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Those with immediate family members who are either American citizens or permanent residents could qualify for resettlement.
Stating that May 1 is a day to show solidarity “with all the oppressed,” the International Labour Organization said it will “be out on the streets demanding an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza.
The top American diplomat on Monday in Riyadh urged Hamas to accept Jerusalem’s “extraordinarily generous” truce offer.
Netanyahu met with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after the latter threatened to withdraw his party from the coalition.
“At my age, before the war, you were supposed to stop flying,” he told Ynet.
“From the river to the sea, Israel will be free: this should be the slogan chanted at Columbia University, Harvard, Yale and Berkeley,” says Knesset member Amit Halevi.
“The notion that we will stop the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question,” said the premier.
The deadlock in negotiations for the release of Israeli captives, coupled with American accusations against the group, has paved the way for the offensive.
The cost has roughly doubled from initial estimates.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the government will lose its legitimacy if it accepts “humiliating surrender” to Hamas.
New terms conveyed to mediator Egypt include a willingness to discuss the “restoration of sustainable calm” in Gaza.
The secretary will reportedly tour Kibbutz Be’er and the Kerem Shalom Crossing to the Gaza Strip.
