On the front page: Israeli-Palestinian conflict, no immediate hope for a truce
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Israeli army tanks take position near the border with the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021 © AP / Tsafrir Abayov
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Already more than 100 dead in the Gaza Strip which suffers a real "
shelling of the Israeli army
", reports the
New York Times
which underlines that the army had announced last night "
that a ground operation was underway in Gaza
" , before denying it by evoking "
an internal communication problem
". Certainly, a new push against Hamas, believes the American press as the Islamist movement continues to rain its rockets on Israel. But "
the possibility of a land invasion
" remains on the table, explains the
New York Times,
which however warns against a decision which "
would prolong the conflict and significantly increase the number of deaths and injuries on both sides
”.
Israel's military campaign against Hamas "
will continue for as long as necessary,
" the
Jerusalem Post
headlines
, using Prime Minister Netanyahu's words.
The Israeli daily explains that "
Egypt's mediation efforts for a ceasefire have not borne fruit
".
Egyptian mediators, the daily said, "
demanded that Israel end colonization and stop assassinating Hamas military officials in Gaza
."
Categorical refusal by the Israeli government.
The United States in no rush to re-engage in the Middle Eastern quagmire
“
What is the United States doing? As bombs rain on Gaza and Tel Aviv?
"Asks
Le Soir
which evokes"
the discomfort of Joe Biden
", drawn into a whirlwind that he sought to avoid,"
Biden hesitates to increase the pressure on Benyamin Netanyahu
", estimates the Belgian daily"
for fear of harming efforts to relaunch the Iran nuclear deal
”.
“
To the horror of successive American administrations, the Middle East has become the Glenn Close of the film
Fatal Attraction,” writes the Haaretz columnist very vividly, “
the abandoned mistress who watches her lover Michael Douglas with a psychotic air in declaring “
that it will not be ignored
”
”. However, for the
Haaretz
"
Washington is (now) not interested enough to immerse itself once again in this bottomless cesspool
" that has become of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And the daily urging the belligerent "
Israelis and Palestinians to mind their own affairs
". "
Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations are all ready to help, the Americans no doubt too, but in an independent and part-time role
”.
America finally freed from wearing a mask
President Biden can congratulate himself on a first victory against Covid-19, with the abandonment of the wearing of masks for all those vaccinated. "
A hope for a return to normal
", hailed by the entire American press. ""
Better days await us
", headlines the
Washington Post
, echoing the words of President Biden who posted yesterday, underlines the
Post
" with
a triumphant air, having himself removed his mask to announce that the country was on the verge of victory a pandemic that has killed more than 580,000 Americans
”.
"
Finally free
", also rejoiced Mitch McConnell the leader of the Republicans in the Senate while the American health authorities have therefore authorized "
all vaccinated people to remove their masks inside and outside, except in transport and hospitals
", underlines for its part the
New York Times
, which hopes that this promise to leave the mask"
will encourage the most reluctant to go to be vaccinated
".
Covid-19: the spread of the pandemic is accelerating in Japan, the Olympic Games threatened
In Japan, where declarations of a state of emergency are increasing, the rebellion against the holding of the Olympics is still gaining momentum two months before the start of the Olympic Games. "
The governors refuse to allocate hospital beds to Olympic athletes suffering from Covid
", headlines the
Japan Times
which also points out that the doctors' union considers "
that it is impossible to organize the Olympic Games while the pandemic is rage
”.
"
The clouds are accumulating over the Tokyo Olympics
", headlines
Le Soir
, its correspondent in Tokyo describing "
a Japanese government at bay, completely overwhelmed by the situation which keeps repeating over and over"
that the Olympics will take place in perfect conditions of security ””, while the population, like the opposition, demands again and again “
the cancellation of the Games
”.
The Titanic resurfaces ... in China
"
The Titanic is coming back from the depths
", headlines the
Straits Times
, the Singapore daily, which explains that more than a century after its terrible sinking "
its perfect 260-meter-long replica will reemerge in Sichuan
", the southwest from China.
It will have "
taken 6 years, hundreds of workers, 23,000 tons of steel, and more than a billion euros
", to rebuild identically the Titanic which "
from the dining room to the luxury cabins and even on the door handles
”, respects the original.
Tourists will be able to spend a night there at the end of the year, and without risk of sinking, since the ship is bathing in a reconstituted port, in the Chinese countryside, more than 1,000 kilometers from the sea.
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