World leaders on Saturday gathered in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for a conference to discuss ways to de-escalate the conflict in Gaza amid growing fears of a wider Middle East conflict, but with Israel and senior U.S. officials absent, there were no agreement reached after the meeting, two weeks into a conflict that has killed thousands and visited a humanitarian catastrophe on the blockaded Gaza enclave of 2.3 million people.
  • zerfuffle@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Peace in Israel would shift attention back to Ukraine. I’m fairly sure the US doesn’t want that. There are 5.8 million Jewish people in America, compared to about 1 million Ukrainians. It’s clear which conflict the US would rather have dominating domestic media.