Gaza truce talks: Hamas says ‘ball is completely’ in Israel’s hands – Report
French news agency AFP is reporting that Hamas announced early Friday that its delegation attending Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo had left the city for Qatar and stated that the “ball is now completely” in Israel’s hands.
“The negotiating delegation left Cairo heading to Doha. In practice, the occupation [Israel] rejected the proposal submitted by the mediators and raised objections to it on several central issues,” the group said in a statement, adding it stood by the ceasefire proposal.
“Accordingly, the ball is now completely in the hands of the occupation,” the group said.
‘For the very first time’: Joe Biden admits US bombs killed innocent people in Gaza
This has been going on for months. We know that the Biden administration has tried to pressure Israel on reducing casualties, trying to get more aid into Gaza. But they never admitted it publicly.
They never talked about what the consequences were going to be for Israel.
Well, that changed recently. We saw President Joe Biden come out and say, look, if they do this large-scale invasion of Rafah – there will be no bombs, no artillery shells, perhaps none of the technologies that turn dumb bombs into smart bombs.
And he is not just saying that it is going to happen. He is showing that it is already sort of happening.
We know from the Pentagon briefing today that there was a shipment of bombs – 1,800 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs. Those are the ones that cause a lot of destruction. And, 1,700 500-pound (230kg) bombs.
Those were supposed to be shipped to Israel and that’s been delayed. So, Biden sending the message of what’s going to happen and telling them this is already not happening.
At the same time – one of the more significant things – is we have, for the very first time, heard US President Joe Biden say, specifically, that American bombs have killed innocent civilians in Gaza.
From the sequence of events I suspect Biden read the (now delayed) report on Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/07/israel-gaza-state-report-00156619
He paused the latest shipment and delayed the (likely damning) report which would invoke the Leahy law. Especially now the invasion of Rafah has started which surely nullifies the exceptions. There's no way to sell remediation efforts or that Israel is bringing those accountable to justice while invading Rafah, against the UNSC call for ceasefire, and cutting off aid against the ICJ's call to adhere to international law and provide humanitarian aid.
Joe Biden what are you going to do now...
Biding time for his legal team to spin doctor the report? Netanyahu isn't going to stop. Or keep delaying the report indefinitely?
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