Trump said to warn Jewish donor that MAGA world ‘starting to hate Israel’

US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel, the Financial Times reports.
 
“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told the unnamed donor recently, citing a Mideast expert, also unnamed, with contacts inside the Trump administration.
 
The report describes the donor as “prominent.”
 
“There are people in the White House who are watching this narrative develop in the right wing, in the MAGA world, that is very anti-Israel, very anti-Jewish,” the expert is quoted saying.
 
The comments come as Israel has come under increasing criticism, including from Trump and other Republicans, due to images of hunger emerging from Gaza.

The new poll also found that about half of American adults now have an unfavorable view of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the most negative rating he has received since he was first included in Gallup polling in 1997, during his first stint as premier.
 
The findings underscore the Israeli government’s dramatic loss of support within the United States. But not everyone is shifting, with the war instead becoming more politically polarizing.

The new poll found that about 6 in 10 US adults disapprove of the military action Israel has taken in Gaza, up from 45% in November 2023. At that time, 50% said they approved.
 
The 32% approval figure in the latest poll marked the lowest level of support for Israel’s offensive since the question was first asked by Gallup in November 2023, with support among Americans dwindling as the war has continued. In March 2024, about half of US adults disapproved of Israel’s military action in Gaza, which fell slightly as the year wore on.
 
In a new low, only 8% of Democrats and one-quarter of independents say they now approve of Israel’s military campaign, down from 36% and 47%, respectively, in November 2023. By contrast, 71% of Republicans approve, a number that has stayed relatively stable throughout the war.

Young adults are also much more likely to disapprove of Israel’s actions. Only about 1 in 10 adults under age 35 say they approve of Israel’s military choices in Gaza, compared with about half of those who are 55 or older.
 
Democrats and young people also widely disapproved of Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program last month, the poll found. Just 12% of Democrats and 31% of independents said they approved of Israeli military actions in Iran, compared to 78% of Republicans. And 15% of those ages 18 to 34 approved, compared to 55% of those 55 and older.

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NEW - Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says, "Germany is returning to support Nazism" after Germany's Foreign Minister met with Netanyahu today amid speculation that Berlin may recognize the State of Palestine.

Portugal to consider recognizing Palestinian state in September

The Portuguese government will consult the president and parliament on the question of recognizing the State of Palestine at the UN in September, Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s office says.
 
Portugal “is considering recognition of the Palestinian state, as part of a procedure that could be concluded during the high-level week of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, to be held in New York in September,” the statement says.

French FM condemns Israel, US-backed Gaza aid operation as ‘bloodbath’
 
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Thursday said the Israeli- and US-backed aid operation run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) “generated a bloodbath in distribution lines in Gaza" and “has to stop”. The UN estimates that Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 people seeking food since May, most near militarised distribution sites of the GHF.

“I want to call for the cessation of the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the militarised distribution of humanitarian aid that has generated a bloodbath in distribution lines in Gaza, which is a scandal, which is shameful, and has to stop,” Foreign and European Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters after meeting his Cyprus counterpart in Nicosia.

The UN estimates that Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 people seeking food since May, most near militarised distribution sites of the GHF, which employs a US logistics firm run by a former CIA officer and armed US veterans. The GHF denies that there have been deadly incidents at its sites, and says the deadliest have been near other aid convoys.

Après la France, quatorze autres pays occidentaux appellent à reconnaître la Palestine

La France et 14 pays, dont le Canada et l'Australie, "invitent" les pays du monde à exprimer leur volonté de reconnaître un Etat de Palestine, a affirmé mercredi le ministre français des Affaires étrangères, à l'issue d'une conférence ministérielle à l'ONU pour une solution à deux Etats au conflit israélo-palestinien.
"A New York avec 14 autres pays, la France lance un appel collectif: nous exprimons notre volonté de reconnaître l'Etat de Palestine et invitons ceux qui ne l'ont pas encore fait à nous rejoindre", a écrit Jean-Noël Barrot sur X, au lendemain de cet "appel de New York".

Outre la France, deux membres du G20, le Canada et l'Australie, font partie de l'appel. Les autres pays signataires sont: Andorre, la Finlande, l'Islande, l'Irlande, le Luxembourg, Malte, la Nouvelle-Zélande, la Norvège, le Portugal, Saint-Marin, la Slovénie et l'Espagne.

Mais contrairement à d'autres Etats européens, la Suisse n'est pas pour autant prête à reconnaître un Etat palestinien à ce stade. Pour elle, "cette démarche doit s’inscrire dans la perspective d’une paix durable fondée sur la solution à deux Etats". Cette reconnaissance "pourrait être envisagée lorsque des mesures concrètes de mise en œuvre – garantissant à la fois la sécurité d’Israël et le droit à l’autodétermination du peuple palestinien – auront été engagées", détaille le DFAE.

“Recognition of a Palestinian state while Hamas holds 50 hostages isn’t just a step  away from peace, it is a blatant violation of international law and a dangerous moral and political violation that bestows legitimacy to horrifying war crimes,” said The Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a statement.
 
“The international community — if it wants peace — must join the efforts of the US and demand, before all else, the release of the hostages and then the end of the fighting,” said the Forum. The Forum, which represents a majority, but not all, of the hostages’ families, advocates a deal with Hamas to return all the hostages in exchange for an end to the war and the release of Palestinian security prisoners.
 
“Abducting men, women, children and babies, and holding them in tunnels against their will, amid starvation and physical and mental abuse, cannot — must not — be the grounds for establishing a state,” the families said.
 
“The recognition of a Palestinian state before the return of the hostages will forever be remembered as a shameful, antisemitic step that renders terror acceptable as a legitimate means of achieving political goals,” they declared.

Exclusif : un ancien employé de la GHF dénonce les "crimes de guerre" de l'organisation à Gaza
 
La Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), l'organisation chargée ces dernières semaines de la distribution de l'aide alimentaire dans l'enclave palestinienne, est au centre de critiques après la mort de plus de 760 Palestiniens à proximité de ses sites de distribution. Pour la première fois, un ancien employé de la GHF prend la parole publiquement, accusant son ancien employeur de participer à des "crimes de guerre".

Anthony Aguilar se souvient ainsi de plusieurs accidents sur des lieux de distribution. "Une grenade assourdissante a été jetée dans la foule, à côté d'une femme palestinienne qui était avec son paquet d'aide humanitaire. Elle attendait pour mettre ses provisions dans un sac pour pouvoir partir", raconte-t-il.
 
"Et là, un employé d'UG Solutions a tiré une grenade assourdissante. Lorsqu'elle a explosé, le morceau en métal du haut de la grenade a atteint cette femme à la tête. Elle était inconsciente. Elle était sans vie, elle ne bougeait plus. Elle a ensuite été mise sur une charrette tirée par un âne par une autre femme qui était avec elle. Et elle a été sortie du site." France 24 n'a pas pu vérifier indépendamment le sort de cette civile.
 
Une autre fois, "des contractuels ont ouvert le feu", poursuit-il. "Les balles étaient tirées aux pieds, au-dessus des têtes et directement dans la foule des Palestiniens qui partaient."