Tag: ceasefire
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Opinion | Notable & Quotable: The Interns Have Spoken
[ad_1] ‘We urge the Biden-Harris Administration . . . to support a diplomatic solution that will put an end to the illegal occupation and the Israeli apartheid.’ [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Israel Faces Pressure to Yield to the ‘Terrorist Veto’
[ad_1] There is a tension between Israel’s two objectives of eliminating Hamas as a political and military force and recovering the innocent civilians kidnapped on Oct. 7. Weighing these competing priorities, Israel decided to pause its anti-Hamas military campaign in exchange for the return of some hostages. This policy’s wisdom is debatable. A greater hazard,…
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Opinion | Hamas Holds Everyone Hostage
[ad_1] The civilized world is rejoicing at the release of hostages by Hamas, especially the sight of young children reunited with parents after seven weeks of hell. But that relief shouldn’t blind us to the way the jihadists are manipulating human sentiment to achieve their terrorist aims. The killers are releasing a dozen or so…
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Opinion | Uncivil Servants: Foreign Policy Bureaucrats Target Israel
[ad_1] The Biden administration faces a wave of internal dissent against its support of Israel. On Nov. 14, more than 500 staff members and political appointees from about 40 government agencies sent a joint letter to President Biden criticizing his administration’s policy on the Gaza war, according to the New York Times. It was the…
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How Would a Humanitarian Pause Work in Gaza?
[ad_1] As the war in Gaza completes its fifth week, the death toll suffered by Palestinian civilians has left behind all precedent in the grim conflict between Israel and Hamas. The daily images from Gaza of flattened blocks, sheared-off apartment buildings, and rescue workers searching through mounds of rubble for survivors evoke scenes from Mosul…