Cease Fire Permanent
Updated 2024-08-24
Jewish Voice for Peace We’re demanding a permanent ceasefire — and working towards lasting peace. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/30/media-roundup-manhattan-bridge/
JVP – Permanent ceasefire now. A pause is not enough. The Israeli military has killed over 15,000 Palestinians in Gaza in just over 50 days. Over 6,000 of them were children — that’s as many as the total number of children killed in armed conflicts around the world during 2021 and 2022 combined. On Monday, a four-day “ceasefire” was extended for two days. The pause and its extension were no doubt the result of the extraordinary pressure being exerted by the movement for Palestinian liberation. But the temporary ceasefire will end tonight. There can be no business as usual as long as the genocide being carried out against Palestinians in Gaza remains merely “on pause.” That’s why on Sunday, 1,500 people led by JVP-NYC shut down New York City’s Manhattan Bridge on the busiest travel day of the year. https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/29/wire-permanent-ceasefire-now/
2024-06-03 Will Israel Agree to “Israeli” Ceasefire Proposal? Confusion Reigns After Biden Presents New Plan U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday outlined what he described as an Israeli ceasefire proposal to end the war in Gaza, nearly eight months after Israel began its invasion in response to the October 7 attack by Hamas. Biden described three phases to release captives held by both sides, allow residents to return to the north of the Gaza Strip and begin reconstruction of the devastated territory after the full withdrawal of Israeli troops. Hamas said it looked positively on the proposal and previously accepted similar terms, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to agree to it publicly amid pressure from far-right members of his governing coalition to continue the war indefinitely. Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy says Biden may have employed “constructive ambiguity” about Israel’s position in order to bring the two sides closer to a deal, but that the most important goal is to end the “horrors” in Gaza with a permanent ceasefire. “What are the maximal guarantees that can be given that this is not just a 42-day hiatus followed by yet further death, killing, destruction that we still now see every day?” asks Levy, who is now president of the U.S./Middle East Project. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv74Gwin0DM
2024-06-10 ‘Glimmer of Hope’ as UN Security Council Approves Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution In a move that boosts the three-phase plan announced by President Joe Biden late last month, the United Nations Security Council on Monday voted 14-0—with permanent member Russia abstaining—in favor of a U.S.-sponsored resolution for a cease-fire in Gaza. Russia chose not to exercise its power to veto the resolution, which urges Israel and Hamas to “fully implement its terms without delay and without condition.”
Responding to the vote, Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement that “although the Biden administration should have allowed the U.N. Security Council to pass a permanent cease-fire resolution many months and many slaughtered Palestinians ago, we welcome today’s development as a positive and long overdue step toward ending the genocide.”
“The Biden administration must now use American leverage to force [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to agree to a permanent cease-fire so that the massacres of Palestinian civilians can end, all hostages and political prisoners can safely go free, international tribunals can begin holding those responsible for war crimes accountable, and the world can finally begin pursuing a credible end to the illegal occupation of Palestine that has fomented decades of injustice and oppression.”https://www.commondreams.org/news/cease-fire-resolution-passes
2024-04-13 There is ‘no advantage’ to continuing Israel’s military campaign: Ehud Olmert Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joins ‘Cavuto Live’ to weigh in on the latest news emerging from the war as Israel braces for a potential attack by Iran. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/there-is-no-advantage-to-continuing-israel-s-military-campaign-ehud-olmert/vi-BB1lz2Zm?ocid=socialshare
2024-03-22 In 24-1 Vote, Hawaii State Senate Demands Permanent Cease-Fire in Gaza In a near-unanimous vote, Hawaii’s Senate on Thursday became the first state legislative body in the U.S. to endorse a permanent cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, adding to the mounting domestic pressure on President Joe Biden to force an end to Israel’s monthslong assault.
The Hawaii Senate, which is dominated by Democrats, voted 24-1 to approve a resolution urging U.S. President Joe Biden and members of the state’s congressional delegation to “publicly call for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in Gaza and continue negotiations for lasting peace.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/hawaii-senate-cease-fire
2023-12-05 Most US Voters Support Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, New Polling Finds An overwhelming majority of voters favor the U.S. taking a diplomatic or humanitarian response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza rather than sending more unconditional aid to Israel’s far right government and military, new polling finds. According to Data for Progress polling of likely U.S. voters conducted in the days surrounding the start of the pause in the bombardment of Gaza in November, 61 percent of voters support de-escalation and a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, including 76 percent of Democrats, 57 percent of independents and 49 percent of Republicans, a plurality.
When asked what path they think U.S. officials should take in response to the assault, choosing all options that applied, voters strongly supported either using diplomacy to encourage Israel to begin a ceasefire in order to pursue the release of hostages, at 49 percent, and/or sending humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, at 31 percent.
Even though Biden administration officials and members of Congress have been insistent upon sending billions of dollars to Israel in military and logistical assistance, the polling finds that voters do not favor this idea. Only 24 percent of respondents said that they think sending additional aid to Israel should be a priority. Meanwhile, if the U.S. does choose to send assistance, the poll found that most voters say it should come with conditions in order to ensure that the aid isn’t being used to commit crimes against humanity. Sixty-three percent of voters said they agreed that the U.S. should only provide Israel with military aid “if they meet our standard for human rights,” including 76 percent of Democrats, 61 percent of independents and 49 percent of Republicans, again a plurality. https://truthout.org/articles/most-u-s-voters-support-permanent-ceasefire-in-gaza-new-polling-finds/
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