US ceasefire proposal a ‘huge mess’
Mohamad Elmasry, a professor of media studies at the Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, says the US has been “very misleading” about the latest ceasefire plan for Gaza.
“It’s a huge mess. Things are very, very convoluted, in part because the US is being very misleading, I think deliberately misleading,” Elmasry told Al Jazeera.
He added that Israel has still not officially accepted the ceasefire plan.
“No matter how many times Blinken says it, it’s not going to make it true – Israel has not accepted anything,” he said. “Israel has repeatedly said that they are going to continue this war. That is in direct violation, or in direct contradiction to what the ceasefire proposal, presented by the US, lays out.”
“Nothing has changed. Hamas wants a permanent end to the hostilities, and Israel wants the right to continue the war. And until that equation changes, we’re not going to move anywhere,” Elmasry added.
I don't get what Biden's plan was with this 'Israeli proposal'. Try to show he's doing everything and blame it on Hamas that there still is no ceasefire? How dumb does he think people are. Those that he needs back for the elections know it is Israel throwing a wrench in the negotiations every time. They know Hamas already accepted a ceasefire over a month ago. They also know as long as Biden keeps providing weapons and political cover, Netanyahu won't stop.
Biden is shooting himself in both feet and legs by putting his name behind this ceasefire. As long as he's not prepared to put conditions on Israel, he's just making himself look like a bigger fool, pissing away the last remaining bit of his credibility. With this Hamas blame game he's only providing more fuel for Fox news and Trump supporters...
Pro-Palestinian supporters target NYC locations with paint to protest war
Mayor Eric Adams says the homes of museum director Anne Pasternak and members of the museum’s board of trustees were among the locations hit.
Pro-Palestinians threw red paint across their entrances in opposition to the Israeli war on Gaza.
Red paint was also splashed across the front of buildings associated with the German consulate, as well as the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, where flyers critical of the Palestinian Authority and its president, Mahmoud Abbas, were also scattered outside the building.
Red paint covers portions of the entrance to the German consulate building, Wednesday, June 12
