As scores of world ldrs & diplomats gathered Sat at the #CairoPeaceSummit called by #Egypt, #Arab countries condemned the killing of #civilians in #Gaza & called for a #peace process, while the #UN reiterated appeals for a #ceasefire. Just hours after the #Cairo meeting adjourned, #DefSec #Austin announced the deployment of additional #deterrent #UnitedStates air defenses to the region & said he had placed more American #troops on alert to “prepare to deploy” to the region.

🕊️ The Cairo Peace Summit concludes without a breakthrough for Gaza.

Stay tuned for further updates on regional negotiations:https://buff.ly/3MdePxf

#CairoPeaceSummit #Gaza #MiddleEastPeace

At the #CairoPeaceSummit convened by Egypt’s Pres Abdel Fatah El-#Sisi, #Arab ldrs conveyed a unified msg: attacks on #civilians in #Gaza must stop & #HumanitarianAid allowed in & urged the Israeli-#Palestinian #peace process to be rekindled somehow.

Sitting across from the foreign ministers of #France, #Germany & other #Western nations, Arab ldrs made bitter accusations of #European & #American double standards.

#Istael #Hamas #war #HumanitarianCrisis #LawsOfWar #MiddleEast #geopolitics

#Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-#Sisi said his country opposed what he called the #displacement of Palestinians into Egypt's largely desert #Sinai region, adding the only solution was an #IndependentPalestinianState.

Egypt fears insecurity near the border w/ #Gaza in northeastern Sinai, where it faced an #Islamist #insurgency that peaked after 2013 & has now largely been suppressed.

#HumanitarianCrisis #LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MiddleEast #geopolitics #CairoPeaceSummit

#EuropeanCouncil President #CharlesMichel said the main goal of the #CairoPeaceSummit was "to listen to each other". However, "we understand that we need to work…" on issues incl’g the #humanitarian situation, avoiding a regional #escalation & a Palestinian-Israeli #peace process….

The summit was meant to explore heading off a wider regional war.

#Hamas #Gaza #HumanitarianCrisis #LawsOfWar #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MiddleEast #ForeignPolicy #geopolitics

"The message the #Arab world is hearing is that Palestinian lives matter less than Israeli ones," #Jordan's #KingAbdullah said, adding he was outraged & grieved by acts of violence waged against innocent #civilians in #Gaza, the Israeli-#occupied #WestBank, & #Israel.

Palestinian Pres #MahmoudAbbas said #Palestinians would not be displaced or driven off their land, "We won't leave, we won't leave.”

#Hamas #HumanitarianCrisis #LawsOfWar #MiddleEast #ForeignPolicy #geopolitics #CairoPeaceSummit

#Jordan's #KingAbdullah said in his opening speech at the #CairoPeaceSummit on Sat that the forced or internal #displacement of #Palestinians would be a #WarCrime.

#Abdullah denounced what he termed global silence on #Israel's attacks, which have killed thousands in #Hamas-“ruled” #Gaza & made >1M homeless, & urged an even-handed approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

#HumanitarianCrisis #LawsOfWar #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cairo-peace-summit-grapples-with-gaza-war-risks-region-rise-2023-10-21/

Arabs condemn Israel's Gaza bombardment, urge fresh peace push

Arab leaders condemned Israel's two-week-old bombardment of Gaza on Saturday at a gathering of Western and other leaders and demanded renewed efforts to end a decades-long cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Reuters
Arab Leaders Condemn Israel's Gaza Bombardment : Ganga News

Arab leaders gathered at the Cairo Peace Summit to condemn Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza and demand an equitable approach.

Ganga News

RT by @EEAthina: Together with @CharlesMichel and @JosepBorrellF at the #CairoPeaceSummit representing @vonderleyen.

Europe has some experience in creating lasting peace out of a fractured past.

This is our raison d’être and what we must now band together to promote once more.

#TeamEurope

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/MargSchinas/status/1715700543874605405#m

[2023-10-21 12:04 UTC]

Israel-Hamas war live: aid trucks enter Gaza as Rafah crossing on border with Egypt opens

Aid officials tell the Guardian that 20 aid trucks will be permitted to enter Gaza todayHamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 15

the Guardian