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SvennoJ on 22 May 2024
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‘Israeli society is living in total denial’

Gideon Levy, a columnist at Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, has said he hopes that “Israelis will start to look upon themselves and not to blame the whole world for what’s going on”.

“The notion right now in Israel, as usual, is that the whole world is against us, the whole world is anti-Semitic and let’s get together, we the victims of the world. I don’t know how long it will last because there must be cracks,” he told Al Jazeera.

“Israelis should start to ask themselves, ‘Where is my responsibility’? Is it really only the world’s blame? Or maybe there were crimes of war in Gaza. Maybe our leaders should be brought to justice.”

These conversations are not yet being had, Levy said. Israeli society, he added, is living in total denial. “And the Israeli media, which is the biggest collaborator with the occupation, is the main reason why the discourse in Israel is still a blame game against the world,” he said.

Qatar, Egypt hail European countries’ decision to recognise Palestinian state

Egypt, which has engaged in mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas alongside Qatar and the US, has hailed the move by Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognise a Palestinian state as a “welcome step”.

The announcement supports “international efforts to create a political horizon that can lead to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state”, Egypt’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

Mediator Qatar similarly welcomed the announcement as an “important step in support of a two-state solution”, also expressing hope that other countries would do the same.




I guess in answer to the CNN 'report' that blamed Egypt for sabotaging the mediation efforts

Qatar: Disregard media reports casting doubt on Gaza mediation efforts

Majed al-Ansari, the official spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that some media reports have been casting doubt and leveling accusations “against the ongoing mediation efforts to halt the aggression in Gaza”.

The official said Qatar’s joint mediation efforts with Egypt and the US are continuing, and he affirmed “that the three countries are working in full coordination to achieve an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, and the exchange of prisoners and hostages”.