Breaking 🧵: For the third time in a week, the US is blocking a joint statement from the Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, two diplomats involved tell @TimesofIsrael (1/6)
Jacob Magid
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- Notice that no one in Israel is blaming what has happened over the past 48 hours on “Biden funding the Iranians” Nor is anyone in Israel claiming that this is good for Netanyahu politically. These takes from abroad are way off.
- In first TV interview since crisis, Rabbi Charlie Cytron Walker says he and other 2 hostages were terrified in last hour of standoff as Akram “wasn't getting what he wanted" After making sure others were ready, he told them to go, threw chair at Akram and they fled
00:00 - A senior European source tells @TimesofIsrael that the decision announced earlier today by European Union Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to immediately sever all EU aid to the Palestinians will not be implemented due to opposition from member states. (1/3)EU suspends aid to Palestinian authorities apnews.com/article/be4681…
- Biden tells CNN that Netanyahu's government is "the most extreme" that he's ever seen, saying members of the cabinet who back settling "anywhere they want" in the West Bank are "part of the problem" in the conflict. (1/7)
- The US says that this one unit is the problem when it comes to rights violations against Palestinians and Gantz responds by saying, “No, it’s no different than all the others.”Replying to @gantzbeThe ‘Netzah Yehuda’ battalion is an inseparable part of the Israel Defense Forces. It is subject to military law and is responsible for operating in full compliance with International law. The State of Israel has a strong, independent judicial system that evaluates meticulously
- Somewhat noteworthy that the State Dept is classifying the shooting that killed Israelis as terrorism, as opposed to the shooting that killed the PalestinianWe condemn today’s violence in the West Bank, including the terrorist attack that killed two Israelis and settler violence, which resulted in the killing of one Palestinian, injuries to over 100 others, and the destruction of extensive property.
- 🧵Qatar is working to coax Hamas to release the women, children and elderly hostages that the terror group is currently holding in Gaza after taking them captive during last week's onslaught in southern Israel, a diplomatic official tells @TimesofIsrael (1/4)
- 🧵NEW: The Biden administration has privately been pressing Israel in recent days to flush out what its strategy is for the day after it completes its stated goal of eradicating Hamas in the ongoing Gaza war, a US and an Israeli official tell @TimesofIsrael. (1/4)
- Trump's Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff held a "tense" meeting w/ PM Netanyahu on Saturday during which the former leaned hard on the Israeli premier to accept compromises necessary to secure a hostage deal by Jan 20, two officials familiar with the matter told @TimesofIsrael (1/3)
- The United Arab Emirates announces that it will condition its financial and political support for the reconstruction of Gaza after the war on the advancement of a US-backed initiative toward a two-state solution. (1/5)
- 🧵NEW: Netanyahu’s rejection of PA returning to Gaza is kneecapping US efforts to rally like-minded Arab countries around a strategy for stabilizing the coastal enclave after the war, an admin official and two senior Arab diplomats @TimesofIsrael (1/25)
- 🧵New: Trump has told Netanyahu that he wants Israel to wrap up the war in Gaza by the time he returns to office if he wins the election, two sources familiar with the matter revealed to @TimesofIsrael this week. (1/8)
