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Israeli protesters say demonstrations ‘just the start’ in absence of ceasefire deal to free captives
Several protests continued through the night in Tel Aviv, with demonstrators calling on Israeli authorities to agree to a deal with Hamas to get captives out of Gaza.
The Monday night protests would be “just the start” if there is no ceasefire deal, said Einvar Zangauker, the mother of captive Matan Zangauker, who had led protests earlier in the day as well.
“The time has come to take the deal,” Zangauker could be heard shouting into a loudspeaker as she stood on the roof of a car in demonstrations at the Ayalon freeway, which Israeli media reported were later dispersed.
Protesters block the Ayalon highway where they call for the Israeli government to strike a deal that ensures the immediate release of Israeli captives held by Hamas in Gaza, during a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 6
Israeli protesters block road to stop Gaza humanitarian aid trucks
About a dozen far-right Israeli protesters have blocked the Latrun Interchange of Highway 1 in the occupied West Bank to stop trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, Israeli media reports.
The Kan broadcaster published footage showing police intervening as protesters from the Tzav 9 activist group chant and wave Israeli flags in front of the trucks on Monday night.
The Ynetnews outlet also reported that the protesters grabbed food and other aid from the trucks and threw it to the ground.
The vehicles had been driving via occupied Jerusalem as they carried aid from Jordan to Gaza. A Tzav 9 statement said it will continue to block the trucks until Hamas releases all Israeli captives held in Gaza.
Who tells them where/when to intercept the trucks?
US says ‘reviewing’ the Gaza ceasefire proposal
Essentially what it means is making certain that what Hamas is agreeing to is what has been under discussion in recent days and weeks and also making certain that the Israelis are going to go along with the Hamas agreement.
This is largely speculation by analysts here in Washington, but it is the situation that the US is very concerned that any public discussion of the negotiations – the back and forth – could imperil or possibly torch these negotiations.
The US in recent days has been suggesting that it feels real progress was being made towards achieving, at least a temporary, six-week-long ceasefire and it doesn’t want to do anything that could possibly imperil the achievement of at least the temporary ceasefire – if not the entire package which Hamas has been describing all day on Monday.
It's basically about the meaning of "sustained quiet". Hamas interprets it as a road to an end of the war, Netanyahu still wants to clear out Rafah.
MIT student calls on university to end ‘drone swarm’ research with Israeli military
MIT science student and pro-Palestinian protester Darsh told Al Jazeera’s correspondent Teresa Bo that the university must divest from Israeli interests, particularly ending research with Israel’s military.
“The obvious objective of this encampment is to stand with the people in Gaza and also to ask MIT to divest from the [Israeli military]. It takes money from the [Israeli military] to do research on drone swarms,” Darsh said.
“We don’t want that happening any more.
“There has been so much support from the community today, it was beautiful to see. When they threatened [protesters with] suspension and arrest and eviction from the encampment, there were only 30… And now we see many people who came in really quickly to help support us.
“I think what’s going on now is bigger than any type of graduation or arrests that may happen. There are 5,000 university students in Gaza that have been killed. That’s the same as the MIT undergrad population.
“There are so many children that can’t go to school in Gaza because their schools got bombed and flattened… I don’t think anyone in the world deserves to go to school as long as they [students in Gaza] can’t.”
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