France’s demands for Palestinian statehood ‘disturbing’
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara says despite the outcry over Palestinians starving in Gaza, there is “zero pressure” on Israel.
“The public mood in Western nations has also changed with more and more pressure on governments to do something, and yet I would say in London and Washington there is very little forthcoming on what there is to be done,” Bishara said as a UN meeting on a two-state solution was being held, which Israel and the US both boycotted.
Bishara said that while France has announced it will recognise a Palestinian state by September, its demands for recognition are “disturbing”.
“They’re not just transactional. They are cynical. They’re asking everything from the Palestinian Authority to changes to the curriculum in schools – something the Israelis have been asking forever … up until demanding that the Palestinian Authority disarm Hamas.”
Setting any new government up to fail before the start. Not even pretending to promote democracy anymore, just pure authoritarian, Orwellian even.
Israel’s opposition leader calls for immediate end to war on Gaza
Yair Lapid, head of the opposition in Israel’s parliament, says the government needs to immediately end the war in Gaza, calling it “not a complete victory but a complete disaster”.
“If we don’t end the war now, the hostages will not return, the [military] will continue to lose its best fighters, the humanitarian disaster will worsen, the world will close itself off to Israelis,” Lapid warned.
He called on a coalition of Arab countries, led by Egypt, to run Gaza.
“The management of humanitarian aid in Gaza has collapsed. It simply doesn’t work,” said Lapid, adding that Israel is helping Hamas as the humanitarian situation continues to worsen.
Germany jumping on the deflection bandwagon as well
Germany to airdrop aid into Gaza with Jordan
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Berlin will immediately launch an airdrop to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza over the “catastrophic” situation.
The chancellor added Berlin will also prepare for a Gaza reconstruction conference in coordination with regional partners Britain and France, saying, “no further expulsions from the Gaza Strip must occur”.
Merz said while the government welcomed Israel’s announcement of a 10-hour pause in fighting every day in parts of Gaza for the distribution of aid as an “important first step”, it agreed much more must follow.
Germany will do what it can to help alleviate the situation, conducting an airdrop in cooperation with Jordan to deliver aid into Gaza, he said. “We know that this can only provide very limited help for the people in Gaza, but it is nonetheless a contribution we are eager to make,” Merz said.
Yep eager for some positive press with 'an airdrop'. Not even multiple, just one, see we're doing something.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-says-it-has-approved-over-550m-worth-of-arms-exports-to-israel-since-october-2023/3587393
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/no-german-weapons-to-israel/
