Gaza Strip
JNS has learned the U.N.’s sexual violence in conflict envoy will address the media in her recent trip to Israel.
“We don’t have all the facts on the ground,” the U.S. envoy said. That’s the problem.”
The former attorney general for England and Wales said the broadcaster had “actively inflamed community tensions.”
In a separate decision, Wellington announced travel bans on “a number of extremist Israeli settlers.”
The parties reportedly want to close the deal in the next two weeks, ahead of the start of Ramadan, which begins around March 10.
Asking if the civilians killed in Gaza will complicate negotiations, the U.S. president said “I know it will.”
“It’s time to turn to diplomacy: end the war, return the hostages, and arrive at a long overdue station of permanent peace,” stated Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.).
Oslo said more unfrozen funds will be paid to Ramallah in the coming days.
According to an initial IDF probe, most died from being trampled or run over by the trucks.
“Only through the unity of the people of Israel will we be able to bring all the hostages home,” said Yagil Kaakov, 13, who was released by Hamas in November as part of a ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli defense minister emphasized the importance of U.S. leadership and international pressure to enabling the return of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas.
The idea that by combating terror Israel is creating more terrorists, coupled with Washington’s push for a Palestinian state and other seemingly hostile moves, “amounts to a BDS campaign to pressure Israel into concessions that jeopardize its security,” expert tells JNS.
