Netanyahu IS using the Rafah hammer to try to get Hamas to accept a 40 day cease fire….
China is trying to get Hamas and other Palestian factions to join in forming a government for a settlement of hostilities…
American Gaza support protest’s are being shut down by cops across the country…
Here’s what we know:
“The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question,” the Israeli premier told relatives of hostages on Tuesday.
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Netanyahu’s pledge to invade Rafah could undermine efforts to reach a cease-fire deal.
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The White House presses Hamas to accept the cease-fire deal on the table.
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As Israel plans to invade Rafah, a family makes the difficult choice to uproot itself again.
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The U.N.’s top court declined to ban Germany’s weapons sales to Israel.
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Germany’s military support of Israel is being challenged, despite the I.C.J.’s decision.
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Blinken’s Mideast tour continues in Jordan, where he discussed humanitarian aid for Gaza…..
“The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question,” he said in a meeting with the families of hostages held in Gaza, according to a statement from his office. “We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there — with or without a deal, in order to achieve the total victory.”
Israeli officials have said repeatedly that they plan to move into Rafah, but over the weekend, they made clear they were open to holding off if it meant they could secure the release of hostages taken when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. One official also suggested that Israel was using the threat of an imminent military maneuver to press the armed group into a hostage deal.
In anticipation of an offensive, some families in Rafah have been moving north into areas of Gaza that had already been attacked by Israeli forces, but on Tuesday, the scale of the evacuation remained unclear. As of last week, more than one million Gazans, many of them previously displaced from other parts of the territory by Israeli bombardment, were still sheltering in the city in makeshift tents….
Apr 30, 2024 – ISW Press
Russia and China are hosting talks to facilitate Hamas’ inclusion in the Palestinian Authority, which would result in a Hamas-influenced government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. China hosted senior Hamas and Fatah officials in Beijing on April 26 to discuss “intra-Palestinian reconciliation” and to “strive for the early realization of Palestinian unity and reunification.” Russia also facilitated Hamas-Fatah talks in February 2024 that sought to achieve “Palestinian unity.” An unspecified Palestinian official told the New York Times that senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzouk and Fatah Central Committee member Azzam al Ahmad participated in the China-hosted talks.
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