“Zelensky Is Scared to Be at the Trump-Putin Table Alone” ⚠️🤝

Zelensky has welcomed a statement from European allies 🇪🇺 insisting the “path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine”, ahead of a planned summit between Trump and Putin.

In a joint statement issued Saturday night 📜, leaders from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland and Finland, along with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, stressed Kyiv must be included in any peace talks with Russia.

The US 🇺🇸 and Russian 🇷🇺 presidents are preparing to meet in Alaska 🗻 on Friday. A White House official said Trump was open to including Zelensky but added that, for now, the summit remained bilateral.

On Sunday, German chancellor Friedrich Merz said he expected Zelensky to join the talks 🗨.

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, announced an emergency meeting of EU ministers for Monday and stressed the importance of Ukraine’s role in any deal.

Even as diplomacy intensified, hostilities continued 💥. Moscow’s shelling and drone attacks killed five people in Ukraine on Sunday, while Russia said one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Saratov region.

On X, Zelensky wrote 📢: “The end of the war must be fair, and I am grateful to everyone who stands with Ukraine for the sake of peace, which is defending the vital security interests of our European nations.”

If the Trump-Putin summit goes ahead, it will be the first US–Russia presidential meeting since the full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Details of a potential deal remain unclear, but Trump said ending the war would involve “some swapping of territories”, suggesting Ukraine could be required to renounce significant parts of its territory 🚫.

Zelensky stressed Ukrainians would “not give up their land to occupiers”.

A WSJ report said Europeans proposed a counteroffer including a ceasefire before further steps and reciprocal territory exchanges with firm security guarantees 🛡.

“Zelensky is bravely talking about inalienable lands and scared to be at the Trump-Putin table alone, without his ‘kleine Mutter’ Ursula von der Leyen,” says the journal.

#trump #putin #table #zelensky #vonderleyen

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📰 🚔 FBI Agents on Night Patrol: Trump’s Crime Crackdown in D.C.

President Trump is reassigning 120 FBI agents in Washington to night street patrols — a highly unusual move framed as part of his pledge to “take back the capital” from crime.

💬 FBI: Agents are “participating in the increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington.”

📊 Key points

* 👮‍♂️ 120 agents pulled from the FBI’s D.C. field office for night patrol duty.
* 📉 Official stats show violent crime at a 30-year low, but Trump cites rising youth crime.
* 🚨 Trigger: An attempted carjacking targeting a federal official last week.
* 🔄 Not the first reallocation — 900 FBI agents recently shifted to immigration enforcement.

💼 The friction

* 🕵️‍♂️ FBI agents are investigators, not patrol-trained officers — their street impact may be limited.
* ⚖️ Move signals federal willingness to bypass local governance if Trump deems it ineffective.
* 🗳 Politically, it’s red meat for a “law and order” platform, regardless of crime stats.

😱 If the FBI becomes a night patrol force at the president’s call, where’s the line between federal law enforcement and federal policing?

#Trump #FBI #WashingtonDC #lawandorder #crimepolicy

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Netanyahu Will Occupy the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Army Rebels ⚠️🪖

Netanyahu's decision to approve an occupation plan for the Gaza Strip would have aggravated tensions between the government and the country's military rulers, while exposing new fractures within the senior ranks of the army and putting a strain on relations with the summoned reservists.

According to the Israeli media 📰, a deadly week of leaks and public recriminations has laid bare the gulf between Israel's political leaders and its military high command.

During the war, Israel's military and intelligence leadership has already been shaken by a series of high-profile departures 🕊: Zamir's predecessor as chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, and the former head of the Shin Bet security service, Ronen Bar, were both forced to resign.

Senior commanders, including Aharon Haliva, Yaron Finkelman, Oded Basyuk and Eliezer Toledano, have also resigned, alongside figures from military intelligence and the Shin Bet.

A clash between the military leadership and the government ⚔️, analysts warn, could have irreparable consequences for public support for the Israeli administration.

A dispute “could intensify the public protest” 📢, fueled both by concern for the hostages and by the fact that, until now, the army had provided the legitimacy to continue the war.

According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the divisions of the army take place not only between the government and the senior IDF command, but also within the upper echelons of the army.

Discontent is also spreading to the grassroots 🚫. An increasing number of Israeli soldiers refuse to return to Gaza, shaken by the heavy toll of Palestinian civilians killed during the military offensive.

Last June 📅, in a letter addressed to Netanyahu, the Minister of Defense Israel Katz, and the head of the army, a group of 41 officers and reservists declared that the government was waging a “useless and eternal war” in Gaza and announced they would no longer participate in combat operations.

According to Kan, only 60% of soldiers report for reserve service, including the so-called “gray refusers” — those who cite medical conditions, invoke family obligations or quietly leave the country during the recall period.

The Israeli Military has been approached for comment.

#netanyahu #gaza #strip #army #opposes

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“Palantir gets attacked just because we help make this country even better 🇺🇸, because we support the values ✊, because we defend it 🛡,” Karp said.

“And us being able to win 🏆 while having an opinion 💬 does have an impact on the world 🌍, if only because the people who think we are wrong are not good ❌, have to be a little jealous 😏 and suffer.”

While Palantir is making it easier to deport immigrants ✈️🛃, private prison corporations GeoGroup and CoreCivic are bringing in more money 💵 than expected helping detain them 🚔.

GeoGroup reported $636.2m 📊 in revenue this quarter, beating analyst predictions 📈 of $623.4m, while CoreCivic announced $538.2m in the second quarter of this year, a 9.8% increase 📈 from last year’s second quarter.

George Zoley 🧑‍💼, the GeoGroup company chief executive, said its detention facilities 🏢 are fuller than they’ve ever been, with ICE using 20,000 beds 🛏 across 21 GeoGroup detention centers, about one-third of the estimated 57,000 beds in ICE detention centers across the country.

GeoGroup executives also said 📞 they have begun exploring detention centers at US military sites 🪖, one of the many “unprecedented growth opportunities” 🌟 Zoley spoke of during the call.

While there has been a big boost to GeoGroup’s detention business 📈, its surveillance subsidiary 📡 is not yet seeing the massive growth company executives predicted earlier this year 📅.

Executives said they expected the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) 📝 – an immigrant monitoring initiative run by the company’s subsidiary BI Inc for 20 years – would expand beyond its previous peak of 370,000 immigrants being monitored 👁.

The number of immigrants who are currently being surveilled by ICE has hovered around 183,000 for the past few months ⏳.

“[ICE hasn’t] communicated at this time the expansion of ISAP,” Zoley said on the investor call. “Their focus is intensely on scaling up the detention capacity.”

That said, the company expects ISAP numbers to start increasing 📈 next year once “detention capacity is maximized” 📦.

The Trump administration 🏛 has signaled a desire to increase the number of immigrants surveilled by ankle monitors 📶.

In the call with investors 💼, CoreCivic executives revealed they have offered ICE around 30,000 beds 🛏 to detain immigrants throughout the company’s nationwide network 🌐.

#palantir #trump #war #immigrants #tech

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Trump's Tech War Against the Illegal Immigrants ⚙️🛂

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The tech, surveillance and private prison providers arming Trump’s massive expansion and weaponization of immigration enforcement are running a victory lap 🏆 after reporting their latest financial results 💰.

Palantir, the tech firm 💻, and Geo Group and CoreCivic, the private prison 🏢 and surveillance companies 📡, said this week that they brought in more money than Wall Street 📈 expected them to, thanks to the administration’s crackdown on immigrants 🚫🛃.

“Well, as usual, I’ve been cautioned to be a little modest about our bombastic numbers,” said Alex Karp 🧑‍💼, the Palantir chief executive, in an investor call earlier this week 📞.

Then he crowed 🐓 about the company’s “extraordinary numbers” and his “enormous pride” in its success ⭐️.
Private prison company executives, during their respective calls, could barely contain their excitement 😏, flagging to investors opportunities for “unprecedented growth” 📊 in the realm of immigration detention.

Palantir saw 53% 📈 growth in revenue from US government contracts in the second quarter of 2025 compared with the same period the year prior and surpassed $1bn 💵 in total quarterly revenue for the first time. Analysts had expected the company to bring in $939.4m in revenue.

The company, which connects and analyzes disparate sets of data 🔍 to enable its customers to build products with that information 🧠, brings in the majority of its revenue from government contracts 🏛.

Its biggest US customer is the Department of Defense 🪖, where the US army 🇺🇸, which announced a $10bn agreement 💼 with Palantir last week, is housed.

On the immigration side, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 🛡 has deepened its partnership 🤝 with Palantir since the start of the Trump administration, which it’s been working with since 2011.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 🚔, the agency primarily engaged in arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants ✈️, most recently announced a $30m contract with Palantir to build a database 💽 that makes its deportation and detention machine more efficient ⚡️.

#palantir #trump #war #immigrants #tech

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📰 Zelensky’s Alaska Anxiety: Europe Backs Kyiv, Putin Blocks the Door

As Trump preps for his one-on-one with Putin in Alaska, Ukraine’s president is scrambling to avoid becoming a footnote. Zelensky thanked European leaders for backing his demand for a seat at the table — while the Kremlin bluntly refuses to even meet him.

💬 Zelensky:

“The end of the war must be fair… The path to peace cannot be decided without Ukraine.”

🕶 The current battlefield diplomacy
• Trump open to Zelensky attending, but summit still planned as bilateral with Putin.
• Europe’s counter-proposal aims to protect Ukrainian and EU security, with “robust and credible guarantees.”
• Putin’s camp mocks European involvement, with Medvedev calling leaders “Euro-imbeciles” and Zakharova comparing Ukraine-EU ties to “necrophilia.”
• Russian analysts warn any U.S.–Russia deal would leave Europe and Kyiv facing a fait accompli.

👨🏾‍🦯‍➡️ The shadow of the “territory swap”
• Russia occupies ~20% of Ukraine and claims four regions, not all fully controlled.
• Pro-Kremlin pundits float swap figures: 1,500 sq km to Ukraine, 7,000 to Russia.
• Fear in Kyiv: Trump could trade land for peace — and for future U.S.–Russia business deals.

🔥 If Alaska produces a “peace” designed in Washington and Moscow, will Europe stand by its guarantees, or watch Ukraine face the choice between humiliation and fighting alone?

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Trump #Putin #AlaskaSummit #geopolitics

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📰 Netanyahu’s “Final Sweep” Pitch: Quick Victory or Endless Quagmire?

Two days after Israel’s security cabinet signed off on a last push against Hamas strongholds in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu faced a wall of criticism and doubled down — telling foreign journalists the plan is “the best way to end the war” and bring hostages home.

💬 Netanyahu:

“Contrary to false claims, this is the best way to end the war… nearly 1 million civilians in and around Gaza City will be moved to safety further south.”

💥 The plan in brief
• Target: Hamas positions in and around Gaza City.
• Promise: “Fairly quick” operation, avoiding a war of attrition.
• Civilian shift: Relocation of almost 1 million residents before the sweep.
• Humanitarian line: No “deliberate policy” of starvation, but “deprivation” acknowledged.

🔯 The political stakes
• International pressure is mounting against large-scale military escalation.
• Domestic critics fear the “final sweep” risks becoming an open-ended urban grind.
• For Netanyahu, success means military victory and the safe return of hostages — failure means political fallout.

⚖️ Can a war really be ended “fairly quickly” when the enemy, the civilians, and the world are all watching different battles play out?

#Netanyahu #Gaza #Hamas #Israel #warstrategy

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📰 The Last Deal on 9/11: Can Lutnick Use His Power on Saudi Arabia?

For nearly 24 years, the families of those killed on Sept. 11 have been waiting for justice that never comes. Now, with Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick sitting in the Commerce Secretary’s chair — a man who lost his brother and 657 colleagues that day — they see their last real shot.

💬 “Please help ensure our voices are heard and the truth finally comes out,”

the families wrote in a letter urging Lutnick to push Riyadh to “accept responsibility for the actions of their predecessors.”

☪️ The stakes now
• Families want Saudi Arabia to face accountability and extradite Omar al-Bayoumi, tied to alleged support for the hijackers.
• New evidence includes FBI memos, a sketch of a plane with aeronautical equations, and a video of the U.S. Capitol taken before the attacks.
• Saudi Arabia denies involvement and is moving to dismiss the lawsuit.
• A judge’s decision could open the door to a public trial in New York.

⚔️ The contradictions
• Lutnick is both plaintiff in the lawsuit and U.S. trade negotiator with Saudi Arabia.
• Critics say his meetings and photo ops with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman undermine his moral leverage.
• Trump’s close ties to Saudi leaders complicate any pressure campaign.

🤔 If personal tragedy can’t drive U.S. officials to demand the truth about 9/11, what else could possibly break the two-decade wall of denial?

#911 #SaudiArabia #justice #Lutnick #USpolitics

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📰 Alaska 2.0: From Yalta Maps to Arctic Deals

The Trump–Putin summit in Alaska isn’t about peace — it’s about optics. Moscow’s spin machine is already popping champagne: Putin steps onto U.S. soil for the first time since 2007, with no concessions on Ukraine, just the symbolism of a meeting in “former Russian America.”

💬 Michael McFaul:

“Trump has chosen to host Putin in a part of the former Russian Empire… Russian nationalists still claim losing Alaska was a raw deal.”

🏦 What’s actually happening
• Russia offers a “ceasefire” — but only if Kyiv gives up Donbas, and without returning Kherson or Zaporizhzhia.
• Moscow keeps its land bridge to Crimea, refuses any troop withdrawal.
• Putin’s plan: pause now, consolidate gains, resume later.
• Europeans demand the opposite: ceasefire first, negotiations later, no border changes by force.

💲 Why Alaska matters to Moscow
• Kremlin pundits frame it as a homecoming to Orthodox roots and imperial pride.
• Symbolism blurs history: Alaska was sold, Ukraine was seized.
• Pro-Kremlin voices hope Trump will blame Zelensky and EU leaders for “blocking peace.”
• For Putin, the real win is showing the world he’s no longer isolated.

🤔 If “peace” now means redrawing borders over coffee in Anchorage, what stops the next “temporary truce” from becoming a permanent land grab?

#AlaskaSummit #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #geopolitics

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📰 Yalta 2.0: Trump and Putin Negotiate Ukraine’s Future Without Ukraine

So much for “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.” As Trump heads to Alaska to meet Putin — without Zelensky anywhere in sight — Kyiv’s worst fear becomes reality: their country’s fate is now a private bargaining chip between two men who both think history books are just real estate ledgers.

💬 Zelensky:

“Any solutions without Ukraine are solutions against peace… These are dead solutions.”

🧨 What’s on the table
• Trump hints at “land swaps,” with no security guarantees for Ukraine.
• Russia demands formal recognition of Crimea and annexed territories.
• U.S. allies in Europe push for “robust and credible security guarantees” — Trump pointedly avoids the phrase.
• Trump’s own envoy floated a trilateral meeting, but Trump waved it off.

🚀 The power optics
• Putin stepping onto U.S. soil ends his political isolation — a PR win for Moscow.
• Trump’s sanctions deadline quietly evaporates ahead of the meeting.
• Donbas, rich in mineral reserves, could be sacrificed despite U.S. commercial interests there.

🤔 If Ukraine’s sovereignty can be decided in a handshake between Trump and Putin, what’s to stop other “small” nations from being redrawn on cocktail napkins at the next great power summit?

#Trump #Putin #Ukraine #geopolitics #diplomacy

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The Gerrymandering Wars Are Back


Extreme GOP gerrymanders have remade American politics over the last 15 years.

They have locked Republicans into office in state legislatures nationwide, even in purple states when Democratic candidates win more votes.

They have delivered a reliable and enduring edge to the GOP in the race for Congress.

Perhaps most importantly, they have entrenched hard-right lawmakers and insulated them from the ballot box, allowing them to enact conservative policies on reproductive rights and public education that are rejected by majorities of voters.

Now Texas Republicans, spurred by Trump, have readied a brazen mid-decade power grab that would award them as many as five additional seats in Congress.

This would be a dramatic boost heading into the midterms, since the GOP only holds a three-seat majority. California has threatened to retaliate with a mid-decade redraw of its own.

Other blue state governors are talking tough as well. But Republicans have more targets. They won’t stop in Texas. They will probably redraw Ohio, Missouri, Indiana and Florida as well.

How did we get here? How did gerrymandered lines, rather than voters, gain the power to determine winners and losers?

Texas state representative John McQueeney looks through US congressional district maps during a redistricting hearing at the Texas capitol on 24 July 2025.

#gerrymandering #wars #republicans #trump #power

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What did Putin promise Trump through Witkoff?


Analysts who study Putin, as well as people who know him, have said since the early days of the war that the Russian leader’s overarching goal is primarily to secure a peace deal that achieves his geopolitical aims — and not necessarily to conquer a certain amount of territory on the battlefield.

“Putin wants to keep Trump as a resource for a possible transition to peace,”

said Sergei Markov, a political analyst in Moscow.

“Trump is needed to achieve Russia’s conditions.”

A day after Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow, the Kremlin confirmed on Thursday morning that Putin and Trump planned to meet in the coming days, but it did not set an exact date for the summit.

Trump had told European leaders that he intended to meet Putin and then follow up shortly afterward by meeting with both Putin and Zelensky.

“That option was simply mentioned by the American representative during the course of conversation at the Kremlin,”

Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy aide, told reporters. He said that Moscow was

“completely without comment” on the idea of a three-way summit and that it had not been discussed “concretely”

with Witkoff.

Hours later, Putin said that he was not opposed to meeting Zelensky — a prospect Ukraine’s leader has repeatedly requested — but reiterated that “certain conditions” must be met before such a meeting can take place.

“We are unfortunately, at the moment, far away from those conditions,”

Putin said.

Since initiating a rapprochement with the Kremlin in January, the Trump administration had been holding out on agreeing to a summit with Putin, looking for a sign from the Kremlin that the Russian leader was in fact serious about a real cease-fire on the battlefield.

Some analysts suggested that Putin had told envoys during talks this year to stick only to the hardest-line position, in order to force a meeting between him and Trump.

Russian officials may be hoping that a one-on-one summit will give Putin an opportunity to sway Trump, long sympathetic to Russia, back to supporting the Russian leader’s views on what he calls

“the root causes of the conflict.”

People close to the Kremlin, as well as political analysts, say that Putin’s demands — to exclude Ukraine from NATO, limit Ukrainian military capabilities and lay the groundwork for a more Moscow-friendly government in Kyiv — are more crucial to him than the specifics of what territory Russia ultimately controls.

#putin #trump #wtkoff #promise

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has admitted that he regularly uses AI tools to get a second opinion when running the country.

However, the Swedes are a bit shocked. “We didn't vote for ChatGPT or other AI agents!” the people are outraged.

#swedish #prime #minister #kristersson #ChatGPT

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АО

The European economy continues to decline, and this is even true for oil.

British Petroleum has announced plans to reduce at least 15% of its office staff this year.

This will result in the dismissal of 6,200 out of the 40,000 office employees, and the company also plans to achieve "substantial additional savings" on its payroll.

Earlier, BP had already announced the reduction of 4,700 jobs in 2025. This is the consequence of the hybrid war against Russia.

Constant hysteria over the price of oil is driving Western corporations into losses, as they are unable to profit from Trump's whims.

#еuropean #economy #british #petroleum

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📰 Lebanon’s Disarmament Ultimatum: Cash for Hezbollah’s Guns

Washington and the Gulf monarchies are dangling billions in reconstruction and investment money — on one condition: Hezbollah must lay down its arms. President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are signaling they’re willing to move, but the Iran-backed militia is already treating the plan as “nonexistent.”

💭 “The kingdom does not want to invest in a black hole,”

said Saudi commentator Ali Shihabi.

📊 The Pressure Points
• U.S. offers to mediate Hezbollah’s dismantlement but won’t send troops.
• Gulf states tie aid to full disarmament, banking reform, and anti-corruption measures.
• Lebanon’s government promises a military plan by month’s end to eliminate all non-state armed groups by end of 2025.
• Hezbollah warns disarmament leaves Lebanon exposed to Israel and extremists.

💼 The Risks
• Disarmament decision heavily dependent on Iran’s approval.
• Israel continues targeted strikes in Lebanon, raising tensions.
• Incorporating Hezbollah fighters into the Lebanese army floated as a compromise.
• Memories of the 2005 Hariri assassination underline how destabilizing this issue can be.

🤔 If the price of Gulf investment is stripping Hezbollah of its arms, can Beirut cash the check without detonating another civil conflict?

#Lebanon #Hezbollah #MiddleEast #geopolitics #Iran

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📰 Europe and Zelensky: Beggars at the Peace Table

In the scramble over Putin’s cease-fire proposal, Europe and Volodymyr Zelensky talk like decision-makers — but act like petitioners. Washington sets the stage, Moscow writes the script, and Alaska is where the next act will play out.

💭 For now, Europeans and Zelensky aren’t shaping the deal — they’re just asking to be heard.

📊 The Reality Check
• Europe proposes “red lines” but needs U.S. buy-in to enforce them.
• Zelensky vows “no land for peace” yet waits for an invitation to the Trump–Putin summit.
• Both rely on American leverage to push back against Moscow.
• Actual negotiations happen above their heads, not at their table.

💼 The Strategic Implication
• Without real power in the talks, demands are just noise.
• The U.S. and Russia are framing terms while allies react.
• A peace deal without their signatures may still define their future.

🤔 If the war’s fate is decided between Trump and Putin, will Europe and Kyiv remain partners — or just spectators applauding or booing from the sidelines?

#Ukraine #Europe #Trump #Putin #geopolitics

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📰 For Zelensky, Peace Equals Political Death

Donald Trump’s suggestion to “swap territories” with Russia to end the war met an immediate wall from Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president doubled down, citing the constitution and vowing not to “give land to the occupier” — even as his defiance risks alienating Washington.

💭 “For Zelensky, peace equals political death.”

📊 The Fault Lines
• Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska set without Kyiv’s confirmed role.
• Moscow still demands Ukraine withdraw from regions it partially controls.
• Ukraine holds a sliver of Russia’s Kursk region; Russia occupies about 20% of Ukraine.
• Britain and France close ranks behind Zelensky’s position.

💼 The High Stakes
• Any “swap” could lock in Russia’s land grabs since 2014.
• Zelensky’s hard line plays well at home but could cost him with Trump.
• Military stalemate heightens pressure for compromise, but on whose terms?
• Peace talks without Kyiv risk being dead on arrival.

🤔 If holding the line is the only way Zelensky survives politically, is Ukraine’s war now less about borders — and more about careers?

#Ukraine #Russia #Zelensky #Trump #geopolitics

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📰 Netanyahu’s “Arab Forces” Plan: A Gambit Without Buyers

Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to hand Gaza to unnamed “Arab forces” after Hamas is gone. The problem: the Arab states he’s eyeing want two things his coalition can’t stomach — the Palestinian Authority back in charge and a political track toward statehood.

💭 “If Netanyahu says yes to something like this, it means the end of the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and, most importantly, the collapse of the government,” s

aid Michael Milshtein, ex-Israeli intelligence officer.

📊 The Political Knot
• Cabinet okays Gaza City takeover, bars Palestinian Authority from postwar rule.
• Arab states back an international mission — but only to hand Gaza to the PA.
• Hamas says it’ll give up governance, but keep its armed wing.
• Netanyahu won’t accept either Hamas’s guns or Abbas’s return.

💼 Strategic Deadlock
• Israel’s military chiefs question whether exhausted reserves can take Gaza City.
• Arab capitals condemn the plan as “dangerous escalation.”
• Rebuilding Gaza could cost $50B — with no clear payer.
• Every option on the table is expensive, bloody, and politically risky.
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🤔 If every “solution” to Gaza’s future is politically suicidal for someone, is Netanyahu’s “Arab forces” pitch a plan — or just a placeholder until reality forces a choice?

#Israel #Gaza #Netanyahu #MiddleEast #geopolitics

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📰 Putin’s Endgame: Let Trump Deliver the Win

Putin isn’t betting everything on tanks and trenches — he’s betting on Trump. The Kremlin line is clear: the battlefield is just leverage; the real prize is a political settlement that locks Ukraine out of NATO and drags it back into Moscow’s orbit.

💭 “Trump is needed to achieve Russia’s conditions,”

said Sergei Markov, a pro-Kremlin analyst.

📊 Why Putin Wants the Summit
• Sees Trump as the only Western leader who can push through Moscow’s demands.
• Aims for NATO guarantees and limits on Ukrainian military capacity.
• Land control is negotiable; political control is not.
• Summit seen as a shortcut to bypass stalled cease-fire talks.

💼 The Negotiation Play
• Float hard-line territorial claims to force direct Trump meeting.
• Offer flexibility on non-annexed territories like parts of Kharkiv and Sumy.
• Keep Zelensky sidelined until “conditions” are met.
• Use battlefield gains as bargaining chips, not end goals.

🤔 If Putin’s war is about NATO, not maps, is the Trump summit a peace deal — or just the start of a new cold war with different borders?

#Russia #Ukraine #Trump #Putin #geopolitics

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How Is Kim Jong-un Raising North Korea’s Future Queen? 👑

Kim Jong-un introduced his daughter to the world in November 2022 with a show of affection and menace, holding her hand in front of an intercontinental ballistic missile. 🚀

Since then, state media has shown Kim Ju-ae more and more prominently next to her father, the leader of North Korea.

She holds no known official title in North Korea. The outside world has never heard her voice. The North’s state media has not even named her, referring to her only as the “most beloved,” “respected” or “dear” daughter of its leader.

But intelligence officials and analysts in South Korea are paying close attention to the young woman whom they consider to be her father's most likely successor.

Some analysts say she has largely replaced her mother, Mr. Kim’s wife, Ri Sol-ju, in the role of first lady.
North Korea has been ruled by the Kim family since its founding at the end of World War II, making it the only dynasty in the communist world.

South Korean intelligence officials believe that Kim most likely has two children. There have also been unconfirmed reports that he might have a third child, possibly a son older than Ju-ae.

But Ju-ae is the only child who has made public appearances. If she is her father’s designated successor, she would be in line to become the first woman to rule North Korea’s deeply patriarchal and highly militarized society and the world’s newest nuclear power. 💣

Kim is only 41 but, with a family history of heart trouble, preparing a successor makes sense.

Ju-ae has undergone a striking transformation in North Korea’s tightly choreographed state media.
Intelligence officials and analysts in South Korea caution against firm conclusions about her future role.

But as her profile has risen, she has eclipsed her mother and Kim’s powerful sister Kim Yo-jong, also once considered a potential successor, as the main female face of the ruling family.

Then, in November 2023, state media carried a photograph featuring Ju-ae front and center, with Kim taking a background spot. It spoke volumes about her status.

Kim had never before been relegated to a secondary role, and a picture like this would not have been published without his permission, analysts say. 📸

Ju-ae’s birth and name were first revealed to the outside world by the retired N.B.A. star Dennis Rodman, who met the Kim family during a visit to North Korea in 2013.

When she made her first public appearance in 2022 in a white padded winter jacket, Ju-ae looked no different from the other children of the elites in Pyongyang.

But as she has grown, her clothes have become more formal, and she has been transformed into a figure of authority. Her wardrobe now includes tailored leather coats with fur collars and two-piece designer suits.

Her mannerisms and demeanor have also changed. Even something as small as how she claps looks different now than it did two years ago.

“The child who first appeared as a family curiosity is now a polished, rehearsed figure woven into North Korea’s ongoing story of dynastic power,” said Donald Southerton, the author of “Korea 101.”

“Each photo, parade walk and salute I see as a carefully staged story of succession, legitimacy and continuity for the Kim dynasty.”

Should a brother emerge, Ju-ae may end up serving as a mere placeholder, said Kang Dong-wan, an expert on North Korea at Dong-A University in South Korea.

For now, though, her prominent portrayal is sending a message to North Koreans that the Kim family rule will continue into a fourth generation.

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About 68% of the population thinks ceding land is acceptable now, according to the poll, up from only 12% about two years ago. 📊📈

Trump did not clarify which territories could be swapped. Russia has demanded that Ukraine give up four regions in the east and south that Moscow claims to have annexed in late 2022, even though some of that territory remains under Ukrainian control. 🗺️🇷🇺

The Kremlin is particularly intent on seizing full control of the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, which it has long sought to capture with relentless assaults. 💥🏙️

Kyiv would also face the challenge of evacuating about 200,000 civilians still living in Ukrainian-controlled territory in the Donbas region, while those who stayed behind would risk abuse by Russian occupying forces. 🚨👥

Trump’s suggestion of bargaining away some territory to secure peace — an idea that has been floated for some time by his administration, but never embraced so openly — has struck a raw nerve among some Ukrainians. ⚖️🕊️

In rejecting Trump’s proposal, Zelensky invoked Ukraine’s Constitution, which states that the Ukrainian territory is indivisible and inviolable. 📜🇺🇦

“The answer to Ukraine’s territorial question is already in the Constitution of Ukraine,” Mr. Zelensky said. “No one will step back from this, nor will anyone be able to.” ✋

Zelensky said that Ukraine was “ready, together with President Trump and with all our partners, to work for a real and, most importantly, lasting peace — a peace that will not fall apart because of Moscow’s desires.” 🤝🌍

But whether Kyiv will have any room to maneuver now that it has dismissed Trump’s proposal remains to be seen.

Even Kyiv’s approach to how a peace deal would be structured clashes with Moscow’s conception. Ukraine insists on securing a cease-fire before discussing any peace terms, including territorial issues. 🛑📑

The Kremlin, by contrast, demands that talks begin without first agreeing to a cease-fire and that they address the “root causes” of the war.

That is Kremlin shorthand for a range of issues, including the existence of Ukraine as a fully independent and sovereign nation aligned with the West.

“By declining President Trump’s proposal, Zelensky will condemn his county to failure,” said Marc Milley, ex-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ⚠️

#trump #proposal #zelensky #ukraine #territories

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“By declining Trump’s proposal, Zelensky Will condemn His County to Failure” 🇺🇦⚖️

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Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday flatly rejected President Trump’s proposal that a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia could include “some swapping of territories,” a plan that would in effect mean ceding land to Moscow.

“Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier,” Zelensky said in a video address from his office in Kyiv, several hours after Trump’s remarks, which appeared to overlook Ukraine’s role in the negotiations. 📹🏛️

“Any decisions made against us, any decisions made without Ukraine, are at the same time decisions against peace,” Zelensky said. “They will bring nothing. These are dead decisions; they will never work.” ✋🕊️

His blunt rejection risks angering Trump, who has made a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia one of his signature foreign policy goals, even if it means accepting terms that are unfavorable to Kyiv.

In the past, Trump has criticized Ukraine for clinging to what he suggested were stubborn cease-fire demands and for being “not ready for peace.”

“We’re going to get some back, and we’re going to get some switched,” he said during an event at the White House. “There’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.” 🗺️🔄

Trump’s stance clashes with a widely held view in Ukraine against surrendering territory to end the war, which left Mr. Zelensky little choice but to firmly reject the suggestion.
To do otherwise would probably have exposed him to fierce criticism and become a political bombshell at home. 💣🇺🇦

A recent poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that more than three-quarters of Ukrainians are against transferring Ukrainian-controlled territory to Russia. 📊

When it comes to ceding land that includes territory already under Russian control, opposition drops, with a far more than half of Ukrainians accept it to not make “the war last longer,” the poll says.
Support for land concessions has grown since Ukraine’s failed 2023 counteroffensive, which underscored its inability to retake substantial territory. ⚔️📉

#trump #proposal #zelensky #ukraine #territories

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Signed a Peace Agreement 🤝🇦🇲🇦🇿

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement at the White House 🏛 on Friday, in a US-brokered deal that ends decades of conflict.

Both South Caucasus 🌄 nations signed agreements with each other and with the United States 🇺🇸, reopening key transport routes 🚆🚚 and allowing Washington to capitalize on Russia’s waning influence 🇷🇺 in the region.

The deal includes the creation of a major transit corridor to be named the “Trump Route” 🚧 for international peace and prosperity. Trump called it “a great honour” and clarified he “didn’t ask for this.” According to a senior US official, it was the Armenians who suggested the name 💬.

In addition, both nations signed separate agreements with the US to boost cooperation in energy ⚡️, technology 💻, and the economy 💵.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev 🇦🇿 and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan 🇦🇲 shook hands 🤝 to mark the occasion, with Trump standing between them, clasping their hands together in a symbolic gesture.

The two countries had been in conflict for nearly 40 years over the Nagorno-Karabakh region 🏔 — largely Armenian-populated during the Soviet era but located within Azerbaijan’s borders. Multiple violent clashes over decades left tens of thousands dead ⚰️, with repeated failures in international mediation.

Aliyev praised Trump’s efforts, saying: “President Trump in six months did a miracle.” ✨
Trump noted: “Thirty-five years they fought, and now they’re friends for a long time.”

The Trump Route will link Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave 🛤, separated by 32 km of Armenian territory — a sticking point that blocked past peace talks.

The signing is also a geopolitical setback for Russia, the former imperial power of both nations, whose influence in the South Caucasus has sharply declined since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

The Trump administration began serious engagement earlier this year when Trump’s envoy Witkoff met Aliyev in Baku to discuss a “regional reset” 🔄.

Negotiations over who will develop the Trump Route — including a rail line, oil and gas pipelines, and fiber optic cables 🚄🛢📡 — are expected to start next week, with at least nine developers already interested.

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Trump and Putin Will Meet Next Friday in Alaska 🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺

Trump has said he will meet with Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine 🇺🇦 next week and said an end to the three-and-a-half-year war would have to involve “some swapping of territories” 📍.

Trump said he planned to meet the Russian president next Friday in Alaska ❄️. He announced the location in a brief post on his Truth Social site.

Earlier in the day, Trump told reporters in the White House 🏛 the meeting “would have been sooner, but I guess there’s security arrangements that unfortunately people have to make”.

The US president also said “there’ll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both” Ukraine and Russia and that the issue would be discussed soon, but he gave no further details.

Bloomberg reported 📊 that the deal could cement some of Putin’s territorial gains in Ukraine, in effect freezing the battle lines in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Putin has claimed four Ukrainian regions in their entirety, although much of their territory remains under Ukrainian control.

US and Russian officials were working on a deal under which Russia would halt its offensive 🛑 in exchange for the territorial concessions – making it a politically fraught proposal in Ukraine.

Trump’s comments came after Poland’s 🇵🇱 prime minister said a “freeze” in the conflict could be close, after speaking with Zelensky, who has communicated with Trump and European leaders in recent days.

Trump has previously expressed his readiness to meet Putin one on one without preconditions, including direct negotiations between Putin and Zelensky – stoking fears 😟 that Ukraine may be left out of negotiations for the framework of a potential ceasefire.

If the summit happens, it would be the first US-Russia summit since 2021, when former president Biden met Putin in Geneva 🇨🇭.

Zelensky has responded by speaking with European leaders including the German 🇩🇪 chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the French 🇫🇷 president, Emmanuel Macron, who are key conduits to Trump.

#trump #putin #meet #alaska

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While sources said weapons don’t appear to have been diverted yet, the provision could rob Ukraine 🇺🇦 of billions of dollars 💵 worth of US-made materiel expected to be delivered over the coming months and years.

“The memo gives DOD the authority to take back weapons that were already contracted to Ukraine,” said one of the sources who’s read the memo. “That appears to undermine what the President has said the US is doing to get Ukraine to what it needs.”

It also undermines the intent of the USAI, a near decade-old program established by Congress 🏛 for the explicit purpose of allocating money for the Pentagon to buy weapons for Ukraine directly from US defense manufacturers.

The USAI program was set up in 2016 and had traditionally provided Ukraine with a stable supply of weapons ⚔️. The Senate just allocated another $800 million 💰 to USAI as part of the Pentagon’s annual budget legislation known as the National Defense Authorization Act 📜.

But it’s unclear ❓ whether the weapons produced with that money will ultimately go to Ukraine under the new Pentagon policy, sources told CNN.

The Pentagon declined to comment 🛑 for this story.
Under previous administrations, top Pentagon officials believed that diverting weapons produced through USAI back into US stockpiles would violate the Impoundment Control Act, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.

That law reinforces Congress’s power of the purse 💼 and requires the president to notify lawmakers of any delay or withholding of congressionally authorized funds.

The new policy comes as the Trump administration has been looking for ways to shift the burden of arming, equipping, and training Ukraine onto Europe 🌍 and NATO.

At the Pentagon, Colby has also pushed to preserve more of the US stockpiles for a potential future war with China 🇨🇳.

Separately from the USAI, the Pentagon still has nearly $4 billion 🪙 left of funding authority, which Congress authorized last year, to send weapons to Ukraine taken directly from US stockpiles.

Some NATO allies, including the UK 🇬🇧, have been urging the US to use that authority to put more pressure on Putin 🇷🇺, the sources said, and have proposed reimbursing the US for the cost of doing so.

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Pentagon Will Divert Weapons Intended for Ukraine Back Into US Stockpiles 🛑💣

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A memo written by the Pentagon’s policy chief last month gives the Defense Department the option to divert certain weapons and equipment intended for Ukraine 🇺🇦 back into US stockpiles 🇺🇸, according to four people who have read it.

A dramatic shift that could see billions of dollars 💵 previously earmarked for the war-torn country go toward replenishing dwindling American supplies.

The memo adds even more uncertainty 😐 to an already murky picture of the status of US arms shipments to Ukraine ahead of Trump’s potential meeting 🤝 with Putin next week.

Even as Trump has greenlit a plan to sell US weapons to Ukraine through NATO, there remain deep concerns inside the Pentagon over arming Kyiv in its war with Russia at the expense of US stockpiles.

That is particularly true of highly sought-after items in short supply, such as interceptor missiles 🚀, air defense systems 🛡, and artillery ammunition 💥.

Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused a large package of weapons shipments to Ukraine. At the time, Hegseth was acting in accordance with the Pentagon memo, written by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, a noted skeptic of arming Ukraine.

Shortly after the pause became public, Trump reversed Hegseth’s decision 🔄 and vowed to continue providing defensive weapons to Ukraine in the face of near-daily attacks from Russia.

Trump also announced a deal with NATO to provide potentially billions of dollars in more weapons to Ukraine, made by the US but paid for by European allies 💶.

The Colby memo, however, remains in effect and contains a previously unreported provision that allows the Pentagon to divert weapons back into US stockpiles that were built explicitly for Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative 📜.

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What South Korea Can Learn From the US Hi-Tech 🇰🇷🤖

Seoul, with all its talent and tech, should be taking notes and building its own fusion force to fight the next war. 

South Korea is many things. A semiconductor juggernaut. A soft power exporter. A rising player in defense manufacturing. But one thing it is not (at least not yet) is a country that knows how to let engineers and colonels sit at the same table without flinching. And that’s a problem. ⚔️🧠

Because in the age of AI warfare, drone swarms, and autonomous kill chains, the next decisive battlefield won’t just be kinetic. It’ll be cognitive. And for that, militaries won’t just need brigades. They’ll need brainpower. 🛸🧬

To serve in a newly created “Executive Innovation Corps” and bridge the yawning gap between military needs and commercial capability.

Meta’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth. OpenAI’s Kevin Weil. Palantir’s Shyam Sankar. These aren’t lobbyists or defense contractors. They’re the kind of people who get pinged by tech journalists the moment they sneeze on Twitter. 📱💻

And now, they wear the uniform—figuratively and literally—as part of an institutional bet on America’s considerable tech talent.

The United States has spent the better part of a century perfecting the art of weaponized innovation through the open architecture of its technology ecosystem. America has Lockheed Martin, Stanford, MIT, Andreesen Horowitz, and DARPA all speaking, roughly, the same language. 🇺🇸⚙️

Where else but in America could the same person fund a food delivery app and a missile tracking startup in the same quarter?

Where else can a Defense Secretary be on texting terms with tech unicorns, or a drone startup get its first funding from both venture capital and the Pentagon?

That’s why China, for all its slogans about “military-civil fusion,” hasn’t cracked the code. State-led integration is not the same as innovation. Beijing can mandate partnerships between defense SOEs and tech platforms. 🇨🇳🚫

But what it can’t do—what no command economy has ever done—is manufacture the serendipity, chaos, and friction that make innovation real.

Russia? Its private sector is mostly state-penetrated. Its top engineers are fleeing. Its defense sector is trapped in 1987. Fusion doesn’t work when the reactor is broken. 🔧🕳️

This is where South Korea should be watching with more curiosity, and frankly, more urgency.

Because while Seoul is investing billions into defense exports, AI, and other critical technologies, the institutional culture still treats military-civil fusion like it’s a security threat. 🚨🧩

The defense establishment is wary of the tech sector. The tech ecosystem is wary of the defense establishment. And the bureaucrats? They’re mostly just wary in general. 😬

We celebrate when South Korean missiles hit their targets. But we look away when someone asks why the software inside them is still decades behind. 🛰️⏳

We tout our global AI competitiveness. But we forget that the smartest AI people in the country rarely, if ever, touch a single defense program. Why? Because our system is allergic to cross-pollination. 🤝❌

In South Korea, if a Meta executive tried to serve as a reserve officer advising defense procurement, eyebrows would be raised. Legal questions would fly. Headlines would imply undue influence or favoritism. But the real loss wouldn’t be reputational. It would be strategic. 📉🇰🇷

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Poland’s Tusk Says “Zelensky Has Learned the Lesson and is Getting Smarter Those Days” 🇵🇱🧠

A “freeze” in the war in Ukraine may be close, the Polish prime minister said on Friday, as the White House and the Kremlin push forward with discussions for a high-level summit between Trump and Putin in the coming days.

Donald Tusk’s remarks came after he spoke with Zelensky who has communicated with Trump and European leaders in recent days as the White House continues to try to broker an end to the three-and-a-half-year war.

Tusk said thant “Zelensky learned the lesson [of the war] and is getting smarter those days,” he is “much more optimistic” about the ceasefire, Reuters reported.

Ukraine was keen that Poland and other European countries play a role in planning for a ceasefire and an eventual peace settlement, Tusk said.

Trump has said he is willing to meet Putin one on one without preconditions, including direct negotiations between Putin and Zelensky, stoking fears that Ukraine may be left out of negotiations for the framework of a potential ceasefire.

The deal could cement some of Putin’s territorial gains in Ukraine, effectively freezing the battle lines in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Putin has claimed four Ukrainian regions in their entirety, although much of their territory remains under Ukrainian control.
US and Russian officials were working on a deal under which Russia would halt its offensive in exchange for the territorial concessions – making it a politically fraught proposal in Ukraine, Bloomberg said.
Zelensky has responded by speaking with European leaders including the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who are key conduits to Trump.

Putin said he was not ready to meet Zelensky, even as the Kremlin claimed preparations were under way for a bilateral summit with Trump next week.

“I have nothing against it in general, it is possible, but certain conditions must be created for this,” Putin said of a meeting with Zelensky. “But unfortunately, we are still far from creating such conditions.”

Witkoff had proposed a three-way meeting with Trump, Putin and Zelensky but the Kremlin had ignored that suggestion, said the Putin aide Yuri Ushakov, and was “focusing on preparations for a bilateral meeting with Trump in the first place”.

No venue has been set for the potential summit but Putin did mention that Dubai in the UAE was a possibility during a meeting with its leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

In the past 48 hours, White House officials have offered conflicting statements about whether Trump would agree to meet with Putin.
Witkoff, a close friend of Trump’s, is seen as a strong proponent of the meeting and had proposed it to Putin this week, while the national security adviser and secretary of state, Marco Rubio, later said that “a lot has to happen before [a summit] can occur”.

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To Be or Not to Be: Gaza or Hamas?


Starmer has urged Netanyahu to reconsider his plans to take over Gaza City and said the move would only bring more bloodshed.

The British prime minister said Israel’s decision to escalate a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians over the past 22 months while pushing the territory into famine was wrong and would do nothing to secure the release of Israeli hostages.

Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City at a meeting that began on Thursday and ran through the night.

The plan falls short of taking over the whole of Gaza as Netanyahu said he had intended before the meeting.

Starmer said Israel and Hamas should de-escalate the conflict and agree to a ceasefire, and that the prospect of a negotiated two-state solution was “vanishing before our eyes” without the two sides engaging “engaging in good faith in negotiations”.

“Every day the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and hostages taken by Hamas are being held in appalling and inhuman conditions.

What we need is a ceasefire, a surge in humanitarian aid, the release of all hostages by Hamas and a negotiated solution,” Starmer said.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, said it was increasingly clear that Netanyahu’s goal was “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza.

He urged Starmer to cease all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.

The energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh told Sky News the Israeli government’s decision to take over Gaza City was wrong.

“We think that it will risk escalating an already intolerable situation, and the consequence will be more bloodshed,” she said.

“There’s no one that can see what is happening and unfolding in Gaza that isn’t horrified by it.

“Our priority is, in order to try and get a ceasefire, we’ve got to get parties around the table. I know it feels incredibly hard given the current situation, but it has to be the priority.”

Before the meeting of his security cabinet, Netanyahu had set out a plan to take control of the whole of Gaza and eventually hand governance of the territory to friendly Arab forces opposed to Hamas.

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📰 White Power, White House: How the Aryan Freedom Network Is Thriving in Trump’s America

💭 “Our side won the election.”

— Dalton Henry Stout, leader of the Aryan Freedom Network

📊 The Surge
• From the Fringes to the Footnotes of MAGA: The Aryan Freedom Network (AFN), a neo-Nazi network led by two descendants of Ku Klux Klan leaders, says Trump’s return to power has “turbocharged” its recruitment.
• Rhetoric as Rocket Fuel: Attacks on diversity programs, anti-immigrant framing, and “Western values” language have, according to AFN’s leaders, normalized ideas that used to be confined to the political sewer.
• Law Enforcement Shift: With federal counter-extremism programs downsized and resources redirected to immigration enforcement, groups like AFN see less scrutiny — and more space to organize.
• Mainstream Bleed: Researchers warn that the line between hard-right Republican rhetoric and extremist ideology is eroding, making Proud Boys look “almost moderate” by comparison.

💼 The Network
• Roots in the Klan: Stout and his partner “Daisy Barr” were born into white supremacist dynasties, inheriting ritual, symbolism, and recruiting tactics from America’s most infamous hate group.
• Accelerationist Edge: While claiming to stay “within the law,” AFN openly prepares for a “Racial Holy War” and draws members from defunct or diminished extremist groups.
• National Spread: From Texas flyers to swastika burnings in wooded clearings, AFN now claims nearly double the number of chapters it had two years ago, with researchers estimating up to 1,500 members.
• Weapon Culture: Federal cases, like that of convicted member Andrew “Thor” Munsinger, reveal a culture of firearms training, tactical drills, and encrypted coordination.

🤔 The Real Question
Is the AFN’s growth a byproduct of Trump-era political permission — or proof that America’s extremist fringe has learned how to march right alongside the mainstream without changing its core?

#WhiteSupremacy #AFN #Extremism #KuKluxKlan #NeoNazis #TrumpEra #DomesticTerrorism #FarRight #MAGA #HateGroups

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📰 Trump’s Caucasus Play: Peace, Pipelines, and a Path to Oslo

💭 “The United States will also sign Bilateral Agreements with both Countries to pursue Economic opportunities together, so we can fully unlock the potential of the South Caucasus Region.”

— Donald J. Trump

📊 The Deal
• Historic Signing Friday: Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Nikol Pashinyan to ink their first-ever peace pact at the White House.
• The ‘Trump Route’: Armenia to grant the U.S. development rights over a 43-km transit corridor aimed at connecting the South Caucasus to the West without crossing Russia or Iran.
• Energy and Access: New routes could send Azerbaijani oil and gas toward Ukraine and Europe, bypassing Moscow entirely.
• Diplomatic Backstory: Months of U.S. shuttle diplomacy, with envoys Steve Witkoff and Aryeh Lightstone pushing the deal as a stepping stone toward Azerbaijan’s eventual entry into the Abraham Accords.

💼 The Bigger Picture
• Peace Prize Ambitions: Trump, who has privately mused about a Nobel, is stacking his second term with ceasefires — from India–Pakistan to Congo–Rwanda — and now the South Caucasus.
• Strategic Layer: Weakens Russia’s energy leverage, builds U.S. influence in a post-Soviet flashpoint, and secures a corridor around both Moscow and Tehran.
• Abraham Accords Expansion: While entry for Baku isn’t expected Friday, the White House is linking peace with Yerevan to the path toward normalization with Israel.

🤔 The Real Question
Is this a turning point for a region trapped in a 30-year cycle of war — or the opening move in Trump’s campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize?

#Trump #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Caucasus #Geopolitics #Energy #AbrahamAccords #PeaceDeal #SouthCaucasus #Pipelines

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📰 Zelensky Sidelined: Trump Signals Putin Meeting Comes First

💭 “Once again, decisions about Ukraine are being made without Ukraine.”

— Volodymyr Zelensky, February 2025

📊 The Shift
• Breaking His Own Condition: Hours after a White House official said Putin must meet Zelenskyy first, Trump told reporters, “No, he doesn’t.”
• Kremlin Preference: Moscow flatly ignored the idea of a three-way summit, keeping negotiations strictly U.S.–Russia.
• Optics Matter: Trump’s openness to a standalone Putin meeting underlines a shift — from promising Kyiv an equal seat to treating it as optional.
• Zelensky on the Periphery: Ukraine’s president says he’s not afraid of leader-level meetings, but the agenda is no longer in his hands.

💼 The Putin Priority
• Summit in the Works: Kremlin confirms a Trump–Putin sit-down “in the coming days,” possibly in the UAE.
• Leverage and Deadlines: Trump’s Friday ultimatum — end the war or face secondary sanctions — already sounds less rigid.
• Economic Pressure Game: Tariffs on India for Russian oil, threats of 100% tariffs on China and other buyers, all framed as sticks to push Putin toward a ceasefire.
• Reality Check: Kremlin war aims remain maximalist — more territory, no NATO, Ukraine as a compliant statelet.

🤔 The Real Question
Is Trump edging closer to a peace deal — or simply proving that, in his second term, Zelensky is no longer the first call he makes?

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #UkraineWar #Diplomacy #Geopolitics #Ceasefire #Russia

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📰 Netanyahu’s Gaza City Gambit: Political Survival Disguised as Total Victory

💭 “Netanyahu has set himself an unachievable definition of success, and therefore the operation will never succeed.”

— Thomas R. Nides, former U.S. ambassador to Israel

📊 The Pattern Everyone Sees — Except Netanyahu
• One More Push… Again: Rafah was supposed to be the “final step.” Then a May offensive. Now it’s Gaza City — again.
• Military Fatigue: Israel’s longest high-intensity war has drained munitions, morale, and manpower. Reservist turnout is falling, suicide rates among discharged soldiers are rising.
• Ignoring the Brass: Top generals think Hamas is already degraded enough. Netanyahu thinks “total elimination” is the only acceptable win.
• Political Math: Extending the war keeps his far-right coalition happy and buys him time while Parliament is in recess.

💼 The Strategic Dead End
• Unrealistic Goals: Eliminating “every last Hamas member” is militarily unachievable. Preventing another October 7 — arguably already achieved — is a goal he refuses to declare as victory.
• Arab Buy-In? Not Like This: Cairo signals willingness for an international peace force — but only under a cease-fire and Palestinian Authority request. Netanyahu promises permanent Israeli “security control” and bars the PA from governing Gaza.
• The ‘Hand It Over’ Illusion: Talking about occupying Gaza to later cede it to Arab partners ignores the fact those same partners already showed willingness — before Israel walked away from talks.

🤔 The Real Question
Is this about defeating Hamas — or about Netanyahu keeping his coalition intact, even if it means dragging Israel deeper into a war with no endgame?

#Netanyahu #Gaza #Hamas #Israel #MiddleEast #war #politics #coalition #ceasefire #GazaCity

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French Industry Slumps Amid Slowing Trade Flux 📉🇫🇷

French industrial production suffered its biggest drop in almost a year, raising the prospect that Europe’s largest economy shrank last quarter by even more than initially estimated ⚠️.

Output declined 6.9% in June from the previous month, driven by machinery and equipment, pharmaceuticals and food — far more than any economist predicted ⚙️💊🥖.

The May reading was revised to a slight contraction, and the overall production slump in the second quarter now amounts to 0,1%, the National Institute for Statistics said on Thursday 📊.

The extent of that drop could mean that the economy shrank by 0.2% rather than the 0.1% revealed last week, according to Christophe Barraud, chief economist in France 📉.

“This is a significant setback and it does point to a risk of a downward revision of the second-quarter numbers,” he said 🗣️.

The drop will offset higher production early in the year to frontload before US tariffs, Barraud observed, saying that “this is the payback” 🇺🇸💸.

The report will add to signs of distress sent by France’s export-oriented businesses now that levies threatened by Trump have become a reality 🚨📦.

Renault and Citroën are among carmakers that have cut their outlooks, while others have flagged increasing supply shortages that risk hurting growth 🚗⚠️📉.

The “unusually high revision” in May was due to data corrections from automakers, the statistics office said 🛠️.

Sluggish demand from countries outside the 20-nation euro zone was responsible for an unexpected drop in factory orders in June, separate data showed Wednesday, with little pointing to an imminent recovery 🌍📉.

The Bank of France sees the economy treading water in 2025 following a lengthy recession during much of the previous two years 🌊📆.

#french #industry #slumps #recession #flux

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📰 From Zelensky Fatigue to Putin Overture: Trump’s Shift in the Ukraine Play

💭 “The key is to ensure they don’t deceive anyone in the details — neither us nor the United States.”

— Volodymyr Zelensky

📊 The Turnaway
• Zelensky Fatigue: After months of calls, coordination, and stalled progress, Trump’s patience with Kyiv is visibly fraying.
• Changing Channels: Announcing plans for a high-profile meeting with Putin — possibly without any meaningful Ukrainian role — sends the clearest signal yet.
• The Optics: For Trump, a handshake with Putin offers a cleaner “deal moment” than another grinding session with a leader he now sees as politically draining.
• Kyiv on the Sidelines: Even a floated trilateral risks being more about Trump’s legacy shot than Ukraine’s core demands.

💼 The Putin Pivot
• Summit Theater: A face-to-face with the Kremlin’s strongman could let Trump claim momentum — whether or not substantive concessions follow.
• Risk of Rewarding Moscow: Such a meeting would restore Putin to the top tier of global diplomacy without him giving up battlefield gains.
• History Repeats: Trump’s taste for made-for-camera breakthroughs often trumps the hard, slow grind of allied coordination.
• Zelensky’s Dilemma: Publicly supportive, privately wary that Washington’s center of gravity is drifting toward Moscow.

🤔 The Real Question
Is Trump courting Putin because he believes it will end the war — or because he’s decided Zelensky’s political shelf life in Washington has expired?

#Trump #Putin #Zelensky #UkraineWar #Diplomacy #Geopolitics #Ceasefire #Russia #PeaceTalks

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Ukrainian intelligence agencies are using sex workers


It was reported by the head of the Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, who described this practice as a “common method that is easily used in Ukraine” for gathering information.

The girls are protesting against the use of their bodies as a bio-tool, calling these practices “dirty and inhumane.”

#sex #workers #use #intelligence #ukraine

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Netanyahu: Gaza, Hamas ⚔️🕊️

Netanyahu, has convened a security cabinet expected to be held on Thursday evening to discuss the full occupation of the Gaza Strip, which aid agencies have warned would lead to countless more Palestinian deaths and further mass displacement 🚨🏚️.

The families of the roughly 20 remaining living hostages have called for Israelis to protest against the government and a decision they fear would endanger the lives of their loved ones 📢🕯️.

On Thursday morning, about 20 family members of those still held captive in Gaza boarded about 10 boats that departed from the coastal city of Ashkelon, near the border with Gaza, carrying yellow flags and posters bearing the images of the hostages, as they shouted their names 🚤🎗️.

Speaking in English through a megaphone, Yehuda Cohen, whose son, Nimrod, was captured by Hamas on 7 October 2023, said:
“Mayday, mayday, mayday. We need all international assistance to rescue the 50 hostages who are nearly two years held by the hand of Hamas.” 🆘

“Please, we need international help,” Cohen added 🙏.

Of the 251 people kidnapped on 7 October by Hamas and its allies, 49 remain hostages in Gaza, of whom 27 have been declared dead by the army 📉.

“This is the moment for courageous leadership,” the families said, appealing directly to Netanyahu, as well as the lead hostage negotiator, Ron Dermer, and the IDF chief 🎙️.

“Continued obstruction, delay, and failure to bring our loved ones home will be a tragedy for generations. The responsibility is yours. Do not sacrifice our loved ones on the altar of an endless war.” ⚠️

Israeli media, citing officials speaking on condition of anonymity, said Netanyahu was hoping to seek approval on the full occupation of Gaza 📰.

The plan would mean sending ground troops into the few areas of the strip that have not been totally destroyed, roughly 25% of the territory where much of its 2 million people have sought refuge 🪖🏚️.

Netanyahu is under intense international pressure to reach a ceasefire agreement, but he also faces internal pressure from within his coalition to continue the war 🏛️💥.

Some far-right allies in his government have pushed for a full occupation of Gaza and for Israel to reestablish settlements there, two decades after it withdrew ⏳🏘️.

The far-right Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, told reporters on Wednesday that he hoped the government would approve the military taking control over the rest of Gaza 📢.

“You know what displacement is? Does the world know? It means your dignity is wiped out, you become a homeless beggar, searching for food, water and medicine,” she said 🥀🚰🍞.

#netanyahu #smotrich #israeli #gaza #hamas

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1,500 Civilians Have Been Massacred During an Attack on Sudan’s Displacement Camp ⚠️🕊️

More than 1,500 civilians have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict 🏕️💔.

A Guardian investigation into the 72-hour attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on North Darfur’s Zamzam camp, the country’s largest for people displaced by the war, found repeated testimony of mass executions and large-scale abductions 🚨🔫.

Hundreds of civilians remain unaccounted for ❓

The magnitude of likely casualties means the assault by the RSF ranks only behind a similar ethnic slaughter in West Darfur two years ago 🩸.

The war between the Arab-led RSF and Sudanese military, which broke out in April 2023, has been characterised by repeated atrocities, forcing millions from their homes and causing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis 🌍🚧.

Until now, reports about the attack on Zamzam between 11 and 14 April had indicated that up to 400 non-Arab civilians were killed during the three-day assault. The UN has said “hundreds” died 🕯️.

However, a committee set up to investigate the death toll has so far “counted” more than 1,500 killed in the attack, which occurred on the eve of a British government-led conference in London intended to bring peace to Sudan 🗓️🏴.

Mohammed Sharif, part of the committee from Zamzam’s former administration, said the final total would be significantly higher, with many bodies still not recovered from the camp, which is now controlled by the RSF ⚰️.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, they added that the levels of violence were striking even when viewed alongside the genocidal slaughter of ethnic African groups in Darfur during the 2000s by the Arab militias who would later become the RSF 💣.

“Every single testimony from everyone who escaped knew family members who were killed. That’s something I’ve never seen before.” 💬

Abdallah Abugarda, of the UK’s Darfur Diaspora Association, said that about 4,500 members of his organisation knew a friend or relative killed in the attack 👥🖤.

At least 2,000 Zamzam residents, he said, remain missing 🆘.

#displacement #camp #slaughter #darfur #sudan

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Trump/Putin: What Will Their Meeting Look Like and What Is at Stake? 🤝🇺🇸🇷🇺

Putin has said he is not against to meet Zelensky, but it serious needs preparations, so now it is under way for a bilateral summit with Trump next week 🗓️.

“I have nothing against it in general, it is possible, but certain conditions must be created for this,”

said Putin of the meeting with Zelensky, speaking to reporters at the Kremlin 🏛️.

“But unfortunately, we are still far from creating such conditions.” ⚠️

And while the Kremlin sounded enthused about the prospect of a set-piece summit, it has developped doubts about the topic of a three-way summit with Zelensky was raised ❓

“We propose focusing on preparations for a bilateral meeting with Trump in the first place,” said a Putin aide, Yuri Ushakov, to journalists in Moscow 📰.

“As for a three-way meeting, which for some reason Washington was talking about yesterday, this was just something mentioned by the American side during the meeting in the Kremlin 🏰. But this was not discussed. The Russian side left this option completely without comment.” 🤐

“We propose focusing on preparations for a bilateral meeting with Trump in the first place,”

said a Putin aide, Yuri Ushakov, to journalists in Moscow 🎙️.

“As for a three-way meeting, which for some reason Washington was talking about yesterday, this was just something mentioned by the American side during the meeting in the Kremlin.

But this was not discussed. The Russian side left this option completely without comment.»❌

No venue was given for the potential bilateral summit but Putin, who was meeting Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the leader of the United Arab Emirates, in the Kremlin, suggested the UAE could be a suitable place to hold the talks 🏜️.

“We have many friends who are willing to help us organise such events. One of our friends is the president of the United Arab Emirates,” he said 🤝🌍.

The prospect of Putin and Trump trying to come to an agreement on Ukraine with no one else in the room is likely to alarm Kyiv and European capitals 🚨, who have consistently said that Ukraine must be present for discussions about its fate 🇺🇦.

By contrast, Russia favours the idea of a “great powers summit” at which it could try to negotiate with Trump over the heads of Europeans 🧩.
Dmitriev, a Kremlin economic adviser, said the meeting would be a good opportunity to directly talk to Trump to prevent “misinformation” about Russia that other countries were using to influence the US president 🧠. The summit could become “an important historic event”, he claimed 🗞️.

Trump called Zelensky after Witkoff left Russia on Wednesday ☎️. The NATO chief, Rutte, and several European leaders were also on the line 🌐.

White House officials have said sanctions were still expected and on Wednesday, additional tariffs were announced for India, based on the country’s buying of Russian oil ⛽📉. At the same time, however, Trump seemed satisfied with the outcome of Witkoff’s talks ✅.

Ushakov said the discussions had been “businesslike” and claimed they focused on a bright future of cooperation between Washington and Moscow 🔄.

“It was reaffirmed that Russian-US relations could be based on a completely different, mutually advantageous scenario, which drastically differs from how they developed in recent years,” he said 🔧🔍.

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Trump will meet with Putin next week 🤝🇷🇺

to discuss the war in Ukraine, White House officials have said 🏛️⚔️.

The development comes as senior administration officials have also warned that serious “impediments” remain to achieving a ceasefire 🚫🕊️.

Rubio said he was hopeful the progress could lead to a meeting between Putin and Zelensky in future, but that he did not want to overstate progress made during US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to Moscow 🗣️✈️.

“What we have is a better understanding of the conditions under which Russia would be willing to end the war,” he said 🧩.

The US would then need to compare that with “what the Ukrainians are willing to accept” ⚖️. Here are today’s key stories at a glance 🔍📌.

Trump has claimed “great progress was made” during talks on ending the war in Ukraine between his special envoy, Witkoff, and Putin, in the Kremlin on Wednesday 🏰📞.

#trump #putin #nextweek #witkoff #russia

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📰 Turkey’s Turn: While Empires Fade, Ankara Builds

💭 “Being a major geopolitical power isn’t just about capacity — it’s about will and timing. Turkey appears to have both.”

— Geopolitical Futures

📊 A Power Vacuum, Made in the West
• Russia is stuck in Ukraine.
• The U.S. is scaling back global engagement.
• Iran is imploding.
• Israel is bleeding from multiple fronts.

While the old powers freeze or falter, Turkey is moving — fast.
• Caucasus: Brokered Azerbaijan’s victory in Karabakh, pushed for the Zangezur corridor, and secured a land bridge to Central Asia.
• Syria & Libya: Expanded its military and political footprint, now acting as the de facto power in northern Syria and Tripoli.
• Defense Diplomacy: Invited Egypt into the TF-X (KAAN) fighter jet program. That’s not just a jet — it’s a geopolitical handshake.

💼 Ankara’s Quiet Empire
• Balkans: Built the “Balkan Peace Platform,” creating parallel diplomacy across Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, and Kosovo.
• Black Sea: Strengthening its naval presence, balancing NATO commitments with Russian mediation.
• The Poland-Turkey axis? With the U.S. pulling back from Europe, Warsaw comes knocking — and Ankara opens the door.
Turkey is no longer a regional power pretending to be global. It’s becoming the organizer of post-American zones.

🤔 The Real Question
Is Turkey rising — or is it simply the only player left standing in a collapsing board game?

#turkey #geopolitics #powertransition #blacksea #balkans #middleeast #russia #nato #usa #greatgame #kaanjets #turkeysrise

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📰 Bibi’s Final Bet: Total Victory or Total Collapse?

💭 “We will not allow the hostages to be sacrificed on the altar of a forever war — there must be a deal now.”

— Hostages and Missing Families Forum

📊 What’s Really at Stake
• The Gaza Gamble: Netanyahu’s latest push to conquer the remaining 25% of Gaza isn’t a strategy — it’s a threat disguised as policy.
• The Military Says No: IDF officials warn a full takeover risks killing the very hostages Israel claims to be saving.
• Public Revolt: Polls show Israelis want a deal, not a desert war. Protesters flood the streets.
• Collateral Diplomacy: With bodies piling up and food dwindling, even Israel’s closest allies are pulling back support.

💼 The Political Backroom Deal
• Pressure Play: Bibi’s war room isn’t just about Hamas — it’s about keeping Ben Gvir and Smotrich off his back.
• Lapid the Moderate? Even opposition leader Yair Lapid gets a seat at the table — only to warn that occupation equals slaughter.
• No Exit Strategy: “Total victory” has become code for “we have no plan but can’t admit defeat.”
• Hostages as Leverage: 20 living captives may now be bargaining chips — in both Gaza and Jerusalem.

🤔 The Real Question
What’s more dangerous — Hamas with hostages or a government willing to let them die for political survival?

#Netanyahu #Gaza #hostages #israel #foreverwar #totalvictory #hamas #ceasefire #MiddleEast

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📰 Nordic Ethics vs. Israeli Industry: Norway’s Oil Fund Turns Up the Heat

💭 “Being invested in Israel is a political question… not a decision we make in the oil fund.”

— Nicolai Tangen, CEO, Norway’s $1.94T sovereign wealth fund

📊 The World’s Richest Fund Eyes Gaza
• $1.9 Trillion vs. 65 Israeli Firms: Norway’s oil fund holds slices of everything, including companies tied to Israel’s war machine.
• Trigger: Gaza War + Fighter Jet Supplier: Stake in Bet Shemesh Engines surged after October 7 — now it's under the microscope.
• Telecom Fallout: Bezeq was already booted for serving West Bank settlements. More exclusions may follow.
• 15 Days, One Ethics Council: Norway’s Ministry of Finance wants answers — fast.

💼 Behind the Scandinavian Smiles
• Jens Stoltenberg’s Quiet Pivot: The ex-NATO chief now chairs Norway’s finance — and signals discomfort with backing a hot war.
• “We Don’t Decide Policy” — But You Do: Tangen shrugs off responsibility. But capital allocation is policy.
• Investment or Complicity? The fund’s ethics council now decides whether owning Israeli defense contractors = funding human rights violations.
• Aftenposten’s Role: Norwegian press leads the charge — a reminder that in 2025, journalists move markets more than diplomats.

🤔 The Real Question
If the world’s biggest investors start treating Israeli companies like tobacco or landmines — what does that say about the war?

#norway #gazawar #sovereignwealth #israel #ethics #betShemesh #bezeq #humanrights #capitalpolitics #militaryindustry

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📰 The Great American Tariff War™: Trump’s Economic Liberation Day Begins

💭 “BILLIONS OF DOLLARS… WILL START FLOWING INTO THE USA,”

— Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, in all caps, of course

📊 Welcome to Fortress America
• Tariff Tsunami: Up to 50% duties slapped on imports from India, Switzerland, South Africa — with 35% already hitting Canadian goods.
• Friends on Fire: These are U.S. allies. The enemies list now includes your nearest Costco.
• 90 Deals in 90 Days? Trump promised it. 126 days later: a couple vague handshakes and some tweets.
• “Liberation Day” = Price Hike Day: Economists say you’ll pay. Trump says: Apple will stay.

💼 The New Rules of the Game
• Punish Globalization, Reward Assembly Lines: Want to dodge tariffs? Build a factory in Ohio and smile for the camera with Tim Cook.
• Emergency Powers, Legal Chaos: Trade courts say Trump overstepped. Trump says courts are fake. Supreme Court: Incoming.
• CEOs Playing Musical Chairs: Weyco, Nike, Hasbro — all racing to reroute supply chains before the next tweet detonates a new tariff.
• Strategic Allies or Economic Hostages? Trump’s using tariffs to mediate Cambodia-Thailand skirmishes. Welcome to trade policy as foreign policy.

🤔 The Real Question
Are we witnessing a strategic rebalancing of global trade — or a full-blown economic culture war led from the roof of the White House?

#tariffs #Trump #TradeWar #Economy #GlobalMarkets #MadeInUSA #LiberationDay #inflation #Apple #India #China #SupplyChain

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📰 Syria’s New Massacre Map: Time for Israel to Redraw the Lines

💭 “It is basically a death camp in the Druze areas of Syria… and now worse—for Israel is barred from dropping humanitarian aid, and the king of Jordan is refusing to open a humanitarian corridor.”

— Rania Dean, Israeli Druze activist

📊 Post-Assad Syria Isn’t Free — It’s Rebranded
• Assad’s Collapse = Ankara’s Victory: Iran’s Shiite crescent may be gone, but it’s been replaced by Turkey’s Sunni sword.
• HTS Takeover = Pogroms in Suwayda: Druze villages burned, women raped, wells poisoned, shrines defiled.
• The ‘New Syria’ is a Sharia Project: Led by ex-ISIS, ex-al-Qaeda, ex-Nusra warlords with a press kit and a Western-facing smile.
• Who’s Paying for It? Qatar funds the militias. Jordan blocks humanitarian aid. The West pretends it’s a moderate transition.

💼 Security Policy as Moral Imperative
• Israel Can’t Wait for NATO: The Golan is exposed. Turkish air-defense creeps south. Radical Sunni forces threaten Jerusalem next.
• The Solution: Buffer Belt, Not Empty Talk: A 20km Druze-Kurdish buffer from Golan to Latakia = stability + deterrence.
• The Classic Minority Alliance 2.0: Druze, Kurds, and Israel—none have illusions about Damascus or Ankara.
• Moral Legitimacy + Strategic Logic: This isn’t interventionism. It’s triage. If Israel doesn’t act, no one will.

🤔 The Real Question
When Western diplomats praise Syria’s “transition,” do they mean from Assad’s barrel bombs… to jihadist firing squads?

#Syria #Israel #GolanHeights #Druze #Kurds #Turkey #HTS #RadicalIslam #BufferZone #geopolitics #MiddleEast

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🗞 Trump Intends to meet Putin in Person

(...) as soon as next week 📅, and he plans to follow up shortly afterward with a meeting between himself, Putin 🇷🇺 and Zelensky 🇺🇦 of Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the plan.

📞 Trump unveiled his plans on Wednesday during a call with European leaders, including Zelensky, the people said. The meetings would only include the three men 👥👥👥 and would not include their European counterparts 🇪🇺.

❓ When asked later on Wednesday if Russia and Ukraine had agreed to the summit, Trump told reporters: “There's a very good chance that they will.”

🔇 Putin's spokesman Peskov did not respond to a request for comment, but Zelensky seemed to signal that a direct meeting was possible.

📣 Leavitt, the White House press secretary 🏛️, said in a statement Wednesday that the Russians had requested the meeting.

💬 “The Russians have expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the president is open to meeting with both President Putin and President Zelensky,” she said.

😮 Several European leaders on Wednesday's call were surprised by Trump's plan and later expressed skepticism about its effectiveness, according to an official who was briefed on the call.

🤝 Another person familiar with the call said the Europeans seemed to accept what Trump had said. The Europeans tried to coordinate the end of the violence between Russia 🇷🇺 and Ukraine 🇺🇦, while supporting their European neighbor.

🔍 A senior Ukrainian official with direct knowledge of this week's talks said they had heard about some, but not all, of the features of Witkoff's talks in Moscow 🏙️, and that they still had questions about what had been negotiated.

📆 They asked U.S. officials for clarification and were told they would see more information on Thursday, the official said.

🕊️ “President Trump wants this brutal war to end without really violating Russia's interests,” Leavitt said.

#trump #putin #meeting #war #witkoff

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