Israeli forces must immediately stop bombing the offices of media outlets in Gaza and do their utmost to protect all members of the press.https://t.co/ONSYEhFVxf
— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) May 18, 2021
President Biden is said to have warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in a private phone call on Monday that he could only put off for so long the growing pressure to call on Israel to change its approach in Gaza. https://t.co/a4rdU8tEWg
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 18, 2021
Nine days of fighting between Hamas militants and the Israeli military have destroyed or disrupted critical pieces of infrastructure in Gaza, creating a humanitarian catastrophe that has touched nearly every civilian in the territory.https://t.co/2fitlHMUbF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 18, 2021
President Biden is increasingly coming into conflict with fellow Democrats as he resists a shift in his party toward a tougher stand on Israel and stronger support for the Palestinians. https://t.co/10JQaMNOs0
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 18, 2021
Joe Biden directly addressed @RashidaTlaib during his speech in Dearbon:
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 18, 2021
"From my heart, I pray that your grandma and family are well. I promise you I'll do everything to see that they are, on the West Bank. You're a fighter and God thank you for being a fighter." pic.twitter.com/0elsfsCLL1
“Now, watch this drive…”
After Biden jokes about running over a reporter trying to ask him about Israel, many reporters start laughing; he then peels off and the press corps breaks into hysterical laughter pic.twitter.com/7pVn5vqMpI
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 18, 2021
Opinion | This is a war Israel can’t win <– agree with all of this. And Cotton's hysteria notwithstanding, Israel has declined to go into Gaza on ground thereby signaling it wants some amorphous deterrent outcome https://t.co/Oyyd2EJAFG
— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) May 18, 2021
“Older Americans still see a tiny country oppressed and surrounded on all sides.”
— Gregory Brew (@gbrew24) May 18, 2021
Israel has been a regional power since the late 1960s. It has possessed the most powerful military in the region since (at least) 1973. It has nuclear weapons.
Tiny it is. Oppressed it is not. https://t.co/P1r182Yiyc
Hamas will claim a victory no matter what because it will still be standing. As for the rest, like I said: “It is an entirely arbitrary judgment to decide how many Palestinians have to die and how many buildings have to be blown up to make Israel’s point: Don’t mess with us.” https://t.co/Ka3TlEUBWm
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) May 18, 2021
Meanwhile…
GOP leadership is officially recommending a coverup https://t.co/cfrw4qY7uK
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 18, 2021
“The bipartisan effort to establish a 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was torpedoed today by Kevin McCarthy in the face of pointed questioning about what he knew and when he knew it, about Trump's conduct…” – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/y1EBkrPoKs
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 18, 2021
Oddest thing about this to me: GOP leadership upset the commission won’t investigate the Summer 2017 baseball practice shooting. Republicans controlled the House for another 18 months after that. They could have investigated however they chose then.
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) May 18, 2021
McCarthy wants to block a bipartisan commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 18, 2021
It’s clear why:
He doesn’t want to disclose what he discussed with Trump that day.
Or let Americans learn more about congressional Republicans’ complicity in the attempt to overturn our democracy.
Analysis: Rep. Kevin McCarthy's arguments against a Capitol riot commission make clear why a nonpartisan investigation would be useful https://t.co/msmT9d3gld
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 18, 2021
CHUCK SCHUMER: “I will put the Jan. 6 commission legislation on the floor of the Senate for a vote, period. Republicans can let their constituents know: Are they on the side of truth or do they want to cover up for the insurrectionists and for Donald Trump?" pic.twitter.com/NXusryVlOL
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) May 18, 2021
JUST IN: The FBI is investigating what it calls a massive scheme to illegally finance Sen. Susan Collins' 2020 reelection bid, Axios has learned. https://t.co/36nNweHIUc
— Axios (@axios) May 18, 2021
"It's time to bring New York back."
— The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2021
Andrew Giuliani to run for New York governor https://t.co/eCsEo9q4MR pic.twitter.com/wY0eUbtYWz
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ANOTHER DECEASED FELINE?
Dominic Cummings threatens to exact revenge on Boris Johnson by revealing document on COVID strategy https://t.co/nnK6Ed6J4i
— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 18, 2021
On the same day last week that Boris Johnson gave a press conference to announce that the rapid spread of the "Indian variant" could scupper plans to end social distancing on 21st June, 7 direct flights from India landed in the UK.
— Ben Kentish (@BenKentish) May 18, 2021
Let's get one thing absolutely, crystal clear. "Vaccine hesitancy" did not allow the Indian variant to get a foothold. Failure to put India on the red list did. Boris Johnson did. Hubris did. Lies did.#TheJohnsonVariant
— Dominic Minghella (@DMinghella) May 18, 2021
"If you shouldn’t go to red and amber countries, why has it been made legal – and why have hundreds of flights to these destinations been allowed?
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) May 18, 2021
Ministers have not provided a convincing explanation."
Major Tory gaslighting exercise going on… https://t.co/t17xOsxS6B
"We're not getting the respect and now pay that we deserve. I'm just sick of it. So I've handed in my resignation. Lots of nurses felt the govt hadn’t led very effectively – the indecisiveness, so many mixed messages. It was just very upsetting".https://t.co/TTzOZaBhw3
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) May 18, 2021
NEW: Lord Frost says UK looking for New Zealand style "equivalence" deal on food standards with the EU to reduce checks on Irish sea border.
— Lisa O'Carroll (@lisaocarroll) May 18, 2021
"That should enable reductions in paperwork …the EU has agreed such such processes with NZ and Canada"…
“The protocol is not going to go anywhere.. best course of action is to make sure it is optimised.. big opportunities for [NI] coming out of the protocol.. level of inward investment discussions taking place at the moment is really high” – @JulianSmithUK https://t.co/IYmk4NW1Cc
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) May 18, 2021
The US congress has just re-affirmed commitment to the GFA. Ireland has very powerful friends. https://t.co/J1fp9s95pT
— Fiona Swann #3.5% (@Lorelei_174) May 18, 2021
Just for once, do read the comments, they're hilarious! https://t.co/7X1jSvsCPn (Ugh, sorry the thumbnail shows his face)
— Alice Sheppard (@PenguinGalaxy) May 18, 2021
Well, yeah…
Just when you thought the Shrek piece was pure shite https://t.co/Jdorty7lub
— Debs (@DebShoes72) May 18, 2021
The Overnight Note 