{"id":5400,"date":"2023-11-02T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=5400"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:36:44","slug":"us-president-joe-biden-calls-for-pause-in-israel-gaza-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=5400","title":{"rendered":"US President Joe Biden calls for &#8216;pause&#8217; in Israel-Gaza conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"e1j2237y5 bbc-q4ibpr ebmt73l0\">\n<div class=\"bbc-1atl7vu euvj3t14\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"bbc-ccegd7 euvj3t12\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"bbc-1a3w4ok euvj3t11\">By Antoinette Radford<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"bbc-1p92jtu euvj3t10\">BBC Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"e1j2237y6 bbc-q4ibpr ebmt73l0\"><time datetime=\"2023-11-02\" class=\"bbc-1dafq0j e1mklfmt0\">2 November 2023, 04:55 GMT<\/time><\/p>\n<p><time datetime=\"2023-11-02\" class=\"bbc-1dafq0j e1mklfmt0\">Up to date 13 minutes in the past<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"bbc-1qn0xuy\">\n<div class=\"bbc-sni631\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\"><amp-img class=\"bbc-image\" layout=\"responsive\" alt=\"Wafaa Abouyzada, Abood Okal and their son, Yousef\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/DE61\/production\/_131592965_microsoftteams-image-60.png\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/DE61\/production\/_131592965_microsoftteams-image-60.png 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/DE61\/production\/_131592965_microsoftteams-image-60.png 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/DE61\/production\/_131592965_microsoftteams-image-60.png 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/DE61\/production\/_131592965_microsoftteams-image-60.png 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/DE61\/production\/_131592965_microsoftteams-image-60.png 800w\" fallback=\"\" attribution=\"Courtesy Sammy Nabulsi\" data-hero=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"bbc-kaivkm\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"bbc-m04vo2\">Picture supply, <\/span>Courtesy Sammy Nabulsi<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-nbxve2 e6i104o0\"><span role=\"text\"><span class=\"bbc-m04vo2\">Picture caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Okal household from Massachusetts are trapped in Gaza however might depart on Thursday<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\"><b>US President Joe Biden has known as for a &#8220;pause&#8221; within the Israel-Hamas battle. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The president was making a marketing campaign speech in Minneapolis when a heckler urged him to name for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">&#8220;I feel we&#8217;d like a pause,&#8221; he replied, saying that it could permit for hostages to get out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">An unconfirmed variety of Americans left Gaza on Wednesday, as a part of the primary group to depart since conflict broke out. One other 400 are on a listing to depart on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The Okals, a suburban Massachusetts household, who had been visiting family members in Gaza when the battle started, are amongst these on the listing supplied by Gaza&#8217;s border authority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Household buddy Sammy Nabulsi instructed the BBC that Abood Okal, Wafaa Abouyzada and their one-year-old son, Yousef, have been residing in &#8220;dire and harmful&#8221; circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">There aren&#8217;t any Canadians on the listing on Wednesday or on the listing for Thursday. Canadian International Minister Melanie Joly stated there have been 400 Canadian residents, principally twin nationals, trapped in Gaza. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">Israel has been bombing Gaza because the 7 October Hamas assaults that killed 1,400 folks and noticed 239 folks taken hostage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The Hamas-run well being ministry in Gaza says greater than 8,700 folks have been killed since Israel&#8217;s retaliatory bombing started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"bbc-1qn0xuy\"\/>\n<p><h2 id=\"More-on-IsraelGaza-war\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"bbc-kf21ty eglt09e0\">Extra on Israel-Gaza conflict<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"bbc-1qn0xuy\"\/>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">In Wednesday&#8217;s speech, the president stated a pause would &#8220;give time to get the prisoners out&#8221;, he stated. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">White Home officers later defined he had meant each getting hostages held by Hamas out and humanitarian support in, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-biden-ceasefire-422ed95081e5fe224dd9f0ed7920c4e8#\" class=\"focusIndicatorReducedWidth bbc-n8oauk e1p3sufg0\" aria-label=\"the Associated Press reports, external\">the Associated Press reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">The UN has urged a ceasefire to ease the dire humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza, the place 1.4 million persons are estimated to have been displaced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">However the UK, Canada and EU have joined the US in stopping in need of calling for ceasefire, saying it could favour Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the US and several other western governments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"bbc-1qn0xuy\"><figcaption dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-nbxve2 e6i104o0\"><span role=\"text\"><span class=\"bbc-m04vo2\">Picture caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The US President has been travelling round Minnesota<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">After the heckler was faraway from Mr Biden&#8217;s speech, the president stated the conflict was a &#8220;difficult&#8221; concern and he recognised the feelings round it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-19j92fr ebmt73l0\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"bbc-hhl7in e17g058b0\">&#8220;That is extremely difficult for the Israelis. It is extremely difficult for the Muslim world as effectively&#8230; I supported a two-state resolution; I&#8217;ve from the very starting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-67294334.amp\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Antoinette Radford BBC Information 2 November 2023, 04:55 GMT Up to date 13 minutes in the past Picture supply, Courtesy Sammy Nabulsi Picture caption, The Okal household from Massachusetts are trapped in Gaza however might depart on Thursday US President Joe Biden has known as for a &#8220;pause&#8221; within the Israel-Hamas battle. 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