Israelis and Gazans React to U.S. Peace Proposal
Some Israelis were optimistic and some Palestinians in Gaza were doubtful after President Trump introduced a cease-fire plan for Gaza alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Some Israelis were optimistic and some Palestinians in Gaza were doubtful after President Trump introduced a cease-fire plan for Gaza alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
“If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end,” the White House proposal says.
The body, led by Mahmoud Abbas, administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and considers itself the rightful government of a future Palestinian state.
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump head into a meeting on Monday, new proposals are under discussion.
Whether President Trump can help bring the war to an end will probably depend on how much he is willing to push Benjamin Netanyahu.
A Palestinian state would be “national suicide” for Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, but many of the diplomats and leaders at the assembly boycotted his remarks.
A U.K. court dismissed a terrorism charge against the rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, also known as Mo Chara, from the Irish-speaking group Kneecap. Prosecutors had accused him of displaying a Hezbollah flag.
Demonstrators gathered early on Friday in Times Square, across town from the United Nations building, before making their way to the U.N.