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It is a two-pronged pressure (that Hamas is facing), both externally and internally,
Mendoza said
In the face of this sinister plan -- one that combines massacres with starvation -- anyone who can bear arms, anywhere in the world, must take action,
Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement Monday
I am currently on foot, there is no transportation, and I do not have the fare for a car ride. As you can see, we have no luggage with us -- we left all our belongings behind,
said Ali Mansour, a resident of the cityThis alarms Hamas because their very existence depends on controlling Gaza and if they are not in control of Gaza, they can no longer exist,
Mendoza told AFP
A map was published today, entirely in red, indicating that all of Rafah must evacuate,
said Ali Mansour, a resident of the cityNobody's expelling any Palestinians,
Trump said at the White House in mid-March, remarks welcomed by Egypt, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).We took our children and only what was necessary, leaving behind all our belongings,
she addedThe IDF (Israel Defence Forces) is returning to intense operations to dismantle the capabilities of the terrorist organizations in these areas,
the military's Arabic language spokesperson said in a statement
We're not going to buy anything.
Two days later, he told a news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II
How can these demonstrations be innocent when Netanyahu, Avichay Adraee and Israel Katz praise them and call on people to take to the streets? By the way, only hundreds took to the streets in specific locations, representing no more than 1-2 percent of the population,
Naim said
We see, finally, some people in Gaza are brave enough to organize and to say what they think,
Saar saidPalestinians in Gaza have been oppressed by Hamas for years and locked into the strip by Israel, and it is difficult to find a clear example of President Donald Trump and his team supporting the Palestinian people and their aspirations, neither in his first term or so far in his second term,
Brian Katulis, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told NewsweekWe say to those with dubious agendas, ... Where are they when it comes to the killing, displacement, destruction and annexation of land taking place in the West Bank around the clock? Why don't they protest there against the aggression or allow people to take to the streets to denounce it?"
Naim saidNow, Netanyahu has successfully kept his government together through the shock of October 7, massive discontent over the refusal of ultraorthodox Israelis—whose parties are in his coalition—to serve in the IDF, public opinion being against returning to war in Gaza and instead prioritizing the fate of the hostages, and he just passed a budget that removes the threat of the government falling,
Koplow saidIt's time to end the suffering not only of the families but of an entire nation that wants them home,
the statement, shared with Newsweek by the Israeli Hostage and Missing Families Forums on Monday, saidRegarding the people's participation in demonstrations, our position is: All people have the right to cry out in pain and raise their voices against the aggression against our people,
Naim told NewsweekI do not view these protests as vindicating Trump's views of the group or their claim that Palestinians in Gaza would be better off elsewhere,
Sheline told NewsweekToday, under a very extreme government, democracy is not guaranteed here in Israel,
Fink saidThe protests are a challenge to the government, but not as serious a challenge as the protests against the judicial overhaul in the spring of 2023,
Michael Koplow, chief policy officer at the Israel Policy Forum, recently told NewsweekRealistically speaking, Israel cannot eradicate the deeply entrenched and popularly supported Hamas from Gaza,
Amr el-Shobaky, a political analyst and former member of the Egyptian parliament, told Newsweek