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Biden’s meek stance on Gaza ceasefire does little to quell progressive ire Julian Borger in Washington Joe Biden’s expression of support for a ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas has not quietened calls from progressive Democrats for more decisive intervention, but may have bought some time with the centre and right of his party. Biden was left in little doubt about the strength of feeling on the issue on Tuesday when he visited Dearborn, Michigan, home to about 40,000 Arab Americans. The route taken by his motorcade was lined by protesting crowds waving Palestinian...

Biden Is Boxed In on Israel-Gaza, Able Only to Urge a Cease-Fire Bloomberg 10 hrs ago Nick Wadhams © Getty Images via Bloomberg Biden Is Boxed In on Israel-Gaza, Able Only to Urge a Cease-Fire (Bloomberg) -- After days of declining to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden reversed course. Whether it makes a difference on the battlefield is another matter. Biden’s decision to show “support for a cease-fire” in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday signaled that the U.S. was looking fo...

May 19, 2021 Biden’s decision to show “support for a cease-fire” in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday signaled that the U.S. was looking for more public ways to stop the fighting. But his statement — expressing support for a halt to the deadly warfare but not demanding one outright — showed the limits of U.S. power and Biden’s wariness of applying too much public pressure on Israel. The role of Hamas — the Palestinian Authority rival that runs Gaza and is labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S., the European Union and others — makes ...

McCarthy Announces Opposition to Jan. 6 Commission Last Updated May 19, 2021, 6:38 a.m. ETMay 19, 2021, 6:38 a.m. ET The top House Republican said he could not support an inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left. Representative Rashida Tlaib urged President Biden to end his support of Israel amid its bombing campaign against Hamas. Here’s what you need to know: Protestors at the Capitol as they breached the doors on Jan. 6.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times Representative...

McCarthy Announces Opposition to Jan. 6 Commission Last Updated May 20, 2021, 5:53 p.m. ETMay 20, 2021, 5:53 p.m. ET The top House Republican said he could not support an inquiry into the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob because it would not examine unrelated “political violence” associated with the left. Representative Rashida Tlaib urged President Biden to end his support of Israel amid its bombing campaign against Hamas. Here’s what you need to know: Protestors at the Capitol as they breached the doors on Jan. 6.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times Representative...