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Israeli strike on Gaza school slaughters over 100 Palestinians during morning prayer, 10 Aug

UNWRA wutdunnit story developing ...

whitehouse.gov | KIRBY-content, 10 Aug "Art of the Deal"

On Tuesday, the President spoke with Sisi and Tamim on the hostage deal and a way forward to close remaining gaps and to see if we can get this deal concluded. That's what led to the joint statement yesterday, which, as I know we briefed yesterday on, makes very clear that now is the time to close this deal.
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Some critics, like Mr. Smotrich, for example, have claimed that the hostage deal is a surrender to Hamas or that hostages should not be exchanged for prisoners. Mr. Smotrich essentially suggests that the war ought to go on indefinitely, without pause, and with the lives of the hostages of no real concern at all. His arguments are dead wrong. They're misleading the Israeli public. And I want to take just a moment, if I could, to address some of those claims.
This deal, as negotiated over months, fully protects Israel's national security interests. In fact, on the third of July, over one month ago, Hamas accepted the key terms that had been demanded by Israel: Israeli forces do not withdraw entirely from Gaza during the first phase of the deal, even as the lives of the hostages—all the hostages in the category of women, older men, those who are wounded and sick—are saved and returned to their families.
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The idea that he [Genocide Joe] would support a deal that leaves Israel's security at risk is just factually wrong. It's outrageous. It's absurd. And anybody who knows President Biden and how staunchly he's been a defender for Israel, for the entirety of his public service, ought to be ashamed for thinking anything different.
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Now I'd like to switch to Africa, if I could.

by Cat on Sat Aug 10th, 2024 at 04:25:40 PM EST

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From my new diary ...

Joe Biden Vacates U.S. Law in Act of Appeasement

Displaced Palestinians watch as first responders prepare to transport the bodies of people killed in the Gaza City school on August 10 [Omar al-Qattaa/AFP]
IDF Human Rights Violations 'Remediated'

On Friday, August 9, State Department spokesmen
Matthew Miller announced that Secretary of State
Antony Blinken had determined that the Government
of Israel had "effectively remediated" gross violations
of human rights by the IDF's Netzah Yehuda Battalion.
Blinken's determination, accordingly, renders the unit
eligible for U.S. security assistance pursuant to the
governing statute, the so-called Leahy law.
State Department says concerns over alleged rights violations have been 'effectively remediated'.
The unit involved, the Netzah Yehuda battalion, can continue to receive U.S. security assistance, spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
Under federal regulations known as the Leahy Law, the US is required to cut off assistance to military units involved in gross violations of human rights, but critics say that the US has long failed to apply the rule to Israel.
Extremist settler ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich laughing at elder Biden