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TEL AVIV: Chanting “yes, to peace, yes, to a deal,” hundreds of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis marched noisily through Tel Aviv on Thursday night, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the cycle of violence.

Their agenda starts with a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, but ultimately, they want to reboot Palestinian-Israeli relations, and breathe new life into the moribund peace movement.

“It basically went silent after October 7,” and the start of the war, Amira Mohammed, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, said of the peace camp.

On Thursday, Multiple rockets were fired at a US base in Iraq, an attack that came after US and Iraqi officials held talks on the future of the US military presence in the country.

According to Reuters, the attack targeted the Ain al-Asad airbase, and no casualties or damage was reported. US officials said the base itself was not hit by the rockets.

From October 2023 until February, US bases in Iraq and Syria came under hundreds of rocket and drone attacks. Iraqi Shia militias launched began the attacks in response to US support for the Israeli onslaught in Gaza.

After three US troops were killed in an attack on Tower 22, a secretive base in Jordan on the Syrian border, Iran and the Iraqi government pressured the militias to stop, and there have only been a handful of attacks since February.

The Iraqi militias fall under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which is part of Iraq’s official security forces. The PMF militias, including Kataib Hezbollah, want the US to withdraw and have been pressuring Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to expel US forces.

Reuters reported on Monday that the Iraqi government wants the US to start drawing down troops in September and complete the mission of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition by September 2025. But the report said some US troops will likely stay in a different capacity.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday held separate meetings with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House as Israel is looking to clinch more US support for its genocidal campaign in Gaza.

While meeting with Biden, Netanyahu praised the president for his strong support since October 7 and for backing Israel throughout his 50-year political career. “From a proud Israeli Zionist to a proud Irish American Zionist, I want to thank you for fifty years of public service and fifty years of support for the state of Israel,” Netanyahu said.

After her meeting with Netanyahu, Harris claimed she was concerned with the massive civilian casualties in Gaza but said she would always back Israel.

“I told him that I will always ensure that Israel is able to defend itself, including from Iran and Iran-backed militias such as Hamas and Hezbollah,” Harris said. “From when I was a young girl collecting funds to plant trees for Israel to my time in the United States Senate and now at the White House, I have had an unwavering commitment to the existence of the state of Israel, to its security and to the people of Israel.”

Ahead of the meetings, a senior administration official told reporters that there was “no daylight between the president and vice president” on their position on Israel.

Harris also called for a hostage and ceasefire deal with Hamas, something Netanyahu has been actively sabotaging. US officials said Biden pressed Netanyahu to reach a hostage deal, and the White House claimed that an agreement was closer than ever. However, Reuters reported on Thursday that Israel’s new demands are complicating the talks.

POLITICO reported that while the Israeli delegation is in Washington, Israeli officials are circulating lists among US officials of weapons they want fast-tracked. The report said Israel was “quietly” pushing for faster military aid shipments, but Netanyahu also made the demand during his address to Congress on Wednesday.

“In World War II, as Britain fought on the frontlines of civilization, Winston Churchill appealed to Americans with these famous words: ‘Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job.’ Today, as Israel fights on the frontline of civilization, I too appeal to America: “Give us the tools faster, and we’ll finish the job faster,” Netanyahu said in his address to a cheering Congress.