As Gaza War Is Largely Ignored on DNC Stage, Doubts Grow over Blinken’s Claims on Ceasefire Talks

At least 50 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours , according to the Health Ministry in Gaza , pushing the official death toll past 40,200 .

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended his ninth visit to the Middle East since October without securing any breakthrough for a ceasefire deal.

In Chicago , where Democrats gathered for the DNC , Gaza has been mentioned only in passing from the main stage.

Hamas has their concerns. They want to be able to stay in Gaza and rebuild and to show Palestinians that they’ve achieved something and made Israel concede something.

On the Israeli side, you have zero pressure from the U.S. There is no willingness to use any pressure on Israel to get to an agreement, says ZAHA HASSAN .

Zaha Hassan : There’s been an almost competition between Democrats and Republicans on “how much can we show Israel that we support them and that we have their back?” Hassan : Each administration has tried to diminish the Palestinian negotiating position in order to gain support from Israel for, you know, domestically in the U.S. , to show that this administration is the true friend of Israel .