Biden taking credit already

Biden says he put together Middle East peace plan ‘that may be coming to fruition’

When asked by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in a TV interview whether he is “the same man today that you were when you took office”, US President Joe Biden pointed to his record in the Middle East peace process as evidence of his ongoing competency as president.

“I was also the guy who put together a peace plan for the Middle East that may be coming to fruition,” he told ABC News, without offering specifics.

Israel and Hamas, through mediators, are currently negotiating a ceasefire-for-captives deal which was publicly announced by Biden in May. The Biden administration has also been pushing for a normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, though talks have stalled due to Israel’s war on Gaza.

His Middle East "Peace Plan" so far has killed hundreds of people in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Israel, The West Bank and many thousands in Gaza.

Former US official accuses Biden of ‘blind, destructive’ support for Israel

Former US Department of Interior special assistant Maryam Hassanein, who resigned this week over the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, said the US president is blindly supporting Israel.

“I really think that what I and other officials who have resigned have seen, month after month, is this really blind, destructive support of Israel and Israeli occupation even after all of the atrocities they have committed in Gaza,” Hassanein told Al Jazeera.

“I saw an administration that was really was not listening to voices like myself and others who are wanting to see freedom and justice for Palestinians,” said Hassanein, who is one of 12 Biden administration officials to publicly resign over US support for the war on Gaza.

“I think that the administration has continuously ignored these voices by funding and enabling this genocide in Gaza,” she said.

Revised peace plan states captive talks will begin in 16-day period after first phase: Report

A revised proposal on a captives-for-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas states that negotiations on the release of Israeli captives still held in Gaza, including soldiers, will begin in a 16-day period after the first phase of talks, the Reuters news agency reports.

The Reuters news agency reports, citing an anonymous senior Hamas source, that the revised proposal also states that mediators will guarantee a temporary ceasefire, aid delivery and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza as long as talks are ongoing to implement the second phase.

The Hamas official also said that a captive release deal will be finalised before the end of the fifth week of the second phase. Recent discussions mark a renewed effort to negotiate an end to the war in Gaza, after talks ground to a halt in late June.

The deal currently being discussed is a three-phase proposition, supposedly tabled by Israel and made public by US President Joe Biden in May.

A ‘real chance’ of achieving peace deal, according to Palestinian, Israeli officials

The latest peace proposal could lead to a framework agreement and an end to the war between Israel and Hamas if it’s embraced by Israel, an anonymous official from the Palestinian group has told the Reuters news agency.

An anonymous source in Israel’s negotiating team also told Reuters that there’s now a real chance of achieving an agreement.

Hamas has reportedly dropped its demand that Israel commit to a permanent ceasefire before it signs the deal, and would now allow negotiations throughout the six-week first phase to achieve a permanent end to fighting, a Hamas official told Reuters.

Earlier, we reported that the revised ceasefire proposal states that mediators will guarantee a temporary ceasefire, aid delivery and the withdrawal of Israeli troops as long as talks are ongoing to implement the second phase of the three-phase deal.

Hamas drops key demand for Gaza truce: Report

Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased truce deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel gives an upfront commitment for a complete end to the war, according to a Hamas and an Egyptian official quoted by The Associated Press news agency.

The reported compromise by the Palestinian group could help deliver the first long-term pause in fighting since last November and set the stage for further talks on ending the devastating war.

The two officials, who spoke on conditions of anonymity, told the agency that the deal will include a “full and complete” six-week ceasefire that would see the release of a number of captives in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

During these 42 days, Israeli forces would also withdraw from densely populated areas of Gaza and allow the return of displaced people to their homes in northern Gaza as the second phase of the deal is negotiated, the two officials reportedly said.

Gaza residents suffer from ‘entirely manufactured’ humanitarian crisis: British doctor

Dr James Smith, an emergency physician from the UK who has worked in Gaza’s hospital, has told Al Jazeera from London that he saw a “catastrophic and entirely manufactured” humanitarian crisis during his recent trip to the besieged enclave.

He described a large number of displaced people living in “abject” conditions in makeshift tents crammed in a small geographical space with raw sewage flowing in the streets.

“Add in addition to that the complete and intentional decimation of the healthcare system and you have this catastrophic and entirely manufactured crisis as we now see in Gaza,” he said.

Dr Smith said that the many of the skin diseases, including scabies and lice infestations, spread on “unprecedented level” in the enclave are relatively easy to treat and to prevent, but “without treatment and without good prevention can lead to catastrophic complications for many patients.”

“If Israel was to allow and permit an entry of humanitarian aid, medical aid into Gaza as it is legally obliged to do as the occupying power, then this situation could be very quickly and very easily reversed,” he concluded.

EU’s support for Israel makes it complicit in genocide

It has been nine months since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians, injured more than 86,000, and displaced more than 1.9 million.

Despite frequent words of condemnation, European leaders have done little to stop it. Worse still, many European countries continue to stand by Israel economically and militarily.

Placards, politicians and pyrotechnics at pro-Palestinian protest in London

<sub>Jewish activists attend a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza in London, UK , July 6




Police officers stand guard as a demonstrator wears a mask of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza</sub>

‘We are a movement for Palestine, and we are never, ever going away’: Corbyn

Former UK Labour Party leader turned Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn has posted a picture on X from today’s large pro-Palestinian protest in London.

Our message to the government: we are a movement for Palestine, and we are never, ever going away. pic.twitter.com/1UCNdT8x7w

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) July 6, 2024

Israel bombs northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp

Israeli forces have bombed the Qurum area in Jabalia, northern Gaza, leaving unidentified number of “dead and wounded”, according to Palestinian media.

Hezbollah says it attacked occupied Kfarchouba hills

The Lebanese group says it has conducted a missile attack on an Israeli military site in Lebanon’s Kfarchouba hills, which Israel occupies. The group claimed that the attack, carried out this evening, achieved a direct hit.

Wtf is a balanced position on genocide...

UK seeks balanced position on Israel and Gaza: UK foreign secretary

The UK’s new foreign secretary, David Lammy, has told the news agency Reuters that the government will seek a balanced position in the war on Gaza and will use diplomatic efforts to ensure a ceasefire is reached and the captives held by Hamas are released.

Lammy is on a visit to Germany, his first international trip following the Labour Party’s thumping victory in the UK’s election on Friday, which ended 14 years of Conservative government.

“I want to get back to a balanced position on Israel and Gaza. We’ve been very clear that we want to see a ceasefire … We want to see those hostages out.” He added, “The fighting has to stop, the aid has got to get in, and I will use all diplomatic efforts to ensure that we get to that ceasefire.”

The Labour Party suffered significant election setbacks in areas with large Muslim populations in the election on Friday amid discontent over its position on the war on Gaza, despite a landslide victory in the parliamentary vote.

Whatever balanced position you want to go back to led to Oct 7 and the Gaza genocide. There is no going back, the occupation, oppression, annexation, apartheid and illegal detention has to end.

Egypt to host Israeli, US delegations for Gaza ceasefire talks: Report

Egypt’s state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV says that the country will host Israeli and US delegations to discuss “outstanding issues” in a possible Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Citing a senior official, Al Qahera News said Egypt is conducting talks with Hamas to conclude ceasefire and captives-for-prisoners swap deals.

Israeli police fire water cannon, arrest protesters in Tel Aviv

Israeli media is reporting that clashes have broken out in Tel Aviv between police and demonstrators demanding a deal that will secure the release of the Israeli captives held by Hamas in Gaza.

Social media video from the streets of Israel shows police arresting demonstrators.

Israeli army claims attack on Nuseirat school that killed 16 people

The army has taken responsibility for today’s bombing of a UN school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza that caused the deaths of at least 16 people, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

The army said in a statement that the attack took place “in the area” of the al-Jaouni school, and targeted “terrorists”. The statement added that the army tried to minimise harm to civilians.

Our correspondent said earlier that the majority of the more than 75 wounded in the attack were children, as they reported from Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah.

More details on Israel’s attack on Nuseirat UNRWA school

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/6/israeli-attack-on-un-school-used-as-shelter-in-gaza-kills-at-least-16

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/middleeast/israeli-attack-unwra-school-gaza-intl-latam/index.html

An Israeli attack has killed at least 16 Palestinians and injured 50 others at UNRWA’s Al-Jaouni school sheltering displaced people in al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the strip said on Saturday.

_{Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli attack on a UN school sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, July 6}

In a statement on Saturday, the Government Media Office said more than 75 people also were injured in the attack on al-Jaouni school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.

The Nuseirat facility, run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), is the latest school to be bombed by the Israeli military since the Gaza war began in early October.

Israeli warplanes target Gaza City

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip that Israeli attacks have hit the Sheikh Radwan and Zeitoun neighbourhoods in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip.

Death toll rises to 3 in Gaza City strikes

The Gaza Civil Defence is now reporting that it has recovered the bodies of three people from the rubble of a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the city in the northern Strip.

The group also said that it transported 15 people who were injured in the attack to the hospital for treatment.

‘Nothing justifies’ attack on UNRWA school

Sultan Barakat, Professor in Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, spoke to Al Jazeera about the latest Israeli strike on a UNRWA-run school in the Gaza Strip.

He described it as the “same terrible news that we keep getting over the nine of the last nine months”. He said, “It is extremely clear that the Israeli forces had “marked and identified” all UN facilities even before the war.

He noted that every place used for humanitarian purposes within Gaza is clearly identified, not just because civilians are inside but also because aid workers, medical staff, and aid suppliers are present.

“So really, there is no excuse for targeting any such facility”, he stated, adding, “nothing justifies such attacks, even if you knew that there is an unwanted person among the crowd, you don’t just attack at this scale”.

_{Children react after Israeli bombardment as they take refuge at the Jaouni school run by UNRWA in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 6}

Majority of Israelis believe war on Gaza continues due to Netanyahu’s political goals

A public opinion poll conducted by Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 found that 54 percent of Israelis believe the prime minister’s political considerations are why the war has not been stopped.

The poll also found that 67 percent of Israelis believe the release of the captives held in Gaza by Hamas and other groups should be the government’s priority.

Only 26 percent believe that destroying Hamas should be the priority.

Mother of Israeli captive hopeful amid reports of breakthrough in truce talks

Einav Zangauker, the mother of a 24-year-old Israeli captive, urged Netanyahu to sign a truce deal with Hamas amid reports that the Palestinian group has dropped demands for an upfront Israeli commitment for a permanent ceasefire.

The mother of Matan Zangaukar said in Tel Aviv: “For the first time in many months, we feel hope… This is an opportunity that cannot be missed.”

She went on to address Netanyahu and said, “We’ve seen how you’ve torpedoed deals again and again at the moment of truth. Don’t you dare break our hearts again.”

Children continue to be killed in Gaza ‘in the most horrific ways imaginable’

Alexandra Saieh, a spokeswoman for Save the Children, told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip were continuing to kill and maim children. “There’s no place in Gaza that can offer respite to civilians, including children, and there is no place in Gaza that is safe,” she said from Washington, DC.

“We are continuing to see children being killed in the most horrific ways imaginable. We’ve seen children – in the last few weeks and over the course of the last nine months – dismembered, their limbs are ripped off of them by explosive weapons, they are being crushed by falling rubble… it is just relentless.”

Saieh noted that Save the Children estimates that more than 20,000 children in Gaza are unaccounted for.

“This includes children who are separated from their families and more than 4,000 who are under the rubble and are presumed dead. It also includes children who are buried in unmarked graves and children who are detained and disappeared by Israeli forces. That comes on top of more than 14,000 children who have been killed and thousands more who have been maimed,” she said.

Israeli attacks obstructing delivery of humanitarian aid

Saieh at Save the Children further said that Israeli attacks like the latest bombing of a UNRWA school in Nuseirat make the delivery of humanitarian aid “almost impossible”.

“The number one obstacle to delivering aid right now is safety. Save the Children and other organisations rely on [the] safety of schools, of camps to be able to deliver any humanitarian assistance,” she told Al Jazeera.

“Over the course of the past nine months, we’ve seen more than 270 aid workers killed, the majority of them Palestinian. We have not seen any assurances that aid operations and aid workers will be guaranteed any sort of safety and we continue to see immense restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

We are continuing to see supplies obstructed from coming into the Gaza Strip,” she said. “What we need is a ceasefire. What we need is for countries to stop supplying weapons that are fuelling this crisis.”

Israeli activists mark nine months since Hamas’s attacks

Antigovernment activists in Israel have launched a week of protests, demanding new elections and a deal to secure the release of captives in Gaza as the country marks nine months since Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

The “week of resistance” began with mass protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Saturday night and will continue with more demonstrations across the country today. Protesters plan to block major highways and gather outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv today, according to The Times of Israel.

The newspaper reported that Israeli companies, including tech and finance firms, will allow their workers time off to participate in the demonstrations.

_{Demonstrators take part in a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of captives held in Gaza, outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday}

Israeli activists kick off ‘day of disruption’

Activists in Israel have released black and yellow balloons near the perimeter with Gaza as they launched a “day of disruption” to mark nine months since Hamas’s October 7 attacks, according to Israeli media.

As we reported earlier, the activists also plan to hold mass demonstrations across Israel today, including at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. The events are part of what’s been dubbed a “week of resistance” where protesters will gather across the country to call for elections and a truce deal to secure the release of Israeli captives in Gaza.

Israeli activists stage protests outside homes of prominent ministers

The politicians targeted include Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, Economy Minister Nir Barkat, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter and Negev, Galilee and National Security Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf, according to Israeli media.

The protests, as we’ve been reporting, are part of a “day of disruption” to mark nine months since Hamas’s October 7 attacks and to call for elections as well as the return of captives held in Gaza.

Over 2,000 Israelis rally in Tel Aviv to demand immediate Gaza truce deal

Israel’s Lapid warns against long war in Gaza

Yair Lapid, Israeli opposition leader, has called for an end to the Gaza war, urging the Israeli government to conclude a permanent ceasefire deal with Hamas and bring back the Israeli captives, according to Israeli Army Radio.

The broadcaster quoted Lapid as saying the Israeli army was based on reserves and it was “not suitable for long wars”.