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U.S. Presses Palestinians to Secure Gaza After Israel Leaves
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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U.S. Presses Palestinians to Secure Gaza After Israel Leaves

RAMALLAH, West Bank—National security adviser Jake Sullivan Friday pressed Palestinian leaders to help provide security for the postwar Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said, a day after pushing Israel to end active combat against Hamas by the end of 2023.  The U.S. is looking for a Palestinian-led force to take over in Gaza with contributions from Arab neighbors once Israel pulls out. The U.S. and Arab allies fear that chaos will reign and Hamas could reassert itself without a strong security force in place for a population of two million people who have been desperate for food, water and shelter for two months. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Does the West Have a Double Standard for Ukraine and Gaza?
1Dec By adminNo Comments
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Does the West Have a Double Standard for Ukraine and Gaza?

Listen to article(2 minutes)Carrying pets and dragging suitcases over blown-up bridges, millions of Ukrainians fled Russian tank columns last year, in scenes similar to the recent exodus of Palestinians from northern Gaza in response to Israel’s military thrust. In the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Russian warplanes pounded into rubble hospitals, schools and a theater packed with children.The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have become intertwined in the global debate and in American politics. Contrasting reactions to them have widened the chasm between Western democracies and much of the rest of the planet, as mutual accusations of double standards inflame passions.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Don’t Give Gaza to the Palestinian Authority
26Nov By adminNo Comments
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Don’t Give Gaza to the Palestinian Authority

By Eugene Kontorovich and Itamar MarcusThe Biden administration wants Israel to bring in Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party to rule Gaza when the war is over. Fatah controls the Palestinian Authority, which governs much of the West Bank. Uniting Gaza and the West Bank under a common government is a necessary step in the Biden administration’s seemingly unshakable goal of creating a Palestinian state sandwiching Israel. The idea behind the strategy has a long history. Fatah is a secular, Arab nationalist party that occasionally claims to want peace with Israel, albeit on terms that would make Israel’s existence as a Jewish state untenable. Yet for many diplomats this makes it an attractive alternative to the terrorists who perpetrated the Oct. 7 attacks. But Fatah is a junior-varsity version of ...
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Blinken Seeks to Balance Aid for Palestinian Civilians Against Israeli Self-Defense
5Nov By adminNo Comments
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Blinken Seeks to Balance Aid for Palestinian Civilians Against Israeli Self-Defense

RAMALLAH, West Bank—Secretary of State Antony Blinken worked to assure Palestinian leaders that the U.S. is committed to helping Palestinian civilians and was met with a demand for an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. Blinken’s unannounced Sunday visit to the West Bank, to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, came hours after an Israeli airstrike hit a refugee camp in Gaza, killing at least 38 people according to the Hamas-controlled health authority. Israeli officials didn’t immediately comment on the explosion at the Al Maghazi refugee camp.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hamas’s Hospital Lie and the Laws of War
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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Hamas’s Hospital Lie and the Laws of War

President Biden’s speech in Israel Wednesday told the world two truths it needed to hear: The tragic deaths outside a Gaza hospital were caused by a Palestinian rocket, and the U.S. hasn’t wavered in its solidarity with Israel. The President kept the focus where it should be—on Hamas’s gross violations of the laws of war. These are now being misconstrued to tie Israel’s hands, with consequences for the West at large.“The world will know that Israel is stronger than ever,” Mr. Biden said, announcing that he will “keep Iron Dome fully supplied” to shoot down rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and ask Congress for an “unprecedented support package.” U.S. support for Israel’s defense will survive Hamas’s propaganda campaign about the hospital blast.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, In...
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Biden’s Trip to Israel Carries Risks for U.S. Policy—and His Own Legacy
17Oct By adminNo Comments
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Biden’s Trip to Israel Carries Risks for U.S. Policy—and His Own Legacy

Updated Oct. 17, 2023 6:01 pm ETWASHINGTON—With Israel on the brink of a ground invasion of Gaza, President Biden on Tuesday flew to the beleaguered nation even as the scale of death and destruction in the war with Hamas mounted in the hours before he was set to depart.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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