{"id":41513,"date":"2024-05-02T22:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/friday-briefing-hamas-considers-israels-proposal\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T22:55:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:55:35","slug":"friday-briefing-hamas-considers-israels-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/friday-briefing-hamas-considers-israels-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Briefing: Hamas Considers Israel\u2019s Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/02\/multimedia\/03asia-khan\/03asia-khan-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Friday Briefing: Hamas Considers Israel\u2019s Proposal\" title=\"Friday Briefing: Hamas Considers Israel\u2019s Proposal\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-60c317e7\">Hamas examined Israel\u2019s proposal and hinted at progress<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The leader of Hamas\u2019s political wing said that the group was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-israel-gaza-ceasefire.html\" title=\"\">studying Israel\u2019s latest proposal for a deal<\/a> with a \u201cpositive spirit,\u201d and that the group would soon attend a new round of talks in Cairo. His statement raised hope for the stalled effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The proposal, which the U.S. has pushed in recent days, would include a weekslong temporary truce \u2014 its exact duration is unclear \u2014 as well as the release of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners in Israel. It would also allow civilians to return to northern Gaza, and enable increased delivery of aid to the territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">In Israel<\/strong>, the war cabinet met to discuss the cease-fire negotiations and a planned invasion of Rafah, where around a million people have been sheltering, according to an Israeli official. The anticipated offensive, which the U.S. has repeatedly urged Israel to abandon, has been a seemingly intractable sticking point in the cease-fire talks. If it goes forward, Hamas has promised to end negotiations immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">U.S. campuses:<\/strong> President Biden <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/02\/us\/ucla-protests-college-campus\/here-is-the-latest-on-campus-protests?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">condemned the violence unfolding at universities<\/a> across the country. He said Americans have \u201cthe right to protest, but not a right to cause chaos.\u201d He rejected the notion of sending in the National Guard, which some Republicans have suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-76533025\">U.S. said Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. accused Russia of using <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/world\/europe\/us-russia-chemical-weapons-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">chemical weapons, including poison gas, against Ukrainian forces<\/a>. That would violate the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty ratified by more than 150 countries, including Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The State Department said Russia had deployed tear gas and chloropicrin, a \u201cchoking agent\u201d that was widely used during World War I. It added that the use of these chemical weapons was \u201cnot an isolated incident,\u201d and was probably driven by Russian forces trying to dislodge Ukraine\u2019s soldiers from well-fortified positions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukrainian authorities have reported about 1,400 cases of suspected chemical weapons use on the battlefield by Russia since the invasion began in February 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Brittney Griner:<\/strong> The American basketball star, who was detained in Russia for almost a year, is publishing a book about her ordeal. In an interview, Griner spoke about her time in a Russian prison. \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/magazine\/brittney-griner-book-russia-interview.html\" title=\"\">I will never forget any of it,<\/a>\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-18de27af\">Protests swelled in Georgia over \u2018the Russian law\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Security forces and protesters <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/world\/europe\/georgia-protests.html\" title=\"\">clashed violently late Wednesday night in Tbilisi<\/a>, the capital of Georgia, after Parliament approved a divisive new bill in the second of three required votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Critics have called it the \u201cRussian law.\u201d They say it could be used to curb dissent, align the country more closely with Russia and hamper its efforts to join the E.U.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The draft law resembles one the Kremlin has used against opposition groups and media organizations. It would require groups that receive significant foreign funding to register as organizations \u201ccarrying the interests of a foreign power,\u201d among other strictures.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. and China may be at odds these days over Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, Taiwan, cheap Chinese exports and human rights, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/01\/us\/pandas-china-san-diego-zoo.html\" title=\"\">but at least \u201cpanda diplomacy\u201d is back<\/a>. Beijing said that it would send two giant pandas \u2014 named Yun Chuan and Xin Bao \u2014 to the San Diego Zoo.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-432c81a9\">Can forests be more profitable than cattle?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Scientists warn that rising global temperatures could push the Amazon to collapse in the coming decades, unless deforestation is halted and an area the size of Germany is restored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But cattle ranching, which has ruled the region for decades, is the leading cause of deforestation. So, some companies are trying to make planting trees <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/climate\/amazon-reforestation.html\" title=\"\">more lucrative than beef<\/a> by monetizing their ability to lock away planet-warming carbon.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/world\/asia\/hamas-israel-proposal-russia-asia.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas examined Israel\u2019s proposal and hinted at progress The leader of Hamas\u2019s political wing said that the group was studying Israel\u2019s latest proposal for a deal with a \u201cpositive spirit,\u201d and that the group would soon attend a new round of talks in Cairo. His statement raised hope for the stalled effort. 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