{"id":24463,"date":"2024-03-05T01:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T07:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=24463"},"modified":"2024-03-05T01:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T07:06:29","slug":"harris-calls-for-immediate-cease-fire-for-at-least-the-next-6-weeks-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=24463","title":{"rendered":"Harris calls for immediate cease-fire \u2018for at least the next 6 weeks\u2019 in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vice President Harris <\/a>called for an \u201cimmediate cease-fire\u201d in the Israel-Hamas war Sunday, doubling down on pressure from the Biden administration as negotiations continue for a six-week pause in fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate cease-fire at least for the next six weeks, which is currently on the table,\u201d she said in a speech<\/a> in Selma, Ala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden <\/a>has urged the Israeli government to agree to a six-week cease-fire for weeks, amid tense negotiations with Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli government agreed to the framework<\/a> of a proposed six-week cease-fire Saturday, The Associated Press reported, a sign of progress in negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris is set to meet with Benny Gantz,<\/a> a member of the Israeli war Cabinet, at the White House on Monday to discuss the cease-fire deal and humanitarian aid, The New York Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scheduled meeting reportedly draws the ire of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,<\/a> who did not authorize the trip, according to The Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vice president also pressed the Israeli government to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza in the speech, calling the situation in the war-torn region a \u201chumanitarian catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we are seeing every day in Gaza is devastating,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have seen reports of families eating leaves or animal food. Women giving birth to malnourished babies with little or no medical care, and children dying from malnutrition and dehydration.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that there are \u201cno excuses\u201d for Israel not to increase aid deliveries in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration has turned up criticism<\/a> of Israel in recent weeks over humanitarian conditions in Gaza, especially after the killing of more than 100 civilians<\/a> attempting to receive aid on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has faced growing pressure<\/a> from Democrats to call for a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas as the situation in Gaza worsens, and the Palestinian death toll from Israel\u2019s attacks climbs above 30,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Pramila Jayapal <\/a>(D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, praised Harris\u2019s statement<\/a> Sunday but urged the Biden administration to follow it up with policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe VP has called for an immediate ceasefire, and urgent aid into Gaza,\u201d Jayapal\u00a0wrote on X<\/a>, the platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cThis is the first time this language has been used by the administration. It is important. Now let\u2019s back it up with policy shift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thehill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vice President Harris called for an \u201cimmediate cease-fire\u201d in the Israel-Hamas war Sunday, doubling down on pressure from the Biden administration as negotiations continue for a six-week pause in fighting. \u201cGiven the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate cease-fire at least for the next six weeks, which is currently on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1153],"tags":[4366,2302,1239,4712],"class_list":["post-24463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military","tag-condemnation","tag-harris","tag-israel","tag-vice-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24465,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24463\/revisions\/24465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}