Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. Federal and local leaders are blaming each other for the violence unfolding in Minnesota as protesters face off with immigration officers. The Minneapolis mayor is calling the federal agents a, quote, occupying force. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
Chapter 2: What are the recent developments in the Minnesota protests?
U.S. immigration and custom enforcement agents surged into Minneapolis in December, sparking protests and unrest. One woman is dead after being shot by an ICE agent. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blamed the violence on local leaders.
The elected leaders and Mayor Frey is allowing that to happen and allowing this kind of violence to happen.
Noem told CBS her department is willing to work with local leaders going forward, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said it's the federal agents who are creating the chaos.
We are doing everything possible to keep the peace, notwithstanding this occupying force that has quite literally invaded our city.
Fry called on ICE to leave the city and criticized President Trump's threat to send in the military. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Troops from the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska are preparing to possibly go to Minnesota. A U.S. official tells NPR as many as 1,500 troops are on standby. The division's website says part of its mission is to defeat any adversary in extreme weather. Israel is raising objections to President Trump's new leadership board for Gaza.
It's a rare public disagreement by Israel to Trump's peace plan for Gaza. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv.
President Trump late Friday announced a new Gaza executive board that will oversee governance in Gaza, replacing Hamas. Israel is objecting to two members of the oversight board, the foreign minister of Turkey and a senior official from Qatar. That's because Israel sees Qatar and Turkey as primary backers of Hamas.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's asking the matter be raised with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. But analysts in Israel say Netanyahu knows there's not much Israel can do about it. Qatar and Turkey are Trump's close allies, and Trump said in a social media post that those countries would help demilitarize Hamas. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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