‘Israel continues to pummel the Gaza Strip, where the official death toll has topped 36,500, with over 82,000 injured. Israel has killed at least 15,000 Palestinian children since October 7’
“We are the red line. The people are going to have to end this. People power has always been the change. Our government is not listening, and they are enabling this genocide. And so we have to be the disruptors and make it stop.”
‘Here in New York, as Pride Month gets underway, hundreds of queer activists took to the streets and staged a die-in, calling for a ceasefire and an end to U.S. funding for Israel’
Biden scrambles to make concessions as 'Israel' collapses from within
"Though Biden said “Israel” had “devastated” Hamas forces over the last 8 months, the US President’s haste and urgency in urging a ceasefire was motivated by the reality of the opposite"
What follows is a scathing analysis of where Israel is at.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Abu Hamza: "...it is “the horror of attrition that will drive the enemy out of Gaza.”"
@NotImpressed
Biden knows Israel will not accept a ceasefire.
Just like his empty warnings about attacking Rafah,or attacking the south of Gaza before that
It's just a disgusting circus with different clowns trying to hide the ongoing genocide and the fact that Israel has stopped all humanitarian aid entering Gaza in the past few months starving over a million of inhabitants, mostly innocent women and children. @palestine
At the Assemblée Nationale in France, MPs are not allowed to wave the Palestinian flag (one of them was expelled for doing so). Some left-wing MPs have found a solution …👌
Democrats are anticipating a large chunk of their caucus to sit out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu'saddress to a #joint#session Congress.
Why it matters:
It would represent a significant repudiation of the Israeli prime minister amid persistent Democratic objections to how he has conducted the war in Gaza.
Netanyahu's 2015 speech to Congress, which was a major snub of the Obama administration, was skippedby 58 Democratic lawmakers.
Many Democrats this year argued against inviting Netanyahu in the first place, accusing Republicans of attempting to divide their party with the speech.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told Axios the #boycott "will be large" and that there are "a lot of people who are extremely upset he is coming here."
Jayapal said she has spoken to several lawmakers who went to Netanyahu's 2015 speech but said they will not attend this time.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the progressive ranking member of the House Rules Committee, told Axios he will not attend and said: "I wish it wasn't [happening]."
Several other progressives previously told Axios when the speech was first floated in March that they would sit it out.
Some Democrats who have tried to balance their support for Israel and their discomfort with how the war has been prosecuted are struggling with whether to attend, as Axios previously reported.
One House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a lot of members will "wait up until the very end to decide" whether they will attend, calling it a "very fluid, unpredictable situation."
The lawmaker said that whether there is a #ceasefire in Gaza by the time Netanyahu speaks will be the key factor, predicting anywhere from 50 to 100 Democrats will skip the speech if the war is still raging.
Another, senior House Democrat said it is "all being discussed" and that "a number [of Democrats] are going and #disrupting" the speech.
The other side: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.), a senior Progressive Caucus member, told Axios he is "hoping to have a conversation about it."
Israel’s Seizure of #Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt
Israel defied ominous Egyptian warnings & took control of the #PhiladelphiCorridor, but the reaction from #Egypt, which wants to maintain its #security cooperation with #Israel, has been muted.
"Just hours after Biden delivered an unprecedented speech outlining what he said was an Israeli proposal for a permanent end to the war, Netanyahu sought to clarify and contradict the scope of the deal outlined by the US president"
"On Saturday, far-right government ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich publicly said that they would resign - and therefore collapse the Israeli government - if the deal were to be accepted,"
“My husband's siblings and their children now need urgent medical care. In order to achieve this, they need to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment, including the fitting of prosthetic limbs for my brother-in-law.”
“The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, views positively the contents of President Joe Biden's speech today, 31/05/2024, in which he called for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, and the exchange of prisoners. 1/
We consider this American position and the reinforced conviction on the regional and international stage of the necessity to put an end to the war on Gaza to be the result of the legendary steadfastness of our struggling people and their brave resistance. 2/
The movement reaffirms its readiness to engage positively and constructively with any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, the return of displaced persons to all their homes, and a serious prisoner exchange deal, provided the occupation declares its explicit commitment to this.“ /3
"Biden says proposal: 1st phase would last for 6 weeks -incl. -full & complete #ceasefire. Withdrawal of IL forces from all pop. areas of Gaza -release of a number of hostages, incl. women, the elderly, the wounded & in exchange the release of 100s of PA prisoners. PA civilians would return to their homes & neighborhoods in Gaza. Humanitarian assistance would surge, 600 trucks/day -aid safely/effectively distributed -100s of 1000s of temp. shelters..."
-L Rozan
Pres Biden’s Israel-Hamas proposal includes a call for a #ceasefire:
Ending the Gaza war: Three phase proposal:
Begin with a 6-week ceasefire, during which the IDF would withdraw from pop. areas of Gaza. Hamas would release "a number" of hostages -in exchange for 100s of PA prisoners -PA civilians would return to their homes in all areas of Gaza. #HumanitarianAid would "surge", with 600 trucks/day +100s of 1000s of temp. housing units-.
@RememberUsAlways
Nice, how the media uses the Hamas wording "Israel's war on Gaza" as if Israel attacked out of the blue, totally ignoring 7th October.
“I would be very hard pressed to think of anyone who has said [Israeli obstruction] is not an issue,” Gilbert said. “That’s why I object to that report saying that Israel is not blocking humanitarian assistance. That is patently false.”