President Biden’s Failure to Take Action
While we expect Trump to break our laws, we expect Democratic administrations to uphold them.
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J Street has assembled a raft of immediate, enduring actions President Biden can take before he leaves office to help end the hostage crisis, get aid into Gaza, push back on right-wing extremists and blunt the impact of the Trump-Netanyahu agenda.
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We urge senators to continue to make the safe return of the hostages a high-priority issue in all meetings with the Biden administration and other interlocutors, and to strongly consider the impact that any US policies and actions may have on the safety of hostages.
While we expect Trump to break our laws, we expect Democratic administrations to uphold them.
J Street has assembled a raft of actions President Biden can take now to improve humanitarian aid access, reinforce American and international legal safeguards, restrain far-right extremists, and help return hostages to their families and end the war.
We will step forward to lead Jewish political opposition not just to what Donald Trump may try to do to our country, our democracy and our foreign policy – but to the policies of Netanyahu and the extreme right in Israel.
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Washington Divided as Israel Weighs New Gaza Aid Plans Under Global Pressure, Haaretz
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is spearheading a proposal drafted by a U.S.-based consultancy. The plan would transfer full responsibility for aid distribution to international organizations, which would operate a logistics hub in Gaza secured by private companies. Another option under discussion involves establishing a military administration in Gaza, with the IDF directly managing aid distribution.
Israel and US to Establish Channel for Discussing Incidents of IDF Harm to Civilians, The Times of Israel
Israel has agreed to establish a new bilateral channel through which the US will be able to raise concerns regarding specific military incidents in which civilians have been harmed, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller announced Tuesday. The establishment of the channel was one of over a dozen demands made by the US in a letter to Israel on October 13, warning Israel that failure to meet them risked a partial arms embargo.