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China has yet to publicly condemn Hamas, instead welcoming them in Beijing. Now they condemn the killing of the man who took pride in the Oct 7th massacre,
Tuvia Gering, a researcher at Tel Aviv University in Israel, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday From the beginning of the war, I made it clear that we are fighting against the Iranian axis of evil,
Netanyahu said, referring to Iran-backed Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis We do not comment on those reports."
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, with the Israeli Defense Forces telling a Newsweek reporter In the past few days, we have dealt a crushing blow to each of them,
Let’s not let the blood of the children there be shed anymore, we say enough is enough. Let’s go there. Let’s fight,
said Veysel Orhan, one of the protesters Right now, the path that the region is on is toward more conflict, more violence, more suffering, more insecurity and it is crucial that we break the cycle and that starts with the cease-fire that we’ve been working on, which I believe is not only achievable, it has to be achieved,
We want to see a de-escalation, we want to see a cease-fire, we want to see the hostages released and we want to see a plan for peace and security in the Middle East where both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security with prosperity,
I take the opportunity to say to Australians: Do not travel to Lebanon at the moment,
Albanese told reporters in Sydney We’re all focused on making sure we can get the cease-fire over the finish line and building on it for everyone’s sake, for the future,
If you want to avoid further escalation in the region, including an escalation that involves US troops, you’re going to need to secure a ceasefire in Gaza. That’s what is necessary to calm things down with the Houthis [in Yemen], with Hezbollah, and continue the lull in attacks on US troops in Syria and Iraq,
It certainly doesn’t suggest that Israel regards the US as a leader in the region, or that Israel is taking its lead from the United States,
Netanyahu is betting on his capacity to corner the US and essentially forces its political leadership to constantly be in a position of bear-hugging Netanyahu, and protect and defend everything Israel does by claiming that it is self-defence,
The US needs to have a fundamental rethink about what it is going to do to bring about a ceasefire – what is it going to do to de-escalate the region beyond mere rhetoric,
Since October 7, blind US support for Israel has definitely affected the US’s standing in the region and its ability to have influence. The US has failed completely to show any kind of leadership,
We haven’t really seen the US push for de-escalation – US policy contradicts US actions,
said Raed Jarrar, advocacy director at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a think tank in Washington, DC Israel couldn’t have attacked all these countries without US weapons, without US political support, without US military support, and without US intelligence support,
It’s very hard to speculate, and I’ve learned over many years never to speculate on the impact one event may have on something else. So I can’t tell you what this means,
Blinken said when asked to give his assessment of what might come next [That ... That] may very well be true,
said Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, a US foreign policy think tank We believe that there is still time and space for a diplomatic solution,
Kirby said, as thoughts turned to what Israel’s next move would be, and whether it would trigger a long-feared all-out regional war The Middle East situation is hanging by a thread, much to the concern of the international community,