"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
And if that isn't disgusting enough for you, Netanyahu's #IDF have seized control of Egypt's border with #Gaza, in violation of a treaty brokered by President Carter, creating a major threat to regional peace & stability.
"Israeli sec. officials blocked an earlier attempt by Haaretz to reveal how then-IL Mossad chief Cohen tried to threaten then-ICC PROS chief Bensouda so she wouldn't investigate IL officials."
-K Roth
"Mossad chief threatened the top ICC PROS but Israeli authorities said if he published, he’d "suffer the consequences & get to know the interrogation rooms of the IL sec. authorities from the inside."
Pres Biden's advisors must see what Netanyahu is signaling. If the president doesn't make an about face on Israel soon, he doesn't just lose some young voters, other cohorts may stay home in Nov., thereby electing #TFG.
"A top Israeli security official says he expects 'another seven months of fighting' in Gaza will be needed to defeat Hamas."
"The Israeli govt tries to excuse itself by saying it used "small munitions" in the attack that killed 45 in a tent camp for displaced ppl, but the point is it was willing to endanger those people by attacking 2 Hamas officials in their midst.
Fl. pier to be repaired: "Rough seas don't impede land deliveries of desperately needed food for starving PA civilians, but IL is obstructing them."
-K Roth
Pres Macron calls for a #ceasefire, but few leaders, incl. from the US, are joining him, given the horrific carnage caused by Netanyahu’s IDF on Palestinian civilians, in an area that was deemed safe, yesterday in Gaza.
“Outraged by the Israeli strikes that have killed many displaced persons in Rafah. These operations must stop… I call for full respect for INTL law & an immediate ceasefire.”
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There's hope for a halt to the war in Gaza, but Netanyahu likely won't comply. The US may side with him. Most countries are supportive a #ceasefire.
"The ICJ rules that Israel must halt its military offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza. South Africa had asked the ICJ to order it as an emergency measure, saying Israel’s actions in Rafah amount to a “genocidal” operation & threaten the survival of the Palestinian people."
US & others put heat on Israel re their crackdown against AP:
"Israeli Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi caves":
"Since the Ministry of Defense wishes to examine the matter of the broadcasts from these locations in Sderot regarding the risk to our forces, I have now ordered to cancel the operation & return the equipment to the AP, until a different decision is made by the Ministry of DEF"
-B Ravid
Oppressive regimes control & selectively remove media coverage, SM..., that keep them accountable. Netanyahu may be covering up more war crimes:
Israeli officials seize AP EQP & take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law. The QA satellite channel is among 1000s of clients that receive live video feeds from the AP & other news orgs. The AP denounced the move.
RW politicians like #MAGAMike, side with Netanyahu, disregard his war crimes & insufficient aid going into Gaza:
Johnson threatens ICC sanctions vote over Netanyahu arrest warrant application.
Rep Roy has introduced a bill that would sanction ICC officials who investigate U.S. citizens or allies. It's supported by nearly two dozen other Republicans, including Rep Stefanik, chair of the House Republican Conference.
Israeli officials believe IL is at war with the UN, all who speak for PA civilians, Hamas...:
IL’s UN AMB has branded the world body a “terror org", escalating tensions b/w the 2 sides amid the #IsraelHamasWar & attacks on UN FACs in Jerusalem.
G Erdan, the AMB, said on Wed that the UN has “turned into a collaborator with Hamas . . . maybe even more than that --co-operates with Hamas -provides cover for it, & is led by Sec-Gen Guterres -who quickly criticizes IL."
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."
~450K Palestinians have fled from Rafah over the past week, as Israeli tanks push deeper into the city.
"Ppl face constant exhaustion, hunger & fear," warned UNRWA.
New Israeli op in N Gaza: displaced another 100K ppl.
WH nat. security adviser J Sullivan said on Mon: the US still believed "it'd be a mistake to launch a major MIL op into the heart of Rafah that'd put huge numbers of civilians at risk🚨w/o a clear strategic gain".
Israeli forces have carried out at least 8 strikes on aid workers’ convoys & premises in Gaza since Oct 2023 *the aid groups had provided their coordinates to the IL authorities to ensure their protection. IL authorities didn't issue advance warnings to any of the aid orgs. before the strikes, which killed or injured ~31 aid workers +those with them. >250 aid workers: killed in Gaza since #Oct7.
A compelling reason for the US to change course, but pols & donors owned by #AIPAC, #ChristianNationalists, &... are thwarting...
American doctors are trapped in Gaza💔as a result of IL’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into EG, acc to sources with knowledge of the plight of 2 ill-fated MED mis-.