Israel ‘lashing out’ in face of global condemnation
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says the attacks levied by Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, at the Security Council should come as no surprise.
“I see the rhetorical escalation on the part of Israel as coming in parallel with the desperation in Israel,” Bishara explained.
“They are on the defensive, knowing all too well that they lost their public relations campaign and that their reputation around the world is in the mud” amid the country’s deadly bombardment and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, he said.
“And hence, they are lashing out,” Bishara added. “None of this is unexpected.”
Trump says US ‘dealing with the whole situation in Gaza’
US President Donald Trump has been asked whether he has any frustrations with the way Netanyahu has pursued the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
“No, we’re dealing with the whole situation in Gaza, we’re getting food to the people of Gaza,” Trump responded in an apparent reference to a US-backed Gaza aid distribution scheme that has spurred chaos and the killings of at least 10 Palestinian aid seekers this week.
The US president called his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to the podium in the Oval Office to provide an update on efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
“I think that we are on the precipice of sending out a new term sheet that, hopefully, will be delivered later on today,” Witkoff told reporters.
“The president is going to review it, and I have some very good feelings about getting to a long-term resolution – temporary ceasefire and a long-term resolution, a peaceful resolution of that conflict.”
It's all going according to plan, Trump's riviera of the Middle East. Right on track to get the Palestinians out of the way.
