JERUSALEM, Israel – The U.S. is pushing for a United Nations vote Friday on its version of a ceasefire resolution in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Israel to apply pressure on the Jewish nation.
At the same time, House Speaker Mike Johnson says he’ll invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.
In his Middle East tour to promote a hostage deal, Blinken said. “There’s a clear consensus around a number of shared priorities. First, the need for an immediate sustained ceasefire with the release of hostages.”
New polling from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research shows most Palestinians are still on the side of Hamas
Among Palestinians in Gaza and Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), 71 percent say Hamas made the right decision to launch the brutal attacks against Israel on October 7th, 94 percent think Israel has committed war crimes during the current war, while 91 percent do not believe Hamas committed war crimes.
In fact, more than nine out of 10 say Hamas did not commit the atrocities seen in the October 7th videos.
Yet among Palestinians who have seen those videos, 17 percent believe Hamas fighters committed atrocities against civilians.
As the fighting continues
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