally break relations: they need one another. #IsraelHamasWar https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-05-13/gaza-war-pushes-us-israel-relations-to-unprecedented-low-point.html