{"id":79577,"date":"2024-06-23T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/monday-briefing-among-some-israelis-muted-sympathy-for-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T21:00:14","slug":"monday-briefing-among-some-israelis-muted-sympathy-for-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/monday-briefing-among-some-israelis-muted-sympathy-for-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Briefing: Among Some Israelis, Muted Sympathy for Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/21\/multimedia\/24ambriefing-asia-israel\/24ambriefing-asia-israel-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monday Briefing: Among Some Israelis, Muted Sympathy for Gaza\" title=\"Monday Briefing: Among Some Israelis, Muted Sympathy for Gaza\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-803e1\">Blame for Hamas and little sympathy for Gazans<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some Israelis are struggling to show concern for the people suffering in Gaza, according to interviews conducted in right-wing and liberal strongholds in southern Israel, and with residents from across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even though Israelis know about the devastation in the enclave, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/23\/world\/middleeast\/israel-hamas-gaza-october-7.html\" title=\"\">many in the country ask why they should show pity<\/a> when they say Palestinians there showed none on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They blame Hamas for starting the war and embedding itself in residential areas of Gaza, which endangers civilians. And the pain of the attacks on Oct. 7 \u2014 which was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust \u2014 is still raw and increasingly overlaid with anger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel\u2019s mainstream media also rarely focuses on the suffering of Gaza\u2019s civilians and routinely leads broadcasts with the funerals and profiles of soldiers who have died in battle.<\/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\">Diplomacy: <\/strong>Yoav Gallant, Israel\u2019s minister of defense, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/23\/world\/israel-gaza-war-hamas\/netanyahu-doubles-down-on-his-complaints-about-the-supply-of-us-munitions?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">visited Washington<\/a> yesterday for meetings with senior U.S. officials. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel aired new grievances over the Biden administration\u2019s distribution of munitions for the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">West Bank:<\/strong> An influential Israeli official said the government was engaged in a stealthy effort to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-west-bank-netanyahu-bezalel-smotrich.html\" title=\"\">cement control of the occupied area<\/a>, in a taped speech from a private event. And on Saturday, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/23\/world\/middleeast\/palestinian-israel-military-vehicle.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">Israeli troops tied a wounded Palestinian to a military vehicle<\/a>, which was captured on video and quickly went viral, prompting outrage and the promise of an investigation by Israel\u2019s military.<\/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-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-38105007\">Gunmen killed at least six in a Russian republic<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Gunmen <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/23\/world\/europe\/russia-attack-dagestan.html\" title=\"\">killed at least a half-dozen police officers and a priest<\/a> in two cities in Russia\u2019s southern republic of Dagestan, local officials said. A dozen or more police officers were wounded, state news agencies reported. The attacks \u2014 on a synagogue, at least two churches and a police post \u2014 appeared to have been coordinated, officials said.<\/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\">A dozen or more police officers were wounded, Russian state news agencies reported, citing local law enforcement officials. The shootings occurred in the capital, Makhachkala, and Derbent, a city on the border with Azerbaijan. The Russian Investigative Committee, the country\u2019s equivalent to the F.B.I., said it had opened a terrorism investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Region:<\/strong> Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim republic, but it is also home to a Jewish population, and it has experienced a heightened level of violence for at least three decades. Ethnic and religious tensions there have worsened since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.<\/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-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-61bc5714\">E.U. and China agree to try to avoid a trade war<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">China and the E.U. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/22\/business\/china-germany-tariffs-trade.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb\" title=\"\">said they would sit down<\/a> to try to resolve an escalating dispute over proposed tariffs. Billions of dollars in trade are at stake.<\/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 apparent de-escalation comes after the bloc proposed tariffs of up to 38 percent on electric cars from China \u2014 and after China threatened to impose tariffs on pork imports from Europe.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-18758\">Heat<\/h2>\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\">Drag is <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/22\/world\/asia\/drag-popular-philippines.html\" title=\"\">going mainstream in the Philippines<\/a>, which is both one of the biggest majority-Christian countries and one of the most gay-friendly Asian nations. But there are still few legal protections for gay Filipinos, and same-sex unions are not allowed, so for many artists drag is deeper than sequins and spectacle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDrag is not just entertainment,\u201d one performer said. \u201cThe mere fact that a man dresses as a woman in public is already a form of defiance.\u201d<\/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-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-1461d191\">A winning Thai tear-jerker<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The movie \u201cHow to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies\u201d has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/23\/world\/asia\/make-millions-before-grandma-dies-crying.html?te=1&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;emc=edit_nn_20240623\" title=\"\">become a surprise runaway hit across Southeast Asia<\/a>. People have been posting tear-streaked videos to social media after watching it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The film explores the tensions that arise in a family before the impending death of one head of the household, and the gender biases that persist. As an aimless young man takes care of his dying grandmother, initially in hopes of inheriting her house, he grows to better understand the complicated web of characters that make up his Thai-Chinese family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A 27-year-old financial consultant in Singapore uploaded <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/vt.tiktok.com\/ZSYPnMFLa\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a TikTok video<\/a> of himself choking up after seeing the film, with the caption \u201cRunning over to hug my Grandma now!!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/23\/world\/asia\/israel-gaza-dagestan-russia-asia.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blame for Hamas and little sympathy for Gazans Some Israelis are struggling to show concern for the people suffering in Gaza, according to interviews conducted in right-wing and liberal strongholds in southern Israel, and with residents from across the country. Even though Israelis know about the devastation in the enclave, many in the country ask [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79578,"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\/06\/21\/multimedia\/24ambriefing-asia-israel\/24ambriefing-asia-israel-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4585,235,43,24513,3635,38127,11647],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79577"}],"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=79577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79579,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79577\/revisions\/79579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}