Reuters, Afp, Europa Press and Sputnik
La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, October 26, 2024, p. 18
London. They have murdered many innocent people and this has to stopsaid US President Joe Biden when questioned about the situation in Gaza by pro-Palestinian protesters in the state of Arizona, reported the Qatari network Al Jazeera.
Hours before Israel’s attack on the Iranian capital, Tehran, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, considered: it is really urgent to reach a diplomatic solution in Beirut, after meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikat, while one of the main White House envoys for the Middle East, Amos Hochstein, recommended weakening Hezbollah through economic stimuli to the Lebanese army.
Threat to the UN
More than 100 members of the US Congress warned Antonio Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations, that Washington will cut funding to the organization if Israel lowers its status, stressing that they took note of the numerous actions of the UN aimed at delegitimizing Tel Aviv’s right to self-defense.
Meanwhile, the chancellor of the European Union, Josep Borrell, warned that the international community is in a race against the clock faced with a possible beginning of a political process in Lebanon and a generalized conflagration of incalculable consequences.
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, stated that the European Union should be much more ambitious when it comes to playing a role in the Middle East and using the tools at its disposal to promote stability.
Hamas leaders reject safe escape
Meanwhile, the head of Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, David Barnea, in a meeting with Egyptian officials and through them offered the Hamas leaders safe passage to another country if they disarmed and released the hostages they are holding, but the proposal was rejected, reported The Wall Street Journal. Negotiations are scheduled to continue this weekend.
