Children are dying of starvation in northern Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief says.
Israel accused of opening fire on Gaza civilians waiting for food as Hamas says war death toll over 30,000 people
www.cbsnews.com
... Witnesses and medics said Israeli forces opened fire Thursday on thousands of Palestinians who had gathered in an open area of Gaza City hoping to receive food and other desperately needed humanitarian aid.
Hamas, which controlled the Gaza Strip for almost two decades before it sparked the current war with its Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, said Israeli forces "targeted a gathering of thousands of citizens while they were waiting to receive food aid." ...
While you cry crocodile tears over Gaza.
Under Joe Biden, Have 85,000 Undocumented Children Gone 'Missing'?
www.newsweek.com
Mission Accomplished" - Joe Biden
ummm are you saying that Hamas has 2 year olds on their terrorism planning committee? #17 | Posted by truthhurts
Yeah, exactly what I'm saying.
I wonder if the Palestinian approval rating for the October 7th attack targeting Jewish civilians and murdering about 1,000 of them in cold blood has budged from 72%.
Must be nice to imagine living in a no-consequence zone, where they get to murder and rape whomever they want and hide behind their own civvies. And cry, cause that's part of the model (see #5).
[...]Eradication now! [...] #23 | Posted by Angrydad
Not my words.
Maybe you got me mixed up with the Palestinians who would like to see Israel eliminated. As opposed to Israel, where 20% of its citizens are Muslim.
Ralph Nader believes that the number of deaths reported by BOTH Hamas and Israel is too low:
Stop the Worsening UNDERCOUNT of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza
@#98 ... Which nation keeps stopping the UN from holding Israel accountable for such things? ...
For starters, thank-you for changing your approach towards discussion and away from insults.
The US blocked that UN resolution because it interfered with the side diplomacy efforts being done to help resolve the war.
US signals it will block proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN (February 18, 2024)
www.aljazeera.com
... The envoy said the resolution could "run counter" to the goals that Washington says can be achieved through diplomacy in talks between Israel and Hamas that Qatar and Egypt are also mediating. ...
@#99 ... Who is in charge of the nation that refuses to stop providing weapons ...
Biden admin carefully ramps up criticism of Israel over the Gaza war but stops short of cutting off military aid
www.nbcnews.com
... The White House has asked the Pentagon for more options to get additional humanitarian aid to Gaza's hungry civilians by air, land and sea.
President Joe Biden is trying to ramp up political pressure on Israel's government to allow in more humanitarian aid and rein in its offensive in the Gaza Strip but has stopped short of cutting off weapons deliveries to America's main ally in the Middle East, current and former officials say.
Reluctant to enter into a full-blown confrontation with Israel, the Biden administration instead has airdropped humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians and held talks in Washington with a political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz. It has also stepped up public criticism of Israel's tactics in Gaza " though, as NBC News has reported, apparently not as much as Vice President Kamala Harris would like.
Dismayed at the plight of Palestinian civilians and with no letup in the Israeli campaign, the White House National Security Council asked the Pentagon in recent weeks for possible options to get more aid into Gaza by air, land and sea, two administration officials told NBC News.
Based on the Pentagon's advice, the president opted for airdrops of aid, and U.S. aircraft over the weekend began dropping pallets of food and other supplies on parachutes just off Gaza's coast. On Tuesday, three U.S. Air Force planes dropped 60 bundles with 36,000 meals, accompanied by four Royal Jordanian Air Force planes that dropped additional supplies, a U.S. official said, and more deliveries are expected. ...
@#140 ... the media lies about mass rape and beheaded babies should alert you that something is amiss ...
Yeah, as soon as I see the "blame the media" stuff, I know something is amiss.
A U.N. report finds 'reasonable grounds to believe' attacks in Israel included rapes
www.npr.org
... A report by the United Nations has found "reasonable grounds to believe" that the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel included sexual violence " including rape and gang rape " and that some Israeli hostages experienced such violence while in captivity in Gaza.
The long-awaited report is not a full-fledged U.N. investigation, according to its author, the U.N. special representative for sexual violence in conflict. Israel has blocked such an investigation by the U.N.'s human rights office over what the country's leaders allege is anti-Israel bias.
Still, it represents the most extensive report yet on the subject of sexual violence on Oct. 7 conducted by an independent body based outside of Israel. ...
@#150 ... You're so Dumb,...it's truly breathtaking. ...
Projecting? Yet again?
As I have said so many times before, the problem in the Middle East is not so simple.
It is complex.
Palestinian Politics Timeline: Since the 2006 Election (2019)
www.usip.org
...
Palestinian politics have been rife with divisions since the pursuit of an independent state began in the 1960s. But the national movement formally split"politically, geographically and strategically"after Hamas, an Islamist party, beat Fatah, a secular movement, in the 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council elections. Factional fighting erupted after the two parties failed to reach a power-sharing agreement. Hundreds died. The Palestinian Territories divided into two polities: Hamas ruled Gaza, and Fatah led the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank.
Between 2007 and 2018, seven reconciliation efforts floundered. The split had rippling repercussions: Diplomatic efforts between the Palestinians and Israel stalled. Israel and Gaza engaged in three major armed conflicts"the three-week war over the new year in 2008-9, the eight-day war of 2012, and the two-month summer war of 2014. Gaza faced blockades from both Israel and Egypt due to both countries' security concerns. Conditions in Gaza deteriorated, with rampant poverty, growing unemployment and deepening public health problems.
The 2011 Arab uprisings inspired demonstrations in the Palestinian Territories. Both the West Bank and Gaza witnessed protests by Palestinians fed up with the years-long strife between Fatah and Hamas. The main flashpoints, however, were economic policies and living conditions; protesters did not call for the ouster of the major parties, as in other Arab states. Fatah and Hamas responded to public pressure by signing a unity deal that brought together 13 factions. But it was short-lived.
Conditions deteriorated further in Gaza, where two million people live in an area only twice the size of Washington, D.C. A 2012 U.N. report questioned whether the enclave would be livable by 2020, given the existential challenges to its water, electricity, health, and education infrastructures.
The rise of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in 2012 boosted the profile of Hamas, as with other Islamist parties in the Middle East. But the momentum soon dissipated; the Brotherhood was forcibly ousted in mid-2013. Hamas was further isolated.
Between 2012 and 2017, tensions escalated internally between Fatah and Hamas and regionally among Hamas, Israel and Egypt. In 2014, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge after rocket attacks from Gaza. More than 2,100 Palestinian and over 70 Israelis died during the seven-week conflict. ...
One of the better descriptions I have read about the issue.
But as I have said many times, this problem will not be resolved by war, it will be resolved by diplomacy.
And Saudia Arabia and Israel were on the way to resolving an issue between them. Iran, apparently, was aghast of those discussions for peace and prompted Hamas to strike.
(had to split the comment to stay under to 4000 character limit. Here's the second half.... )
I look forward to the possible US (et alia) brokered cease-fire and any discussions that may subsequently occur.
U.S. pushes for initial Gaza ceasefire without return of hostages - report
www.i24news.tv
... The latest push reportedly seeks to avoid fighting during Islam's holy month Ramadan, while some are concerned Hamas wants to inflame the region instead.
While holding out for Hamas to accept a ceasefire and hostage release proposal, U.S. and Arab negotiators floated a potential short pause to hostilities in the Gaza Strip while the larger deal gets ironed out, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Israeli media were quick to pick up on the U.S. shift away from conditioning any ceasefire on the release of hostages abducted during the Hamas-led October 7 attack, reading in between the lines of official statements, as well as through sources.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement alongside the Qatari prime minister, saying a ceasefire would enable a hostage release rather than being a precondition. A political source told Israel Hayom that was indeed a shift in the American position.
Just last night, U.S. President Joe Biden said "The Israelis are cooperating, and it's now up to Hamas to agree to a ceasefire." ...
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