Biden admin has paused a weapons shipment to Israel, the first time it’s done so since Oct. 7th. The White House says it’s concerned about a Rafah invasion.
But “We have not made a final determination on how to proceed,” a US official says. So the paused weapons could still be… pic.twitter.com/tcZfZFk0Ij
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 8, 2024
Day: May 8, 2024
🇺🇸 The Americans also announced that the head of the CIA, William Burns, had arrived in Cairo to continue the talks.
So in Cairo,
Qatari, Egyptian, US, Israeli and Hamas delegations are present. @MythicalGunner#Rafah#RafahUnderAttack#FreePalestine #Gaza— Be the Change (hafeezullah kv) (@hafeezkv) May 8, 2024
CIA chief William Burns to arrive in Israel on Wednesday: CIA chief William Burns is expected to arrive in Israel on Wednesday, after his visit to Doha and Cairo for the purpose of promoting the negotiations on a hostage release deal.
As part… https://t.co/cJXnVEO6wK
— Arutz Sheva Opinion (@israelnatopin) May 8, 2024
Because @CIA William Burns assisted with approving the plan to forcibly. Displace all Palestinians. American voters and GenZ have turned on Zionism. The Nakba Holocaust surpasses any Nazi Jew concentration camps, gas chambers mass detention.
— Gipatti (@PattiWalke66960) May 8, 2024
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It’s an unusually busy week in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated for a fifth term, the military is rehearsing its parades for May 9 – the annual celebration of “Victory Day,” honoring the heroes of World War II – and visitors are flocking to an exhibition in Victory Park, a sprawling complex that was built to honor the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany.
The exhibition carries a blunt message from the Kremlin to the West: We’re fighting you, too.
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Yesterday, pro-Palestinian protesters defaced the memorial to the fallen soldiers of the 7th Regiment’s 107th Infantry
They helped to break Germany’s Hindenburg Line at the end of WW1
The protesters also burned an American flag in front of the monument pic.twitter.com/v5eZBUE7P9
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 8, 2024