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CNN —Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he “cannot accept” Hamas’ demands to end the war in Gaza as the two sides traded blame amid fresh ceasefire talks that showed little sign of a breakthrough. But the latest comments from Israel and Hamas show how far apart the two remain. He said Hamas’s demand that Israel withdraw from Gaza was out of the question. Most recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held another round of high-stakes talks in Israel on Wednesday. Following the rocket barrage, Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) blamed Hamas aid not reaching the besieged strip.

Persons: CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Vahid, Haniyeh, ” Netanyahu, ”, Antony Blinken, Yoav Gallant, ” Galant, ” Gallant, COGAT Organizations: CNN, CNN — Israel’s, Sunday, US, Israeli, ”, Defense Ministry, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Brigades Locations: Gaza, Cairo, Israel, Egypt, ”, The State, “ Israel, Rafah, Gazan, Kerem Shalom, Territories

☆ Israel to close Al Jazeera news network in the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Michael Schwartz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the operations of Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera will be closed in the country. Netanyahu said on X in early April that he intended “to act immediately in accordance with the new law” to stop the outlet’s activity in the country. Netanyahu’s government has long complained about Al Jazeera’s operations, alleging anti-Israeli bias. The move comes as negotiators met in Cairo on Saturday, in a bid to secure a ceasefire and hostage deal. Qatar has played a key role in ceasefire negotiations in the on-going war.

Persons: CNN —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, ”, Al, Al Jazeera, Gaza –, “ Organizations: CNN, CNN — Israel’s, Al, Human Rights Watch, Protect Journalists Locations: Qatar, Israel, Gaza, Cairo

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — A former Los Angeles police officer who shot and killed a mentally ill man who attacked him in a Costco store won't be retried for voluntary manslaughter, prosecutors said. Last month a mistrial was declared after jurors in Riverside County deadlocked, with a majority in favor of acquittal. Photos You Should See View All 33 Images"The stress on the Sanchez family, emotionally as well as financially, has been enormous,” Schwartz said. The officer fired seconds later, fatally wounding French and critically injuring the man's parents, Russell and Paola French. He was fired in 2020 after the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners ruled that his actions violated departmental policy.

Persons: —, Salvador Sanchez, Kenneth French, general's, Sanchez, Michael Schwartz, ” Schwartz, Russell, Paola French, French Organizations: Costco, California Department of Justice, Riverside Press, Enterprise, Riverside, LAPD, Los Angeles Board of Police Locations: INDIO, Calif, Los, Corona, Los Angeles, Riverside County

☆ Israeli patrolman killed in Tel Aviv shooting, Palestinian gunman also killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Michael Schwartz Abeer Salman Amir Tal Kareem El Damanhoury Hamdi Alkhshali | Michael Schwartz | Abeer Salman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An Israeli patrolman was shot and killed in Tel Aviv on Saturday night by a Palestinian gunman who was also shot and killed, Israeli authorities said. Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said two Tel Aviv municipal patrol bikers noticed the suspect and called on him to stop, prompting him to pull out a pistol and shoot one of them. The second patrolman pulled out his own gun, chased the attacker and shot him. Both the wounded officer and the gunman were taken to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center – Ichilov – which first announced the gunman was dead and later confirmed the officer’s death. In a statement released on Twitter, now known as X, the State Department said:“We strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv that killed one and wounded two others – as well as other recent terrorist attacks against Israelis.

Persons: Yaakov Shabtai, Chen Amir, Amir, David Adom, Shabtai, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Israel, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical, MDA, Israel Police spokesperson’s, US State Department qualified, West Bank, Twitter, State Department, Islamic Locations: Israeli, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

Jerusalem CNN —An Israeli man was seriously wounded and two girls were hurt in a shooting in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli emergency services said Sunday. The shooting took place in the Israeli-occupied southern West Bank, which is normally calmer than the north. Palestinian sources said Israeli troops were searching every car as they looked for the suspects, creating a traffic jam lasting at least two hours on a day when Israel and the West Bank are suffering a heatwave. Most of the recent violence in the West Bank has taken place in the region’s north, especially in Jenin and Nablus. Both those cities have seen Israel carry out deadly anti-terror raids and Palestinian militants attacking civilians, sometimes in response to the IDF operations.

Persons: David Adom, Shaare, “, hasn’t, Shlomo Ne’eman, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: Jerusalem CNN —, West Bank, Israel Defense Forces, MDA, Palestinian, IDF, ”, CNN Locations: Jerusalem, Israeli, West, Bethlehem, Israel, Jenin, Nablus

CNN —An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party, officials said. Nine people were transported from the scene to hospitals and 20 people walked into hospitals in the area. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene and the 20-year-old was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said. Police received multiple calls after 12:30 a.m., and arrived to find one woman dead and another nine people suffering from gunshot wounds, according to Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley. There is no information on suspects or a motive at this time, but investigators are “working an extensive crime scene,” Worley said.

Persons: Adams Cowley, Michael Schwartzberg, Richard Worley, ” Worley, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, ” Scott, “, ”, CNN’s Victor Blackwell, Amara Walker, Scott, ” “ Organizations: CNN, Adams Cowley Shock Trauma, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical, Police, Baltimore Police, Baltimore Mayor Locations: Baltimore, Brooklyn

☆ Opinion | Living With the Loss of a Child: ‘I Feel Your Pain, Sarah Wildman’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

My daughter, Luna, was 1 month old when she died last year as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident. It doesn’t matter if your child is 35 years old or 1 month old: Losing them shreds the entire fabric of your reality. The devastating loss and emptiness you are left holding becomes the new foundation that you unwillingly and without choice must rebuild your life upon. Jeffrey PassowIndianapolisTo the Editor:Sarah Wildman’s wrenching essay about life after the death of her adolescent daughter Orli gives language to the raw agony of one’s child dying. I, too, found that I needed to direct my pain to bring some good to this world, to help our daughter Liza’s death have meaning.

☆ Former RNC chair says the Republican party 'is not going to survive' if it continues being 'fixated' on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele said the GOP threatens its own longevity by focusing on Trump. Steele said some GOP leaders want the party to move on from Trump and hope he'll be arrested by 2024. But he added that many GOP voters and state party organizations are still loyal to Trump. Steele served as RNC chair from 2009 to 2011 and endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020 but remains a Republican. Michael Schwartz/Getty ImagesThe former RNC chair said McDaniel effectively chose Trump, citing how she dropped her middle name "Romney" at Trump's request in 2017.

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