Page 13 - Ilan Goldenberg News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

This Is What the Death of the Two-State Solution Looks Like Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.  The current crisis between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, between Arabs and Jews in cities inside Israel, and between Israel and Hamas, is not analogous to any of the previous rounds of violence inflicted on Palestinian and Israeli civilians by their increasingly feckless and bankrupt political leaders. This is not another 2014, or another 2009, or another Second Intifada. It is something new. This is what the death of the two-state solution looks ...

Biden expresses support for Israel, Gaza cease-fire amid pressure from own party Matthew Brown and Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY AP staff evacuates Gaza building before Israeli strike Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – The deadly violence in Israel and Gaza isn’t just an urgent foreign policy crisis for President Joe Biden. It’s also a fraught political debate in Washington, with Democrats increasingly divided over America's traditional support for Israel.  Biden is under mounting pressure from progressives to offer stronger support for the Palestinians, who were sideli...

“To prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories, we urge an immediate ceasefire,” the statement said. Its signatories include the prominent senators Amy Klobuchar, Tammy Duckworth, Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, Tim Kaine and Elizabeth Warren. Mr Murphy also issued a separate statement with Republican Todd Young in which they called for a “quick ceasefire”. The Biden administration has blocked UN efforts to issue a statement on a possible truce. On Friday, 12 Jewish members of Congress were the first ...

Tensions in Jerusalem have escalated into all-out conflict between Hamas in Gaza and the Israeli military.

POLITICO As the conflict claims more lives, the words U.S. officials use are telling. A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to hurls back a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli troops south of the West Bank city of Nablus on May 17. | Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo Link Copied The Biden administration would like Israelis and Palestinians to “calm” down. Ideally, a “sustainable calm” that comes because the two sides “deescalate tensions” and bring a “halt to the violence.” In speeches, interviews, tweets and call readouts, President Joe Biden and his aides have used some ...