Europe is trying to put pressure on Israel to stop the Gaza slaughter. Will Trump let them? – Mondoweiss

Evidence of strain in Western support for Israel’s genocide and regional aggression continues to mount, yet also continues to fall frustratingly short of the sort of material pressure that would get Israel to stop its constant, wholesale slaughter of Palestinians.

As is so often the case, President Donald Trump’s administration sent out mixed messages over the Memorial Day holiday. Initial reports told us that the United States had reached an agreement with Hamas on a temporary…