Middle East conflict: While diplomats talk, violence continues
What have world powers said?
European Union foreign ministers called for an immediate cease-fire to stop the fighting between Israel and Hamas, the bloc s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Hungary refused to support the statement released by the 27-member bloc.
German Foreign Minister Heiko slammed Hungary s decision to veto the common EU statement. The most important thing now is that the weapons are silent and that there are no more casualties. Only Hungary saw it differently, for whatever reason, he told German news program ZDF Morgenmagazin.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jordan s King Abdullah II, meanwhile, agreed that initiatives for a swift cease-fire should be supported in order to create the conditions for the resumption of political negotiations, her spokesman said in a statement.
UNITED NATIONS Chinaâs U.N. ambassador says France is seeking a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants who control Gaza.
Zhang Jun, the current council president, confirmed that Franceâs U.N. Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere informed the council during the third round of closed consultations Tuesday on the conflict that a resolution was being prepared.
The United States has blocked the U.N.âs most powerful body, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security, from issuing a press statement calling for a halt to the violence, insisting that it would not help diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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First Posted: May 18, 2021 11:56 PM EDT
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The White House on Tuesday continued to maintain that private and diplomatic conversations were the best way the U.S. could end the Israel-Hamas fighting as President Joe Biden expressed support to a cease-fire.
However, the White House has still not released a statement on what Biden wanted to happen in the situation, ABC News Go reported.
On Monday, the White House has issued a statement, stating Biden s support for a cease-fire between the Israel-Hamas fighting. The president made the remark during a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Biden Approves Sale of $735m Worth of Weapons to Israel
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The Biden administration has approved $735 million worth of precision-guided weapons to be sold to Israel, a congressional aide confirmed to The Hill on Monday.
The sale, which Congress was officially notified of on May 5, has concerned some House Democrats who have pressed the administration to limit military support for the Israeli government in the face of its growing assault on Gaza.
A majority of the possible sale is of Boeing-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions, equipment that can make unguided bombs dropped from aircraft into guided missiles, the aide confirmed.