US rearranging cancelled Washington talks after Netanyahu climbdown
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by Peter Beaumont
8h ago
Israeli prime minister facing criticism at home for snubbing White House over security council abstention Middle East crisis – live updates The White House says it is working to rearrange a visit by an Israeli delegation to Washington that was abruptly cancelled by Benjamin Netanyahu after the US decision not to veto a UN security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, confirmed reports that the Israeli prime minister had climbed down over the visit and agreed to reschedule it. “We’re now working with them to find a ..read more
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India summons envoy after US criticises Delhi chief minister’s arrest
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by Agence France-Presse in New Delhi
17h ago
US called for fair legal process for opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal amid claims that challengers to Narendra Modi are being targeted ahead of national elections India has summoned a top US diplomat after Washington warned it to ensure a “fair, transparent and timely legal process” for a senior opposition leader jailed just weeks ahead of parliamentary elections. The US state department had said it was “closely watching” events after Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, was arrested last week in connection with a long-running corruption investigation ..read more
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State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy
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by Julian Borger in Washington
17h ago
Annelle Sheline says ‘I no longer wanted to be affiliated with this administration,’ claiming Biden is flouting US law over Israel • Biden administration’s Gaza strategy panned as ‘mess’ amid clashing goals A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses. Annelle Sheline, said she had hoped to have an influence on policy by staying at her post in the Near Eastern section of the bureau of democracy, human rig ..read more
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The US just stood up to Israel at the United Nations. But Biden isn’t doing enough | Mohamad Bazzi
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by Mohamad Bazzi
1d ago
On the same day as the vote, the White House declared, contrary to all evidence, that Israel has not blocked humanitarian aid from Gaza After the US vetoed three previous resolutions, the United Nations security council voted on Monday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during the remaining weeks of Ramadan. The UN resolution was approved after Joe Biden’s administration dropped its veto threat and lifted its diplomatic cover for Israel, at least temporarily, by abstaining from the vote. Has Biden finally decided to use his leverage over Israel to stop its devastating war in Gaza, which ..read more
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Obama opened a door between Cuba and the US. Why is Biden closing it again? | Bhaskar Sunkara
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by Bhaskar Sunkara
2d ago
Despite his campaign promises, the president is mimicking Trump’s approach to the island and fueling its economic misery On 6 April 1960, the US diplomat Lester D Mallory wrote a memo advocating an embargo “denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government”. Sixty-four years later and the policy that Cubans call el bloqueo (the blockade) is still in force. It hasn’t achieved its stated aim of overturning the Cuban Revolution – but it has fueled years of desperation and justified anger. Barack Obama came to re ..read more
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China cyber-attacks explained: who is behind the hacking operation against the US and UK?
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by Jonathan Yerushalmy
3d ago
Chinese hacking group APT 31 has been accused by UK and US officials of targeting critics of Beijing, while New Zealand’s systems have also been attacked The US and UK have imposed sanctions on individuals and groups that they say targeted politicians, journalists and critics of Beijing in an extensive cyber espionage campaign – allegedly operated by an arm of China’s ministry of state security. The scale of the operation was revealed on Monday, although some of the attacks have been previously reported on. On Tuesday, New Zealand blamed “state-sponsored” Chinese hackers for a 2021 cyber-attac ..read more
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The security council vote is a significant moment – but the US says its Gaza policy is unchanged
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by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
3d ago
Washington’s decision not to use its veto is an acknowledgement of its failure to lead the UN Gaza agenda Diplomacy occasionally has the capacity to surprise, and when it does it often portends a deep shifting in the landscape. Few as recently as the end of last week saw much chance that the UN security council would be able to put aside five months of division over Gaza and agree terms for an immediate ceasefire, yet on Monday that is precisely what happened, in no small part due to some British diplomatic persuasion and a significant American change of heart ..read more
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The US must stop facilitating mass killing in Gaza | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
3d ago
It is against US law to provide weapons to forces who block United States humanitarian assistance. And that is exactly what is happening right now I know a man, a decent man, who said that “preventing genocide is an achievable goal, a goal that requires a level of government organization and engagement that matches in its intensity the brutality and efficiency required to carry out mass killing. Too often, these efforts have come too late, after the best and least costly opportunities to prevent them have been missed.” The man that said that was then Vice-President and now President Joseph Bid ..read more
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UN security council votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza
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by Julian Borger in Washington
3d ago
Resolution passes in a first after US abstains in significant break with Israeli government Middle East crisis – live updates The UN security council voted to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the first time since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, after the US dropped a threat to veto, in a significant break with the Israeli government. The US abstained in a vote for a resolution that “demands an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan”. It also demanded the release of hostages by Hamas, but did not make the ceasefire dependent on hostage release, a linkage the US had previousl ..read more
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Kamala Harris says Israel assault on Rafah ‘would be a huge mistake’
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by Edward Helmore
4d ago
Top Democrats urge Netanyahu to abandon planned assault days after Israeli leader rejected similar request by Antony Blinken Senior US Democrats on Sunday increased pressure on Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon a planned offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering. Two days after a similar call by US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, was rejected by the Israeli leader, vice-president Kamala Harris said that the Joe Biden White House was “ruling out nothing” in terms of consequences if Netanyahu moves ahead with the ..read more
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