Joe Biden asked to leave his stock of American weapons at the door by Benjamin Netanyahu refusing any negotiations. This humorous illustration by the Swiss press cartoonist Chappatte reflects the increasingly difficult relations between the American president and the Israeli Prime Minister around the war in Gaza.
Joe Biden asked the head of the Hebrew state, Thursday, April 4, to order an “immediate ceasefire” in the Palestinian enclave during a tense telephone call, suggesting that Washington could review its support for Israel. This toughening of tone on the part of Tel Aviv's first partner comes after the death of seven humanitarian workers from the American NGO World Central Kitchen, killed by an Israeli strike on Tuesday April 2 in Gaza.
The Israeli army said Friday it was targeting a "Hamas gunman" firing from the roof of one of the aid trucks when it killed seven aid workers in the Palestinian enclave, admitting to carrying out a series of attacks "serious errors".
The day after the unprecedented warning from its major American partner, Israel announced that it would authorize the "temporary" delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, besieged and threatened with famine, via the port of Ashdod and the crossing point. 'Erez. “These are positive developments, but the real test is the results, and that is what we will examine in the coming days and weeks,” responded US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Abroad and at home, the noose is tightening on the Hebrew Prime Minister. While the international community is still calling for respect for the ceasefire voted at the UN Security Council on March 25, Benjamin Netanyahu also faces numerous criticisms in Israel, from both the left and the right.
Demonstrators demand the return of the hostages and an end to the operation in Gaza, while the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Netanyahu's major electoral support, denounces the end of his exemption from military service. Faced with the growing unpopularity of the conservative right, the centrist opposition embodied by Benny Gantz breaks the sacred union formed following October 7, and calls for early elections in September.
Born in 1967 in Karachi, Pakistan, to a Swiss father and a Lebanese mother, Patrick Chappatte is a cartoonist and cartoonist-reporter. He co-founded the Swiss Cartooning for Peace Foundation with Plantu and works for the Swiss daily newspapers Le Temps and Neue Zürcher Zeitun, The International New York Times and Yahoo! France.
Cartooning for Peace is an international network of cartoonists committed to promoting, through the universality of press cartoons, freedom of expression, human rights and mutual respect between populations of different cultures or beliefs.
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