(May 24, 2024 / JNS)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi agreed to restore the flow of aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during a telephone call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday.

Egypt halted U.N. aid deliveries into the southern city of Rafah after the Israeli military took control of the Gazan side of the Egypt-Gaza border. In Friday’s call, el-Sisi agreed to let the aid flow through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing near the Egyptian border.

“President Biden welcomed the commitment from President el-Sisi to permit the flow of U.N.-provided humanitarian assistance from Egypt through the Kerem Shalom crossing on a provisional basis for onward distribution throughout Gaza,” the White House stated in its readout of the call. “This will help save lives.”

The Egyptian readout of the call said that the deliveries would consist of “humanitarian aid and fuel” and would continue “temporarily until a legal mechanism is reached to reoperate the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side.”

    • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      6 months ago

      Uh huh, try again. The truth is he only does token gestures, till they actually work out, you can’t claim “he did it boys”. Not after sending so much leathal aid to Israel.

        • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          55·
          6 months ago

          Well, start with not sending weapons to Israel and use the shitload amount of soft power the US has to pressure them to sign a cease fire. Also, could probably be better received if he didn’t repeatedly call himself a zionist and acted accordingly.

          • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
            43·
            5 months ago

            use the shitload amount of soft power the US has to pressure them to sign a cease fire

            Already doing this, at least

            • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              So far they parked two carriers right next to Israel to protect them. Where is the soft power being used on Israel?

              • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                5 months ago

                You’ve missed all the times Biden has called for a ceasefire, and all the reports about how Biden has been trying to restrain Netanyahu?

                Who am I kidding, of course you did.

                • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  5 months ago

                  And you have missed all the times he said “I am a zionist”. Where is the aid then? Where is the ceasefire? Why are weapons still going to Israel?