Things ARE turning AGAINST the Netanyahu Government….
While Trump goes after people in American for their support of the Palestinians plight?
European Nation’s are beginning to tighten economic screws against Israel in a effort to halt the human suffering and deaths in Gaza….
The moves are opposite Trump’s effort’s to support Israel moving to occupy parts of Gaza and continue the destruction of the territory ….
The British government said in a statement that it would adhere to an existing trade pact with Israel but that the “egregious policies” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza and the West Bank have made it impossible to “advance discussions” on a potential new accord. It cited Israel’s 11-week blockade on Gaza, where more than 2 million people are now at critical risk of famine, as well as a new ground operation Israeli officials have said will include taking all of the Gaza Strip’s territory.
In Brussels, E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced that the bloc of 27 countries would begin a formal review of its trade accord with Israel. A “huge majority” of E.U. foreign ministers backed a proposal to reconsider the deal, which includes provisions on international human rights law, Kallas said at a news conference.
“So we will launch this exercise, and in the meantime it is up to Israel to unblock the humanitarian aid,” she said.
A spokesman for Israel’s foreign ministry, Oren Marmorstein, said Kallas’s remarks reflected “a total misunderstanding of the complex reality Israel is facing.”
“Ignoring these realities and criticising Israel only hardens Hamas’s position and encourages Hamas to stick to its guns,” he wrote on X.
The steps by both London and Brussels on Tuesday were a sign of the shifting attitudes among longtime supporters of Israel as it prepared to implement plans, backed by the United States, to displace Gaza residents to enclaves in the south. There, the Israeli military and U.S. security contractors would control the delivery of aid through distribution hubs and maintain strict limits on food….
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Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced an emotional line of questing on Gaza from Democratic lawmakers, with some arguing that the Trump administration had done little to pressure Netanyahu.
“Not once did you publicly call on the Netanyahu government to end the blockade. Fortunately other countries spoke out and now we see a tiny trickle going in,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland)….
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Relief groups have said far greater numbers of trucks are needed to address acute hunger in Gaza. Before the war, an average of 500 trucks would enter each working day, or roughly 10,000 trucks a month, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
“There are thousands of trucks. This humanitarian aid is financed by the E.U., and that’s why the members states are also very keen on sending this message,” Kallas said.
At least five trucks carrying baby food and nutritional supplements were cleared Monday to enter the territory, the United Nations said, but on Tuesday, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the organization’s team “waited several hours for [the] Israeli green light to access … and collect the nutrition supplies.”…
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But hopes on Tuesday for a potential ceasefire dimmed, as Netanyahu said he was pulling Israel’s senior negotiating team from indirect talks with Hamas in Qatar, which has played a mediating role. The two sides have negotiated on and off for months to end the war, but while Hamas wants a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops, Israel still wants the ability to resume fighting if necessary and says Hamas should release the remaining 58 hostages, 23 of whom are believed to be alive, without conditions….
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Analysis |
Trump Has to Decide: End Israel’s War on Gaza or Let Smotrich Have His Way
In the next day or two U.S. President Donald Trump and his right hand man Steve Witkoff will have to make a strategic decision: whether to confront Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly and publicly and force on him a cease-fire and an end to the war, or to give in and let Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich carry out his plan to destroy Gaza. The diplomatic cauldron is on the verge of boiling over, and it looks as though there’s no more time….
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