Demonstrators demanding return of captives block road in Tel Aviv
Israeli media reports and social media posts show the crowd of people entering blocking a highway, demanding progress from the Israeli government on a deal with Hamas to bring back Israeli captives held in Gaza.
Negotiations have been stalled for months as Hamas and Israeli officials trade blame for a deal failing to materialise. Israeli media reports said that talks were to begin again in Cairo today, however, a Hamas official said that “we do not need new negotiations,” adding that the group has already agreed to a ceasefire proposal that Israel rejected.
The footage shows protesters blocking a road and holding up a huge banner that reads: “Kidnapped alive are left to die”.
מפגינים למען שחרור חטופים חוסמים את איילון צפונה סמוך למחלף לה גווארדיה@galdjerassi pic.twitter.com/D1MCqi6BOT
— גלצ (@GLZRadio) May 29, 2024
‘Genocidal anti-Palestinian racist’: CAIR condemns Nikki Haley scrawl on Israeli bomb
The Council on American-Islamic Relations did not mince words in its condemnation of Haley, a former US ambassador to the UN and defunct Republican presidential candidate, after she visited Israel and wrote on an artillery shell destined for Gaza, “Finish them”.
“Only a genocidal anti-Palestinian racist could sign ‘finish them’ on the same type of artillery shells that the Israeli government has used to slaughter innocent Palestinians for months,” CAIR director of government affairs Robert McCaw said in a statement.
Amnesty International USA also condemned Haley’s action, a photo of which has widely circulated on social media.
“Conflict is no place for stunts. Conflict has rules. Civilians must be protected,” the organisation wrote on X.
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley signed Israeli artillery shells with the message "Finish Them!" Conflict is no place for stunts. Conflict has rules. Civilians must be protected. pic.twitter.com/HtLShHWaKi
— Amnesty International USA (@amnestyusa) May 29, 2024
Violence further escalating in the West Bank
Israeli military says two killed in car ramming near Nablus
The vehicle attack occurred near an illegal Israeli settlement outside of the occupied West Bank city. The military later told the AFP news agency that “two Israeli citizens were killed”. A manhunt is under way after the attacker escaped the scene.
Israeli army and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have killed more than 500 Palestinians since October 7 when the war on Gaza began. Hamas welcomed the attack near Nablus, saying in a statement it was a “natural response” against the “crimes of the enemy”.
It's going to be another bloody night of raids and destruction.
