The problem with a cease-fire agreement?
Israel IS NOT making an agreement that holds them from tracking down the Hamas leadership still around ….
President Biden IS fustrated and pissed, but the Israeli leader doesn’t care….
Efforts to provide humanitarian aid have picked up with Biden moving to set up a temporary sea port for aid….
That effort will take up to month…
Meanwhile several countries are lookig to move aid to Gaza by ship, which is more efficent than airdops , which had its first casualties …
CIA Dir Burns is back at things in Qatar ….
President Biden NEEDS an agreement that will help the Palestinians , whosw plight is costing him political support he needs to keep his job ….
President Joe Biden ‘s growing frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to mount, with the Democrat captured on a hot mic saying that he and the Israeli leader will need to have a “come to Jesus meeting.”
The comments by Biden came as he spoke with Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., on the floor of the House chamber following Thursday night’s State of the Unionaddress.
In the exchange, Bennet congratulates Biden on his speech and urges the president to keep pressing Netanyahu on growing humanitarian concerns in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were also part of the brief conversation.
Biden then responds using Netanyahu’s nickname, saying, “I told him, Bibi, and don’t repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting.”….
U.S. officials have conceded it will take weeks to make maritime aid delivery practical but say it will eventually enable them to significantly increase the amount of aid to Gaza.
Here’s what we’re covering:
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There are enormous logistical hurdles to deliver much-needed aid to Gaza by sea.
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Sweden and Canada say they are resuming funding for the U.N. agency that supports Palestinians.
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U.S. carries out a fifth airdrop in Gaza, delivering nearly 41,500 meals and 23,000 bottles of water.
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A Gaza aid ship in Cyprus awaits approval to head out with 200 tons of rice, flour and proteins.
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The U.S. plan to build an aid port could deliver two million meals to Gaza a day, the Pentagon says….
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But Hamas is holding out for Israel to agree to a more permanent end to the fighting. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has adamantly refused, saying that it is determined to destroy the militant group. He has vowed that Israel will attack Hamas fighters said to be hiding among the roughly 1.5 million Palestinians now squeezed into the southern part of the enclave….