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Kamala Harris, after meeting with Netanyahu: it’s time to end the war in Gaza
The vice president of the United States and future Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, claimed after meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that it was time to end the Gaza war with a ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
“I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu that it’s time for the agreement to be closed. So to all those who have been asking for a ceasefire and long for peace, I see and hear them. Let’s make the agreement to get a ceasefire and end the war,” Harris told the press at the end of the meeting.
Harris had previously photographed herself with Netanyahu, but appeared alone, with a message that departed slightly from the line of the president, Joe Biden, with greater empathy for the suffering of the Palestinians.
“I explained it to the prime minister, my great concern about the scale of human suffering in Gaza, including the death of too many innocent civilians,” the vice president said.
“What has happened in Gaza in the last nine months, those images of dead children and desperate people fleeing, some for the second, third or fourth time… We can’t look the other way in the face of these tragedies, we can’t afford to be insensitive to the suffering, Harris said.
Of course, he also had words of solidarity with the Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas, and in particular those who also have American nationality, whom he cited one by one by name.
In what seemed like an appeal to American voters, he asked to make an effort to understand that the Gaza conflict is not binary (good and bad) and that we must “understand the complexity and nuances of the history of the region,” and therefore called for “condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and all kinds of hate crime.”
Harris has been openly critical of the way Israel conducts the offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has already left more than 39,000 dead, and was the first voice of the US Administration to call for an immediate ceasefire.
The meeting with Netanyahu generated high expectations because Harris has practically assured the nomination of the Democratic Party after the president, Joe Biden, resigned from running for re-election, and could give clues about the relationship he would have with Israel if he won the November elections.
Harris, who within her functions has that of presiding over the Senate, was the great absentee in the speech that Netanyahu gave on Wednesday before the United States Congress, where he defended to maintain his war against Hamas until the “final victory.”
The vice president issued a statement to condemn the burning of an American flag and the slogans in favor of Hamas that occurred yesterday during a pro-Palestinian demonstration against Netanyahu’s presence in Washington.
Before meeting with Harris, the Israeli Prime Minister met with Biden in the Oval Office of the White House and then both leaders met with relatives of hostages who remain kidnapped by Hamas in Gaza.
Biden’s main objective is to pressure Netanyahu to close within the next few weeks an agreement with Hamas that allows a truce in Gaza and the release of the hostages.
Biden and Netanyahu have not seen each other since the US president traveled to Israel as a show of solidarity after the attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist group on October 7 that left 1,200 dead and triggered the Israeli offensive on the enclave.
Despite being Israel’s largest supplier of weapons, the United States Government has been critical of Israeli bombings on densely populated areas, attacks on hospitals and restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid.
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Opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia calls for fair treatment amidst political persecution claims
Edmundo González Urrutia, a rival of Nicolás Maduro in his disputed re-election, called on Wednesday for the Attorney General to avoid a “political persecution” given that the judiciary is accused of serving the Chavismo regime.
The 75-year-old opposition figure has been in hiding for the past month. He claims to have won the election in which Maduro was declared for a third consecutive term, an election that has led to a severe crisis with Colombia and Brazil leading efforts to find a peaceful solution.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro are expected to meet with Maduro “probably” on Wednesday, shortly after expressing their “deep concern” over the arrest warrant against González.
The prosecution is investigating González for alleged “disobedience of laws,” “conspiracy,” “usurpation of functions,” and “sabotage,” focusing on a website managed by the opposition led by María Corina Machado, which published over 80% of the voting records, claiming it serves as proof of a landslide victory for their candidate.
It is unclear whether charges have been formally brought against him. His lawyer, José Vicente Haro, has not been able to access the case file but went to the prosecutor’s office in an attempt to halt the process against his client. Haro submitted a legal document explaining González’s absence from three summonses issued by the office, which led to the arrest request.
“I was told that the correspondence (…) could not be received because they did not have the proper authorization,” Haro explained to reporters after the proceedings.
“This is the kind of situation that prevented Mr. Edmundo González Urrutia from attending the summons he was issued,” Haro continued. “There is a situation of defenselessness, an inability to guarantee his right to defense, to due process.” “What would have happened if Mr. Edmundo González Urrutia had shown up?”
Opposition figures and legal experts agree that the Venezuelan judiciary operates in service of the ruling Chavismo.
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China warns against U.S. trade policies, citing high tariffs and obstruction in WTO disputes
Discriminatory subsidies from the United States, continued obstruction of the appointment of judges to the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body, and the imposition of high tariffs on imported goods have raised global concerns about a new round of trade wars, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Monday.
Spokesperson Lin Jian made these remarks at a regular press conference in response to questions about U.S. media criticism regarding China’s investment in the manufacturing industry.
Lin pointed out that China’s manufacturing industry enjoys a global reputation based on continuous investment in research and development and its comparative advantages, rather than on subsidies or protectionist measures.
“We have ensured the stability of global production and supply chains with our comprehensive manufacturing industry, and we have also promoted technological progress and industrial modernization worldwide,” Lin said.
He also noted that China has maintained the leading global market share in goods exports for 15 consecutive years and the second place in imports for the same period, playing a significant role in promoting stable global economic development.
Whenever the United States finds itself in a difficult situation, some individuals and U.S. media use other countries as scapegoats to shift blame, Lin said.
He added that the main factors causing global concern about a new round of trade wars are U.S. measures, including discriminatory subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act, continued obstruction of the appointment of judges to the WTO Appellate Body, and frequent imposition of high tariffs on goods from other countries.
The spokesperson further noted that data clearly show that last year, among WTO members, only the United States reported 454 technical barriers to trade, more than the total reported by the next five members combined.
“Protectionism cannot bring about the illusion of a ‘win-win’ outcome; instead, it will only result in lost opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation,” said the spokesperson, adding that the Chinese economy has become deeply integrated into global development and will further expand high-level openness and cultivate new driving forces for global economic development.
On the path of open cooperation, China will always be an opportunity for the world, Lin asserted.
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Boric asks for “transparent” results and says that Chile and the world would not accept anything else
The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, asked the Venezuelan authorities to deliver “transparent” results, that “fully reflect the will expressed at the polls,” and said that neither his Government nor the international community would “accept anything else.”
“The delivery of the results of this transcendental election for Venezuela must be transparent, timely and fully reflect the popular will expressed at the polls. The international community of which our country Chile is a part would not accept anything else,” said the progressive president, the first in the region, the first in the region, to speak out about the delay in the delivery of results by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, on his social network account.
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