Egypt enters the Kerem Shalom crossing point
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi committed, in a telephone exchange with Joe Biden, to “Give Way humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations via the crossing point Kerem Shalom»in the south of the Gaza Strip, the White House announced this Friday evening. “This will help save lives,” according to an American press release, which specifies that the American president has on his side “fully committed” to work towards the reopening of another strategic crossing point, that of Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the Palestinian territory. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Thursday that Israeli authorities had recently prioritized goods from the private commercial sector over humanitarian aid at the main point of crossing from Israel to the Gaza Strip, Kerem Shalom (south).
Emmanuel Macron receives the heads of diplomacy of four Arab countries
This Friday evening, the French president welcomes the Prime Minister and head of diplomacy of Qatar, the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan to take stock of the “situation in the Middle East”, announces the Elysée. Without further details at this stage. They are the Qatari Mohammed ben Abdelrahmane Al-Thani, the Saudi Faisal ben Farhane, the Egyptian Sameh Choukry and the Jordanian Ayman Safadi. At the same time, the head of the CIA must arrive in Paris to meet his counterpart from the Israeli Mossad.
Bodies of three hostages held in Gaza recovered by IDF
The Israeli army announced this Friday that it had recovered the remains of three Hamas hostages. They had been held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 attack. Among the bodies, which were repatriated to Israel, is that of a Franco-Mexican: Orión Hernández-Radoux. “The bodies of the hostages [Chanan] Yablonka (Israeli, Editor’s note), Michel Nisenbaum (Israeli-Brazilian, Editor’s note), and Orion Hernandez [-Radoux] (Franco-Mexican, Editor’s note) were recovered during the night during a joint operation., indicates the Israeli army in a press release. She then carried out, with the Israeli intelligence services, an operation in Jabalia (north of Gaza).
Israel announces “cutting the link” between the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem and the Palestinians
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced this Friday that he “decided to cut the link” between the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem and the Palestinians. A decision “in response” to the announcement of the recognition of the State of Palestine by three European countries, including Spain, from May 28. The minister also adds that he took these measures in response “to the anti-Semitic call [d’une ministre espagnole] not simply to recognize a Palestinian state, but to “liberate Palestine from the river to the sea”.
On May 22, in the wake of the recognition of a State of Palestine by Pedro Sánchez, the Minister of Labor and leader of the far-left Sumar party, Yolanda Díaz, published a video on X (formerly Twitter) , where she declared: “We can’t stop there. Palestine will be free from the river to the sea”, denouncing a “genocide of the Palestinian people”. This slogan, which refers to the borders of Palestine before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, is interpreted by the Israeli government as a call for the elimination of Israel.
CIA boss expected in Paris
Restart talks with Israel on a truce in Gaza. It is with this in mind that the boss of the CIA, William Joseph Burns, is announced to visit Paris this Friday or the next day. Israel gave the green light on Thursday for a resumption of negotiations for the release of hostages held in Gaza, while discussions on a truce with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas have been bogged down for months. “The director [de la CIA] will travel to Europe in the coming days to try to relaunch negotiations”declared an American official to CNN the same day, adding: “[Il] is in frequent discussions with the Egyptians, the Qataris and the Israelis.
Borrell asks Israel not to ‘intimidate’ or ‘threaten’ ICC judges
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, called on Israel on Friday not to “intimidate” And “threaten” the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), whose attorney general requested arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister. “I ask everyone, starting with the government of Israel, but also certain European governments, not to intimidate judges, not to threaten them”Borrell said in an interview with Spanish public television TVE, calling for “respect for the International Criminal Court”.
Update : at 8:08 p.m., with the addition of Egyptian statements on Kerem Shalom.
