Ceasefire
Hundreds donning orange balloons mark the birthday of ginger-haired hostage Kfir Bibas, in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on January 18, 2024. (Courtesy via The Times of Israel)
March 7, 2024, 11:05 pm
US says Hamas holding up 6-week ceasefire by refusing to release vulnerable hostages
Biden officials insist deal still possible amid deadlock, reveal truce would let civilians return to north Gaza; add there’s no hard deadline but want agreement before Ramadan
By Jacob Magid
U.S. President Joe Biden points toward the Marine One presidential helicopter as he departs the White House, Feb. 26, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
February 27, 2024, 12:59 pm
Biden predicts ceasefire by Monday, though Hamas and Israel seem skeptical
Israel, Hamas and Qatar have said a deal remains possible but does not appear to be close.
By Ron Kampeas
Flag of Israel close up. (Photo by cottonbro studio, courtesy of Pexels)
December 13, 2023, 11:53 am
Calls for a premature ceasefire are ‘immoral and counterproductive’
Israel was forced to enter a war that it never wanted in a fight for its survival and a race against time to rescue the hostages.
By Julie Paris
Members of the advocacy group IfNotNow sing during a protest outside the Los Angeles home of Vice President Kamala Harris calling "on those in power to oppose any policies that privilege one group of people over another, in Israel/Palestine and in the U.S," Oct. 19, 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
December 8, 2023, 12:40 pm
Hundreds of staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to call for ceasefire
More than 80 of the staffers signing asked for anonymity but listed their employers
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)
November 28, 2023, 2:01 pm
Many signers of letter calling for ceasefire, and thanking Summer Lee, are anonymous
The letter does not mention Hamas and does not assign responsibility for the attack on Israel.
By Toby Tabachnick
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