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☆ ‘The reaction is extreme’: Palestinians fear arrest if they voice sympathy for Gaza civilians
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“I was not even considering for a moment that they would be coming for me,” she told CNN. “When arrests are done in this way… it’s unfathomable,” he told CNN. If you want to talk about the truth here, you’re not allowed,” Adli, another Palestinian resident of Jerusalem, told CNN. Fatina Abu Sneineh, Dua’s mother, told CNN she was terrified when her daughter was taken. CNN has asked the Israel Police for comment on the arrest of Ibrahim Abu Sneineh, but has received no reply.

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☆ Israel's Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until hostages returned
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz (not pictured) in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. ABIR SULTAN POOL/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza until all of the more than 240 hostages captured by militant Palestinian group Hamas during its Oct. 7 attacks are returned. "There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages. This should be completely removed from the lexicon," Netanyahu told crews at the Ramon air force base in southern Israel, reiterating the government's long-standing position. Blinken, in the region for a second time in less than a month as part of U.S. efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spreading, has rejected ceasefire calls.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Netanyahu, Antony Blinken, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Blinken, Maytaal Angel, Alexander Smith, Giles Elgood Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Sunday, Hamas, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, U.S, West Bank, Blinken, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, Palestinian, Qatar, Saudi, Egypt, Jordan, U.S, Amman , Jordan

☆ Across the Echo Chamber, a Quiet Conversation About War and Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Jennifer Medina | More About Jennifer Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The women agreed to meet at a school Ms. Oliver founded three years ago. When the pandemic hit, Ms. Oliver grew frustrated watching wealthy, largely white, parents pay teachers for private learning “pods,” exacerbating inequities. “I have a very strong affiliation with marginalized people — brown, displaced, refugees, Black,” Ms. Oliver recalled saying at the beginning of the conversation. The way Ms. Oliver described the Hamas attack read to Ms. Minkin like a justification for the murder of Jews. Israel, Ms. Minkin later thought, is a central part of her identity, a place that shaped her, a Jewish homeland she returns to frequently.

Persons: Oliver, Black, Minkin, “, Ms, ”, existentially, Yitzhak Rabin, Morgan, Morgan Oliver, —, Oliver nodded Organizations: West Bank, Army, Morgan Oliver School Locations: Israel, United States, Gaza, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Afghanistan, America

☆ Netanyahu appears to backtrack on reported comment linking Hamas attack to reservist protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) and the Israeli war cabinet, during Biden's visit to Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. But after public backlash, Netanyahu posted on X that Hamas started a war "because it wants to kill us all and not because of any argument within us." Earlier, Benny Gantz, who joined Netanyahu's war cabinet from the opposition as part of an emergency government, said Netanyahu must retract his comment. in a public display of anger at the failures that led to last month's deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip. The protest, which coincided with a poll showing more than three quarters of Israelis believe Netanyahu should resign, underlined the growing public fury at their political and security leaders.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Gantz, Ari Rabinovitch, Andrew Heavens Organizations: U.S, Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, Israel's, Thomson Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza

☆ Israeli mother of Gaza hostage: 'I try to keep my thoughts on her'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Joseph Campbell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"You can't go around not seeing that footage somewhere because they kept showing it in a loop," said her mother, Ayelet Levy Shachar, occasionally fighting back tears. "I try to keep my thoughts on her coming back and how she comes back to me," said Levy Shachar, who said she talks to her daughter continuously in her mind, imagining her situation, perhaps held in one of the web of tunnels built by Hamas that run beneath Gaza. "Look at the films that are out there," said Levy Shachar, referring to the footage of the attack that floods social media. Only four hostages have so far been released while another one was rescued by Israeli troops. Levy Shachar said she occasionally attends rallies to call for the hostages to be brought back but mostly she just thinks of her daughter.

Persons: Naama Levy, Levy, Ayelet Levy Shachar, Levy Shachar, Evelyn Hockstein, James Mackenzie, Conor Humphries Organizations: Israel, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Israeli defense minister says people in Gaza can end the war faster by killing Hamas leader themselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on people in Gaza to kill the Hamas leader themselves. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that people in Gaza could end Israel's invasion sooner by killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar themselves. Sinwar, who helped found Hamas' security apparatus, was elected to be the group's leader in the Gaza Strip in 2017. AdvertisementAdvertisementBefore taking on his role as Hamas leader, Sinwar spent over two decades in an Israeli prison for the murder of two Israeli soldiers and Palestinians he viewed as collaborators. He pledged that at the end of the war "there will be no more Hamas in Gaza.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Gallant, —, Gallat, Sinwar, Mustafa Dalul, Sabra Tel Organizations: Israel's, Service, Hawa Battalion, Israel's Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Opinion: Israel-Hamas war’s endgame
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Last week, as Israel continued its military response to the October 7 Hamas terror attack, its political goals — and potential endgame — remained a source of huge controversy. Join us on Twitter and Facebook“Take, for example, the Israel Defense Forces strike on Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp on Tuesday. “Following the horrific massacre in Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7, I felt an intense, relentless grief. Though Perry wanted to escape Chandler, he kept him around, because heaven forbid anyone saw what he was hiding.”

Persons: Gideon Rose, ”, ” Rose, —, Joe Biden, Robert A . Pape, “, ” DJ Rosenthal, Obama, ’ inhumanity, Jordan, Antony Blinken, ” Shai Davidai, Nadia AbuShaban, Hashem, David Shulkin, Peter Bergen, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Karl Rove, “ Mike Pence, Geoff Duncan, Nikki Haley, Duncan, Ron DeSantis, ” Haley, DeSantis, Lisa Benson, GoComics.com, Michael Ramirez, Trump, Norman Eisen, Joshua Kolb, Donald Trump’s, ” Eisen, Kolb, Leah Abucayan, CNN Maggie Jackson, ” She’s, Gabriel Levin, Frida Ghitis, ‘ Allahu akbar, ’, Ghitis, Wen, Julian Zelizer, Johnson’s, Mike Johnson’s, Biden, ” Paul Krugman, Johnson, Mike Johnson, ’ ”, John Avlon, “ Merriam, It’s, Benjamin Franklin, ’ ” Drew Sheneman, Nicole Hemmer, SBF Clay Jones, Sam Bankman, Howard Fischer, ” Fischer, Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, “ Chillingly, Taylor, Compton, Hamlyn, Walt Handelsman, Laura Tillman, ” Don’t, Jill Filipovic, Celia Wexler, Pope Francis, Elena Sheppard, ‘, Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing Reisig, Dean Obeidallah, Perry, Chandler Bing, Chandler, ” “ Chandler, I’m Chandler, ‘ I’m, ” Perry, ” Holly Thomas, “ Perry, Roger Organizations: CNN, University of Chicago, ”, Hamas, US National Security Council, Twitter, Facebook, Israel Defense Forces, Israel, Columbia Business School, “, New York Times, Street Journal, GOP, Republican, Trump, UN, Florida Gov, Wednesday’s GOP, Supreme, White, Cornell University, The Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell, Progressives, Internal Revenue Service, Congressional, Office, Electoral College, America, Agency, FBI, NBCU, Bank, Getty Locations: States, Iraq, Israel, Southern Lebanon, Lebanon, Palestinian, “ Israel, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Tel Aviv, Gaza, ”, Florida, Wednesday’s, Rhode, Rhode Island, Dagestan, Russian, Lewiston , Maine

U.S. and Israeli interests in the ongoing Middle East conflict are diverging in both the short and long term, muddying the path to ending Israel’s war against militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Above all, Israel views Hamas as an existential threat and sees eradicating it as a crucial goal; anything short of that is a failure. The U.S. has committed to helping Israel defeat Hamas, but for President Biden, the threat goes beyond Hamas. His administration is trying to keep its allies united against Iran, Russia and China. Both countries want to avoid a larger regional war, but Israel is willing to take more risks in pursuit of defeating Hamas.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Iran, Russia, China

Dearborn, Michigan CNN —In 2020, Eman Hammoud was one of thousands of Michigan Muslims who helped President Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. A month ago, the Palestinian American immigration lawyer had no doubts she would support his campaign again in 2024. Michigan has more than 200,000 Muslim American voters — 146,000 of whom turned out to vote in 2020 –— according to an analysis by Emgage, an organization that seeks to build the political power of Muslim Americans. “That just proves that the Biden administration needs the Muslim vote to win,” said Nada Al-Hanooti, the Michigan executive director of Emgage Action. “We felt that the rhetoric, including from the White House, was very unhelpful and in fact potentially dangerous,” Alzayat said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, she’s, “ He’s, ” Hammoud, that’s, Hammoud, Biden, ”, Nada, Fayoume, ” Biden, Ammar Moussa, “, Donald Trump’s, Abbas Alawieh, Rashida Tlaib, Tlaib, Israel, Abdullah Hammoud, “ We’re, Israel isn’t, —, Beau, Adam Abusalah, John Kirby, he’s, Robyn Patterson, “ We’ll, White, Jeff Zients, Anita Dunn, Wa’el Alzayat, ” Alzayat, Antony Blinken, Sam Baydoun, Baydoun, ” Baydoun, didn’t, ” Hussein Dabajeh, ” Dabajeh, ” Lexi Zeidan, “ We’ve, Zeidan, CNN’s Denise Royal Organizations: Michigan CNN —, Biden, CNN, Michigan, American, Michigan —, Arab American, GOP, MAGA, Democratic, Dearborn, Muslim American, Palestinian, Congress, Rep, Muslim, Israel, West Bank, US, UN, House, Hamas, Gaza Ministry of Health, White House, White, Office, UN Security, Trump Locations: Dearborn, Michigan, Palestinian, Israel, Gaza, —, Detroit, Eastern, Arab American, Palestinian American, Hammoud, Tel Aviv, Minneapolis, Wayne County , Michigan, Lebanon, Habib’s, Lebanese, American, Palestine

☆ Protesters Outside Israeli PM Netanyahu's House as Anger Grows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Police held back protesters demonstrating outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, amid widespread anger at the failures that led to last month's deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on communities around the Gaza Strip. Waving blue and white Israeli flags and chanting "Jail now! ", a crowd in the hundreds pushed through police barriers around Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. The protest, which coincided with a poll showing more than three quarters of Israelis believe Netanyahu should resign, underlined the growing public fury at their political and security leaders. When asked who is most at fault for the attack, 44% of Israeli blamed Netanyahu, while 33% blamed the military chief of staff and senior IDF officials and 5% blamed the Defense Minister, according to the poll.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Emily Rose, Ros Russell Organizations: Police, Israel's Channel, Television, Defense Locations: JERUSALEM, Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Tel Aviv

☆ Protesters mass outside Netanyahu's house as anger grows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Police held back protesters outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, amid widespread anger at the failures that led to last month's deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on communities around the Gaza Strip. ", a crowd in the hundreds pushed through police barriers around Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. [1/3]Protestors gather against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near his residence, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Jerusalem, November 4, 2023. "We don't know where they are, we don't know what condition they are kept in. I don't know if Kfir is getting food, I don't know if Ariel is getting enough food.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ammar Awad, Levy, Ariel, Kfir, Emily Rose, Ros Russell, Emelia Organizations: Police, Israeli, Hamas, REUTERS, Reuters, Israel's Channel, Television, Defense, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

☆ Divides remain between US and Arab partners after Blinken meets counterparts in Jordan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Amman, Jordan CNN —Sharp divides persisted between the United States and its Arab partners on their response to Israel’s war against Hamas after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Middle Eastern counterparts in Amman, Jordan on Saturday. Blinken again called for Israel to “take every possible measure” to prevent civilian casualties – a message he had relayed in meetings in Tel Aviv on Friday. Still, following his meetings in Amman, Blinken sought to emphasize the points of common interest between the US and its regional partners. “I think we all share deep concern about the plight of civilians in Gaza – men, women and children,” he said. Although the US believes the current flow of 100 to 120 trucks a day into Gaza is sustainable, “it’s challenged by the environment on the ground in South Gaza,” Satterfield said.

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Arab foreign ministers Saturday to find ways to ease Gaza’s growing humanitarian crisis. GAZA CITY FIGHTINGIsraeli troops have been tightening their encirclement of Gaza City, the main focus of the military's campaign to crush Hamas. The Israeli military said its aircraft hit an ambulance Friday that Hamas fighters were using to carry weapons. Al-Qidra said a convoy of ambulances left Shifa carrying wounded people to Rafah when a strike hit a vehicle on the edges of Gaza City. The overall toll is likely to rise dramatically as the assault on densely built-up Gaza City continues.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Antonio Guterres, Mattar, Khan Younis, ”, Blinken, Joe Biden’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jordan, Israel, Najib Mikati, King Abdullah II, Adly Abu Taha, Ashraf al, Qidra, Wael Abou Omar, ___ Magdy, Matthew Lee, ___ Organizations: —, Hamas, United Nations, United Arab Emirates, Palestinian Authority, GAZA CITY, Shifa, Health, Gaza's, Hospital, Shifa Hospital, Gaza Health Ministry Locations: RAFAH, Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Tel Aviv, Amman, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.S, GAZA, Al, Quds, ”, Gaza's, Rafah, Cairo, Bangkok, israel

RAMLA, Israel (AP) — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country's new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Shiner said the center provided tens of thousands of units of blood in the days that followed the Hamas attacks. The new steel and concrete 51,000-square-meter (550,000-square-foot) building processes all of Israel’s donated blood. In early October, the center received 5,000 units of blood in one day — five times more than usual, said its staff. “During war, blood is part of the resuscitation process and the idea is to have a stock, to be able to give blood as soon as it’s needed,” said Guillemette Thomas, the medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders.

Persons: Marcus, ”, Eilat Shinar, Magen David Adom —, it’s, Shiner, Moshe Noyovich, Magen David Adom, Israel’s, Israel, Guillemette Thomas, ___ Mednick Organizations: Blood Services, American Locations: RAMLA, Israel, Ramla, Tel Aviv, Eilat, Israel’s, Gaza, Hamas, Jerusalem, israel

REUTERS/Jonathan... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreAMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - U.S.-allied Arab states will press Secretary of State Antony Blinken for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at a meeting of foreign ministers in Amman on Saturday, as Washington tries to persuade Israel to agree to temporary pauses to allow in aid. Health officials in Hamas-run Gaza say more than 9,250 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since then. Blinken is in Amman for meetings with Arab officials after visiting Tel Aviv on Friday. After meeting Blinken on Friday, Netanyahu said Israel refused a temporary ceasefire that did not include the release of hostages. Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati stressed the urgent need for a ceasefire in Gaza during a meeting with Blinken in Jordan on Saturday, Mikati's office said.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Philippe Lazzarini, Jonathan, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, Matthew Miller, Netanyahu, Blinken's, David Satterfield, Satterfield, King Abdullah of Jordan, Olaf Scholz, Najib Mikati, Mikati, Miller, Tom Perry, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Hamas, REUTERS, Washington, United, Israeli, Health, Tel, NATO, Saudi, State Department, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: East, Israel, Palestinian, Amman, Jordan, AMMAN, Gaza, United States, Food, Tel Aviv, Turkey, Jordanian, U.S, Middle East, Rafah, Iraqi, Iran, Tehran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

American military officials say that the smaller bombs are much better suited to the dense urban environments of Gaza. The United States is now trying to send more of the smaller bombs to Israel, said the senior military official. If the United States can get those smaller munitions to Israel, American officials hope Israel will use them to mitigate the risk to civilians. The United States is also using aircraft on the two carriers in the Mediterranean to help collect additional intelligence, including electronic intercepts. While the United States has increased the amount of intelligence that it is sharing with Israel, U.S. officials stressed they are not helping Israel pick targets for strikes.

Persons: Biden, Blinken, Netanyahu, Nir, ” Israel, ”, Iddo Ben, Anat, “, Seth Moulton, ” Mr, Moulton, Mr Organizations: Israeli Defense Forces, The New York Times, United, Democratic, Hamas, ” Locations: Gaza, United States, Israel, U.S, Jabaliya, Gaza City, Lebanon, The United States, Amman, Jordan, Massachusetts, Iraq, Tel Aviv

TEL AVIV—The body bags arrive by the dozen in a refrigerated truck first thing every morning. Some contain corpses, some only fragmentary remains, burned almost to ash. Another shipment usually comes before noon. Three weeks after the bloody massacre that killed 1,400 people in southern Israel, the cramped yellow building that houses Israel’s government forensic laboratory is still inundated with unidentified remains. The bags line the morgue hallway, on gurneys and the floor, spilling into an outdoor courtyard.

Locations: TEL AVIV, Israel, gurneys

☆ Netanyahu Rejects Calls for a Temporary Israeli Cease-Fire in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Vivian Salama | Margherita Stancati | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israel’s prime minister resisted pressure from the U.S. to pause strikes on Hamas after Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged more actions to protect civilians in Gaza. The U.S. is stepping up pressure on Israel, saying it has a moral imperative to pause the fighting while humanitarian relief—and particularly fuel—is delivered to Gaza, U.S. officials say. France, Spain and other European countries have issued similar appeals.

Persons: Antony Blinken Locations: TEL AVIV, U.S, Gaza, The U.S, Israel, Gaza , U.S, France, Spain

☆ Netanyahu Rejects Calls for a Temporary Israeli Ceasefire in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Vivian Salama | Margherita Stancati | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israel’s leader rejected pressure for a pause in Israeli strikes on Hamas following a visit with Secretary of State Antony Blinken that urged more actions to protect civilians in Gaza. “Israel refuses a temporary ceasefire that does not include the freeing of our hostages,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters after meeting with Blinken on Friday. “Israel does not allow the entry of fuel into the Gaza Strip and is opposed to transferring money to the strip.”

Persons: TEL AVIV — Israel’s, Antony Blinken, “ Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, “, ” Organizations: TEL AVIV —, ”, Gaza Locations: TEL AVIV, Gaza, “ Israel

[1/5] Palestinian labourers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023. There will be no more Palestinian workers from Gaza," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement. "Those workers from Gaza who were in Israel on the day of the outbreak of the war will be returned to Gaza." However, a senior Palestinian Authority official said 4,950 Gaza residents had fled to the West Bank from Israel and some 5,000 were believed to have been detained by Israel. Palestinians have limited self-rule in areas where they live in the West Bank, which is under Israel military occupation.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Jamal Ismail, Gazans, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Ghazal, Nidal Abu Jidian, Henriette Chacar, Jason Neely, Angus MacSwan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, West Bank, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Thomson Locations: Israel, Rafah, Gaza, Egypt, Tel Aviv, Ramallah

☆ In a Worldwide War of Words, Russia, China and Iran Back Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Steven Lee Myers | Sheera Frenkel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The conflict between Israel and Hamas is fast becoming a world war online. Iran, Russia and, to a lesser degree, China have used state media and the world’s major social networking platforms to support Hamas and undercut Israel, while denigrating Israel’s principal ally, the United States. Iran’s proxies in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq have also joined the fight online, along with extremist groups, like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, that were previously at odds with Hamas. “It’s just like everyone is involved,” said Moustafa Ayad, executive director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The institute, a nonprofit research organization in London, last week detailed influence campaigns by Iran, Russia and China.

Persons: denigrating, Al, ”, Rafi Mendelsohn, Cyabra, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, “ It’s, Moustafa Ayad Organizations: Hamas, Islamic, Institute for Strategic Locations: Israel, Iran, Russia, China, United States, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Cyabra, Tel Aviv, “, Gaza, Africa, East, Asia, London

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The United States will provide $425 million worth of additional arms and equipment to Ukraine for its ongoing fight against Russia's invasion, the Biden administration announced on Friday. The package uses the last of the funds in the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), a more than $18 billion fund that allowed the Biden administration to buy weapons from industry, rather than pull from U.S. weapons stocks. Biden, a Democrat, is calling on U.S. lawmakers to approve more aid for Kyiv. Since the Russian invasion in February 2022 the U.S. has sent about $44 billion worth of security assistance to Ukraine. Reporting by Mike Stone and Susan Heavey; editing by David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Jonathan Ernst, Biden, Joe Biden, congressionally, Mike Stone, Susan Heavey, David Ljunggren, Jonathan Oatis, Leslie Adler Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Rights, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, L3Harris Technologies, U.S, Reuters, Authority, Pentagon, Air Missile Systems, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Biden, Democrat, Kyiv, Republican, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Tel Aviv, United States, Ukraine, U.S, Kyiv, Russian

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israel on Friday for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to provide relief to Palestinian civilians as worries of a wider Middle East war mount. Asked Friday what his message was to Americans in Gaza, Biden told reporters at the White House, "They'll be coming home." He did not respond to a question about whether he could contain a wider war. Nasrallah said the fighting along the border was weakening Israel and "deterring the enemy" by drawing resources away from Gaza. Biden has also called for justice for Palestinian civilians – and recently, under political pressure from his own Democratic Party, called for the humanitarian pause.

Persons: Antony Blinken, ” Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, Israel, “, ” Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Biden, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, ” Nasrallah, Nasrallah, – Organizations: Hamas, State Department, White, International, Hezbollah, Democratic Party Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, United States, East, Lebanon, Israel’s

☆ Biden to pay his respects to Maine shooting victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Mourners look at pictures of the victims during a vigil for the victims of the deadly mass shooting, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet on Friday families and victims of a mass shooting that devastated the city of Lewiston, Maine. "Recovering from this attack will be long and difficult, and President Biden is committed to marshaling resources from across the federal government to support Lewiston every step of the way," she said. She also said Biden will continue urging Congress to act on gun safety legislation that has been stalled. The latest mass shooting in the United States prompted U.S. Representative Jared Golden, whose constituents died in the massacre, to reverse his opposition to a ban on assault-style weapons.

Persons: Saints Peter, Paul, Kevin Lamarque, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Robert R, Stefanie Feldman, Biden, Jared Golden, Steve Holland Organizations: Saints, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Army, White, Lewiston, U.S, Thomson Locations: Lewiston , Maine, U.S, Tel Aviv, Israel, Lewiston, United States, Washington

☆ Blinken lands in Israel with eye toward balancing support for IDF, civilians in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel Friday to press the Israeli government on its ongoing offensive in Gaza amid growing international condemnation and a steadily mounting civilian death toll. Blinken touched down in Tel Aviv on Friday morning, accompanied by newly confirmed US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew. The continued flow of that humanitarian aid and ongoing departure of civilians will be another key focus of his conversations in Israel, Blinken said Thursday. Israeli officials have also limited the entrance of fuel into Gaza, arguing that Hamas has stolen large quantities and withheld it from civilians. The top US diplomat has said repeatedly that there cannot be a return to the “status quo” with Hamas, and Israeli officials have said they intend to eliminate the group from Gaza.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, Israel Jack Lew, ” Blinken, Privately, you’re, ” –, ”, “ That’s, it’s, Matt Miller, ” Miller Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, West Bank . State, West Bank Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Washington, DC, –, Mosul, Aleppo, Fallujah, “, Jordan, Bahrain, Rafah, Egypt

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