{"id":46410,"date":"2024-05-08T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/thursday-briefing-biden-pressures-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T23:08:08","slug":"thursday-briefing-biden-pressures-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/thursday-briefing-biden-pressures-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Briefing: Biden Pressures Israel"},"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\/09\/multimedia\/fqtw\/fqtw-facebookJumbo.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thursday Briefing: Biden Pressures Israel\" title=\"Thursday Briefing: Biden Pressures Israel\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-9ycfei eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-763d825e\">U.S. pushed Israel to reach a cease-fire deal<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Biden <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-rafah-ceasefire.html\" title=\"\">turned up the pressure on Israel to limit its Rafah operation<\/a> and to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas. He made it public that he\u2019d held up a delivery of heavy bombs to Israel, and dispatched his C.I.A. chief to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. announced it had withheld the delivery of some military aid to Israel last week over concerns they would be used in a possible full-scale assault on Rafah. William Burns, the head of the C.I.A., met privately with Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah\/israel-shrugs-off-a-us-hold-on-an-arms-delivery-but-some-see-a-new-fracture-in-ties?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">downplayed the pause of the arms deliveries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But experts said the pause showed that the bond is facing new strains, with more ruptures possibly to come amid declining American public support for the Israeli war effort. They also acknowledged that such disagreements were unlikely to change the course of the conflict. Biden has made it clear that he remains deeply committed to Israel, even as he has signaled that there are limits to U.S. aid and patience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Details:<\/strong> The paused arms delivery included 2,000-pound bombs, which are among the most destructive in Israel\u2019s arsenal. In the first six weeks of the war, the country routinely used weapons like these in areas of Gaza designated as safe for civilians, a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-bomb-investigation.html\" title=\"\">Times investigation found<\/a>.<\/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-17b80a9d\">U.S.-China climate talks begin<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">John Podesta, the Biden administration\u2019s top climate envoy, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/climate\/china-us-podesta-liu.html\" title=\"\">met for the first time with his counterpart from Beijing<\/a>, Liu Zhenmin, in Washington yesterday. The talks continue today. And the stakes are high, Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter, told me.<\/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 two countries are at odds on a range of geopolitical issues. They are also the world\u2019s top polluters. \u201cIf they can\u2019t get it together,\u201d Somini said, \u201call of us are fried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trade tensions loom large over the talks. China dominates green-energy technology. That could \u201cbe a good thing because it makes things cheaper and can accelerate the energy transition,\u201d Somini said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cBut it also presents risks,\u201d she added. \u201cThe White House doesn\u2019t want Americans \u2014 or the rest of the world \u2014 to eat from China\u2019s hands. It gives Beijing too much power. Whether anyone can truly compete with China at this point is unclear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">U.S. frustrations:<\/strong> A flood of cheap Chinese products have become <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/us\/politics\/biden-china-imports.html\" title=\"\">a target for the Biden administration<\/a>, which has warned that they pose a threat to U.S. factories.<\/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-7c21e21a\">Looking past France\u2019s claims of a safely built Olympics<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Olympic flame <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/europe\/olympic-torch-france-marseille.html\" title=\"\">arrived in France yesterday<\/a> to start a weekslong relay to Paris as the country gets ready for the Summer Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And President Emmanuel Macron has declared that these Olympics were built safely, free of the construction hazards and migrant abuses of soccer\u2019s 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Government data shows fewer than 200 injuries and zero deaths at Olympic sites over the four-year construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But inspection records and other documents suggest a different story. Undocumented immigrants\u2019 injuries were often handled off the books, workers and officials say, all but guaranteeing that they will not show up in government statistics. Even <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/europe\/olympics-france-migrant-labor.html\" title=\"\">fatal accidents of laborers working legally were sometimes omitted<\/a> from the Olympic count.<\/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\">For years, Japan has promoted women in the workplace in part to cope with severe labor shortages. Some employers are trying to change a male-dominated workplace culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There\u2019s been some progress: Since 2020, women have made up nearly half of each entering class of diplomats of the Foreign Ministry, and many women continue their careers after they marry. But women still struggle to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/world\/asia\/japan-working-women.html\" title=\"\">balance careers with domestic obligations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Lives lived: <\/strong>Kim Ki-nam, North Korea\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/asia\/kim-ki-nam-dead.html\" title=\"\">chief propagandist for decades<\/a>, died at 94.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b76e56\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">ARTS AND IDEAS<\/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-152f9ede\">Gaza hangs over Eurovision<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The war in Gaza has loomed over the run-up to the Eurovision Song Contest. Pro-Palestinian groups and many fans have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/arts\/music\/eurovision-israel-eden-golan-hurricane.html\" title=\"\">tried in vain to get Israel\u2019s Eden Golan banned from participating<\/a>. She is set to perform today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Already, some artists have tried to protest the war, even though attendees and competitors <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/arts\/music\/eurovision-palestinian-flags.html\" title=\"\">aren\u2019t permitted to wave banners and symbols that could stir up tensions<\/a>. In the first round, on Tuesday, a Swedish artist wore a kaffiyeh and Ireland\u2019s act said they had been barred from displaying a pro-Palestinian slogan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe public discussion has been all around Gaza, almost to an imposing extent,\u201d said my colleague Alex Marshall, who covers culture for The Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Alex told me that he does not expect major disruptions at the concert itself. Two protests are planned far from the venue in Malmo, Sweden, which is hosting the contest. He thinks audiences are more likely to manifest their opposition to Israel\u2019s war by voting against Golan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But for many attendees, he said, politics will take a back seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEurovision says it\u2019s about bringing the world together in music,\u201d he said, \u201cand a lot of its fans believe that.\u201d<\/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\">For more:<\/strong> Alex thinks Croatia, which is currently leading the betting, will win. Here\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EBsgTJQFl9k\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">its song<\/a>.<\/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<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">P.S. My colleague Priya Krishna wrote about finding closeness with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/dining\/cooking-mothers-day.html\" title=\"\">her mom through cooking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">That\u2019s it for today. See you tomorrow. \u2014 Amelia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Email us at <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/world\/asia\/mailto:briefing@nytimes.com?subject=Briefing%20Feedback\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">briefing@nytimes.com<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Our thanks to <!-- -->Alex Marshall<!-- --> and <!-- -->Somini Sengupta<!-- -->.<\/p>\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\/08\/world\/asia\/biden-israel-rafah-china-asia.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. pushed Israel to reach a cease-fire deal President Biden turned up the pressure on Israel to limit its Rafah operation and to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas. He made it public that he\u2019d held up a delivery of heavy bombs to Israel, and dispatched his C.I.A. chief to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/09\/multimedia\/fqtw\/fqtw-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,235,38,15673,9086],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46412,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46410\/revisions\/46412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}