“To prevent any further loss of civilian life and to prevent further escalation of conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories, we urge an immediate ceasefire,” the statement said.
Its signatories include the prominent senators Amy Klobuchar, Tammy Duckworth, Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, Tim Kaine and Elizabeth Warren.
Mr Murphy also issued a separate statement with Republican Todd Young in which they called for a “quick ceasefire”.
The Biden administration has blocked UN efforts to issue a statement on a possible truce.
On Friday, 12 Jewish members of Congress were the first to call on President Joe Biden’s administration to pursue a truce.
As rockets, retaliation shake region, Israel silent on global mediation
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Live Updates: Airstrikes and Protests Escalate as U.S. Steps Up Mediation
Israeli strikes damaged a road leading to a Gaza hospital on Sunday, while Hamas militants continued firing rockets. President Biden called the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss cease-fire efforts.
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Israel Strikes Gaza Tower Housing A.P. and Other News Media
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a prominent building in Gaza City on Saturday that housed media outlets, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera. The Israel Defense Forces said it gave an advanced warning for civilians to evacuate.
We are shocked and horrified that the Israelis would target the building that housed A.P.‘s bureau in Gaza. They long knew that A.P.’s bureau was there, and they targeted it. Now, fortunately, we had a warning, and we were able to get our journalists out. We narrowly escaped a huge loss of life. We had 12 journalists in that building. And those brave journalists not onl
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U~s President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, May 13, 2021. (Evan Vucci/AP)
The fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas terrorist leaders, following violent clashes on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem and amid deadly ethnic rioting between Jews and Arabs in mixed-population cities all over Israel have caught the United States without an ambassador to Israel and with many other key Middle East roles unfilled.
Four months into his tenure, US President Joe Biden has still not announced his choice for US ambassador. Even if a decision were made, the next ambassador would have to go through a Senate hearing process that might take weeks or even months.
Biden s toughest week yet Alexander Nazaryan
WASHINGTON Politics is a form of storytelling, and the story President Biden has been telling about his administration is of challenges overcome and historic progress made. A 63 percent approval rating suggests that Biden’s story is one most American people are willing to hear.
The past week, however, has offered the kinds of plot twists that threaten to undo that narrative. The path to prosperity at home and respect abroad, it turns out, has more than a couple of potholes: threats of war in the Middle East; threats of inflation in the American economy; a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline that caused gas shortages across the Southeast; diminishing prospects for a deal with Republicans on infrastructure; the expulsion by some of those same Republicans of Liz Cheney from House leadership, a sign that Biden will be dealing with the MAGA version of the GOP at least until the 2022 midterms, and probably beyond t
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