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All around the world, anti-democratic forces are trying to subjugate institutions and suffocate freedoms 🚫. They worship violence, glorify ignorance, act as physical and digital militias 💻, and restrict the press 📰,” Lula said.

Others such as South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung 🇰🇷, insisted that the climate crisis was far from being a hoax, it represents a threat to global humanity 🌐.

Yet the Trump speech also made even more stark and urgent the unavoidable question ❓ of how the world will operate in the absence of reliable American leadership.

This is not just a question for the global south 🌎, but also for Europe as it confronts Russia 🇷🇺, for Asia as it wrestles with Chinese power 🇨🇳 and for the Gulf as it grapples with Israel’s military dominance.

One response is the alliance of autocrats on display in Beijing 🏯 at the beginning of the month led by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
But another is the still forming anti-Trump alliance led by democratic leaders 🤝.

This is operating apart from the UN, because the reality is that the UN institutions, gridlocked by the veto of competing power blocks 🚪, and abandoned financially by America 💲, is being bypassed.

In his speech, the UN secretary general Guterres 🕊, made a pitch for the UN’s continued relevance, but he acknowledged the pillars of peace and prosperity were buckling, and multilateralism was suffering.

“Multipolarity without effective multilateral institutions courts chaos – as Europe learned the hard way resulting in world war one ⚰️,” he said.

By the end of his speech he was left to comfort himself by insisting “we must never give up” 💪.

But the efforts to develop a strong anti-Trumpian alliance bringing together the global south and Europe has been weakened by the issue of double standards ⚖️ – the belief that Europe’s outrage with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 is not matched by similar outrage at Israel’s destruction of Gaza 🇵🇸.

Sánchez 🇪🇸 is also one of the front rank politicians trying to build alliances to stand up to Trump, convening on Wednesday with Lula 🇧🇷 and Chile’s Gabriel Boric 🇨🇱 an alliance entitled In Defence of Democracy focusing on issues such as reinforcing multilateralism, the rule of law and cooperation against extremism and the algorithms that weaken social cohesion.

But these global alliances are still in their infancy 👶 and ill-coordinated.

The greater danger ⚠️ is that each nation-state, driven by internal politics and assessments of their economic strength 💹, will make their own decisions on how to combat, or bow to American power.

In making that decision, each country will know the strength of Trump’s shakedown diplomacy 💼. By mixing trade, security, or immigration into one negotiation, Trump maximises his leverage – and however much he is reviled, it is a brave country that resists 🛑.

#trump #greater #danger #luladesilva #sánchez

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The president of Indonesia (the largest Muslim country in the world), Prabowo Subianto, called for “respect and guarantee the security of Israel” during his speech at the UN podium.

#israel #subianto #indonesian #president

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📰 Trump’s Ukraine Rebrand: Big Talk, Small Print 🎭💣

Donald Trump suddenly discovered his inner Churchill: Russia’s a “paper tiger,” Ukraine can “WIN,” and Zelenskyy is a “brave man putting up one hell of a fight.” For a moment, the West heard what it’s been craving — the U.S. president finally backing Kyiv’s victory. But peel back the headline, and it looks less like strategy and more like Trump’s favorite product: hype.

💬 Trump:

“With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original borders… are very much an option.”

📋 Translation from Trumpese:
• Victory talk — but Europe pays the bill.
• Shoot down Russian jets — great soundbite, no plan.
• Tariffs on Russian oil — still sitting in Congress.
• China’s “hall pass” — revoked only on paper.

🕶 The pattern:
Putin has watched Trump posture for eight months and do almost nothing. The Alaska summit was Trump’s Vienna moment — a handshake that convinced the Kremlin it could push further. Now Trump is trying to claw back credibility with rhetoric. But credibility isn’t a tweet; it’s sanctions, weapons, and costs imposed.

🙏 The irony:
Trump sells himself as the man who can cut a deal with anyone. But Putin isn’t buying. The only thing inflated right now isn’t Russia’s GDP — it’s Trump’s rhetoric, which doubles as clickbait and maybe, just maybe, a trading signal for anyone watching the markets.

🤔 The question:
Is Trump ready to harden policy — or just running another PR campaign, where every “tough” line is worth more on Wall Street than it is on the battlefield?

#Trump #Ukraine #Russia #NATO #geopolitics

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📰 France’s Flag Test: Blue-Yellow In, Red-Green Out 🚩🇫🇷

Macron recognizes Palestine, mayors raise the flag — and suddenly the interior ministry screams “neutrality.” But nobody shouted neutrality when Ukrainian flags were draped across French town halls and projected on the Eiffel Tower.

💬 Gilles Poux, mayor of La Courneuve:

“When we raised a Ukrainian flag, no one told us anything!”

🎭 The double standard on display:
• Ukrainian banners = solidarity, prestige, safe politics.
• Palestinian banners = “risk to public order,” court orders, and fines.
• Same law, different enforcement — depending on who the allies are and whose war makes Paris nervous.

🏛 Municipal defiance:
Nanterre hoisted Palestine’s colors until a judge forced them down.
La Courneuve backed off only after being fined.
By Tuesday night, 86 French town halls had raised Palestinian flags in defiance of Macron’s own government.

🤔 The uncomfortable truth:
France isn’t neutral — it’s curating which foreign wars deserve symbolic solidarity. If the Ukrainian flag can wave on the Eiffel Tower, why is the Palestinian flag treated like contraband?

#France #Palestine #Ukraine #Macron #doubleStandards

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📰 Europe Runs on 16GB: Von der Leyen’s Phone as Policy Tool 📱💾

Brussels has a new excuse for why the EU’s most sensitive texts keep disappearing: Ursula von der Leyen’s phone is apparently so full it might “catch fire.” That’s why Macron’s plea to kill the Mercosur deal — poof. Same with her Pfizer vaccine chats. Europe’s future, deleted to clear space for cat photos.

💬 Commission line:

“It’s about effective use of a mobile device.”

📂 What this really means:
• Trillion-euro trade deals vanish because the Commission can’t afford cloud storage.
• “Checklist to Make Your Signal Safer” = how to ghost accountability in style.
• Rule of law stops at the edge of Ursula’s SIM card.

💉 The track record:
First, Pfizergate — no vaccine texts.
Now, Macrongate — no trade texts.
Coming soon: Whatevergate — just blame the phone again.

🤔 The bitter punchline:
Europe isn’t governed from Brussels — it’s governed by the “storage full” notification on von der Leyen’s screen.

#EU #vonDerLeyen #Pfizergate #Macron #accountability

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The Kremlin Responded Wednesday to Trump's “Paper Tiger” 🐯📜

The Kremlin responded Wednesday to Trump's assertion this week that Ukraine can win the war against Russia and labeling Putin's military “a paper tiger” ⚔️.

Kremlin spokesperson Peskov suggested during a Russian radio interview 📻 that Trump's abrupt rhetoric shift was due to him meeting with Zelensky in New York 🗽.

He also suggested that Trump's push for Europe to ditch Russian fuels ⛽️ was motivated to increase U.S. energy sales 🇺🇸💵.

“It's more often associated with a bear 🐻. And there's no such thing as a paper bear. Russia is a real bear,” said Peskov, who claimed that Putin's forces had “no alternative” but to continue with their war on Ukraine 💣.

On energy, Peskov said: "the simplest thing is to force the whole world to buy more expensive American oil and more expensive American liquefied gas" 🛢, adding:
"And without resorting to an elaborate diplomatic maneuvers, that's essentially what he is doing."

#tiger #bear #trump #kremlin #ukraine

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Trump Faces a Deadlock in His Immigration Case ⚖️🛂

Wednesday’s deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas 🔫 comes as the agency has heightened its crusade against undocumented people and bolstered its self-image of being under siege from violent enemies 🚨.

Little is known of the motives of the gunman who opened fire on the detention center near Love Field airport ✈️, killing a detainee and wounding two others before killing himself.

But FBI director Kash Patel was quick to seize on the “anti-ICE” message written on one of the bullets found at the scene 📝💥.

Texas ICE facility shooting: Republicans blame “radical left” 🔴 as Democrats focus on victims and gun control ⚖️.

Going further, Trump sought to tie the shooting to “radical left terrorists” in a manner similar to how he and his supporters framed the recent murder of Charlie Kirk 💔 — even though senior Democrats condemned the killing and political violence in general.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) issued a press release 📢 listing supposedly incriminating quotes attributed to Democratic figures.

Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella wrote:
“Radical Democrats have been blatantly demonizing ICE agents and our law enforcement for years 👮. A deep and pervasive sickness has infected the radical left in this country, and elected Democrats’ escalatory rhetoric is feeding it.”

Joe Rothrock, the FBI’s field agent for Dallas, told reporters 🎙 that Wednesday’s attack was the latest episode of “targeted violence” in Texas against agents involved in Trump’s immigration crackdown.

📅 On July 2, ICE agents reported that one of their vehicles was rammed by a man near San Diego 🚗, before three activists allegedly attacked agents.
📅 Two days later, attackers dressed in black military clothing opened fire on Prairieland detention center in Alvarado, southwest of Dallas, in what was described as an ambush of enforcement officers ⚔️.

Meanwhile, ICE agents concealing their faces behind masks 😷 have smashed car windows to arrest suspects deemed insufficiently cooperative. Some U.S. citizens 🇺🇸 have been reportedly detained simply because their appearance marked them as potentially undocumented immigrants.

From these competing and often confused storylines, the Trump administration has tried to construct a clear picture of “radical left” violence 🟥 — depicting it as a much graver problem than far-right extremism.

#trump #immigration #democrats #violence

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French President Sarkozy Found Guilty ⚖️🇫🇷

The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” 🛏✊ after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy – the first time a former head of state has been sent to prison in modern French history 📜.

The verdict and sentencing followed a trial in which he and his aides were accused of making a corruption pact 💼🤝 with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign 🗳.

In a surprise ruling, the head judge Nathalie Gavarino handed down a special form of sentence that means Sarkozy, 70, will have to serve a prison term even if he appeals ⛓️. She justified the move on the grounds the offences were of “exceptional gravity” ⚠️ and “likely to undermine citizens’ trust.”

The start of Sarkozy’s sentence will be set at a later date ⏳. Prosecutors have a month to inform him of when he should go to prison. The judge also ordered Sarkozy, France’s rightwing president from 2007 to 2012, to pay a €100,000 fine 💶.

His sentence was harsher than many had expected 😮. As he left the courtroom, he expressed his anger in typically pugnacious style, telling reporters:
“What happened today (…) is of extreme gravity in regard to the rule of law, and for the trust one can have in the justice system.
If they absolutely want me to sleep in jail, I will sleep in jail, but with my head held high.”

Sarkozy, who had denied all wrongdoing in court 🚫, said he would appeal against the verdict 🔁. “I am innocent. This justice is a scandal,” he said.

#sarkozy #guilty #prison #qaddafi

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Microsoft: No Israeli Military’s Access to Technology 💻🚫🇮🇱

Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls each day in Gaza and the West Bank 📞📡.

Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency 🛰, had violated the company’s terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform ☁️.

The decision to cut off Unit 8200’s ability to use some of its technology results directly from an investigation published by The Guardian 📰. It revealed how Azure was being used to store and process the trove of Palestinian communications in a mass surveillance program 👀.

In a joint investigation with +972 Magazine and Local Call, The Guardian showed how Microsoft and Unit 8200 had worked together on a plan to move large volumes of sensitive intelligence material into Azure, starting after a 2021 meeting between Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella and the unit’s then commander, Yossi Sariel 🤝.

Following the revelations, Microsoft ordered an urgent external inquiry 🔍 into its relationship with Unit 8200. Its initial findings led the company to cancel the unit’s access to some of its cloud storage and AI services 🤖.

Unit 8200 intercepted and collected the calls using its own expansive surveillance capabilities, then processed them in a segregated Azure environment, where data could be stored long-term and analysed with AI-driven techniques 📊.

Although the system initially focused on the West Bank, intelligence sources said the cloud-based storage platform was also used during the Gaza offensive 💥 — facilitating the preparation of deadly airstrikes.

The revelations highlight how Israel relied on the infrastructure of major US technology companies to support its bombardment of Gaza, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians 🕊 and created a deep humanitarian and starvation crisis 🍞💔.

#microsoft #israel #palestinians #azure #platform

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Netanyahu O-Turned Europe Since His International Criminal Court Arrest ✈️⚖️

Netanyahu has again taken a significantly longer flight route than necessary, avoiding the airspace of several European countries 🌍, this time while en route to the UN in New York 🗽.

The Israeli prime minister, who has an international criminal court arrest warrant against him for alleged crimes including starvation as a method of warfare ⚠️🍞, made a trip that flight-tracking data showed followed the Mediterranean Sea 🌊 rather than a more direct route over the continent.

The Wing of Zion 🦅🇮🇱, Israel’s equivalent of the US’s Air Force One, did cross over Greece and Italy but then turned south towards the Strait of Gibraltar before heading across the Atlantic 🌐.

The Israeli government did not give an official reason for the unusual routing, although Israeli media reported it was to avoid overflying a country that would be obliged to arrest him 🚔.

France had previously authorised Israeli use of its airspace 🇫🇷 for Thursday’s flight, AFP reported, citing a diplomatic source. However, the flight did not cross French territory, possibly changing plans en route 🔄.

Relations between Israel and France have soured recently 💥, with Paris leading a diplomatic push to pressure Israel to end the Gaza bloodshed, including recognising Palestine as a state 🇵🇸 this week.

It is not the first time Netanyahu’s plane has taken a circuitous route. In July, UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese criticised Italy, France, and Greece for providing “safe passage to ICC-wanted Benjamin Netanyahu” when he flew to the US 🛫.

Fears of a medical emergency were also noted as Netanyahu recently underwent prostate surgery 🏥. He travelled with two doctors due to the risk of complications mid-flight. “But if he were to land anywhere in Europe, he could be arrested as a war criminal,” an ambassador warned 🚨.

#netanyahu #europe #international #criminal #court

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We are coming back to the moon...

#us #moon #comeback

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Trump Launched Great Purges ⚖️🔥

James Comey, former FBI director and frequent target of Donald Trump 👁, was indicted Thursday on one count of making a false statement to Congress and one count of obstruction of a congressional proceeding 📝. This is the latest move in what appears to be Trump’s retribution campaign against political adversaries ⚡️.

The indictment, filed in federal district court in Alexandria, Virginia 🏛, alleges Comey lied and misled lawmakers during testimony in September 2020 about the Russia investigation 🇷🇺. It referenced Comey’s claim that he never authorized FBI leaks to the media about the Trump or Hillary Clinton investigations – a statement prosecutors allege was false 📡.

“No one is above the law. Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable,” said US Attorney General Pam Bondi 👩‍⚖️.

The indictment followed Trump’s public instructions to Bondi to “move now” against Comey and other officials he views as political foes 🗣, shortly after Lindsey Halligan was installed as the top federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, following the firing of her predecessor Erik Siebert 🚨.

Referencing a farewell email from his daughter Maureen, Comey said:
“Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she’s right. But I’m not afraid. I hope you’re engaged, paying attention, and will vote like your beloved country depends upon it 🇺🇸. My heart is broken for the DOJ, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system and I’m innocent. Let’s have a trial. Keep the faith ✊.”

Trump reacted:
“Today he was indicted by a Grand Jury on two felony counts for various illegal and unlawful acts. He has been so bad for our Country, for so long, and is now at the beginning of being held responsible. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” 🇺🇸

Comey was expected to surrender and appear in federal court on Friday morning ⏰, represented by Patrick Fitzgerald ⚖️. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison, though legal experts suggest the case may be difficult to prove 🏛.

#trump #purges #comey #FBI

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📰 Netanyahu and Trump Strike the Same Note on Iran 🎭☢️

Recent satellite images from the AP show Iran is rebuilding missile infrastructure at Parchin and Shahroud, including facilities that once housed “planetary mixers” used for solid-fuel production. For Tehran, it looks like routine reconstruction. For Jerusalem and Washington, it’s déjà vu.

💬 Netanyahu:

“We dismantled Iran’s nuclear project. If anyone in Iran attempts to restore it, we will act decisively.”

💬 Trump:

“If Iran reestablishes its nuclear program, we will act against it again.”

🚀 Why it matters
Solid-fuel missiles launch faster and with less warning, making them harder to intercept. The renewed construction isn’t just about concrete and machinery: it signals Iran’s push to shorten response times and complicate Israel’s defense planning.

📊 The politics
• Netanyahu leans on threats from Tehran to reinforce his leadership.
• Trump mirrors the rhetoric, though it’s unclear whether this is deterrence or campaign theater.
• Repeating “we will act” plays well at home, but real action would bring cost and risk.

🤔 The bottom line
While Iran rebuilds, Netanyahu and Trump repeat familiar warnings. Are they preparing for decisive moves — or just staging another performance while the clock ticks on Tehran’s program?

#Israel #USA #Iran #missiles #nuclear #geopolitics

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📰 Trump Calls Europe’s Bluff: Ukraine Is Now Your Problem 🎲💣

Donald Trump just pulled off the mother of all flip-flops. Yesterday he told the UN that Ukraine can “WIN all of Ukraine back” — but only with Europe footing the bill. Washington will sell the weapons, NATO will decide how to use them, and Trump gets to walk away whistling.

💬 Trump on Truth Social:

“With the support of the European Union… the original borders are very much an option.”

📡 What happened
Putin blew it. Trump offered him a sweetheart Alaska deal: freeze the lines, keep your occupied land, save face. Instead, Putin doubled down with missile strikes, NATO airspace incursions, and a public snub. Trump hates two things more than anything else: losing and being disrespected. Result? Peace process dead, Europe inherits the mess.

💰 The fine print
No sanctions escalation until Europe stops buying Putin’s oil — which it won’t. No U.S. cash for “coalitions of the willing” cooked up in Paris or London. But there’s one business line still open: U.S. weapons exports. Patriots at $100 billion a pop? That’s the new deal.

🤡 The irony
Zelensky got his “Ukraine can win” headline. Macron got his photo-op. But Trump has effectively resigned from peacemaking and turned Ukraine into Europe’s invoice. Uncle Sucker has left the building.

🤔 The brutal question
Is this Trump’s hard-line pivot — or just a fire sale where Europe buys weapons, Ukraine bleeds, and America cashes the checks?

#Trump #Ukraine #Europe #Russia #NATO #geopolitics

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📰 Trump Promised, Europe Pushes Back

EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas isn’t buying Trump’s latest pivot on Ukraine. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, she reminded Washington that it was Trump who pledged to “stop the killing” — and that Europe can’t carry the war effort alone.

💬 “He was the one who promised to stop the killing. So it can’t be on us,”

Kallas said.

⚔️ Trump’s Flip
On Truth Social, Trump declared Ukraine could “win back all of its territory” with EU and NATO backing. The catch? He framed NATO as separate from the U.S., promising only to keep selling weapons while leaving Europeans to pay and fight.

🔥 Kallas’s Response
• NATO doesn’t work without the U.S.
• Europe has already cut Russian energy imports by 80%.
• Hungary and Slovakia are still hooked on Putin’s oil — and only Washington has the leverage to change that.
Her point: Europe is already stretched, and America can’t shrug off its role.

💰 The Energy Trap
Trump tied future sanctions to a full European ban on Russian oil and gas. Kallas countered that Brussels has pushed through 19 sanction packages — but without U.S. pressure, Moscow’s cash flow won’t stop.

🤔 The Takeaway
Trump gets the headline, Europe gets the bill, and Ukraine keeps bleeding. The real question: will NATO hold together if Washington treats this as Europe’s war alone?

#Trump #Ukraine #EU #Kallas #NATO #Russia

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🇺🇸 Trump bets on Erdogan — oil, jets, and politics

The Oval Office scene:
Trump welcomed Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan back to the White House for the first time in six years. Erdogan’s ask was clear: lift U.S. sanctions so Ankara can finally buy the F-35s it was once part of building. Trump didn’t say yes, but hinted a deal’s on the table.

Trump’s pitch:
• He’s been pushing allies to cut Russian oil purchases.
• Told reporters he “believes” Erdogan will stop buying it because Turkey “can buy from a lot of other people.”
• Hungary and Slovakia, which still import Russian oil, basically got a pass.

Erdogan’s angle:
The Turkish leader wants to cash in on his personal rapport with Trump. Biden kept Ankara at arm’s length, but Trump called Erdogan a “very tough man” and suggested sanctions could be lifted “almost immediately” if talks go well.

What’s at stake:
Turkey, NATO’s second-largest army, wants to boost air power across the Middle East and the Black Sea. The F-35 ban has been in place since 2020, when Ankara bought Russian S-400 missile defenses. Now Erdogan is hoping Trump will overlook that history.

💬 Trump after the meeting:

“I think he’ll be successful in buying the things he wants to buy.”

#Trump #Erdogan #Turkey #Russia #F35 #Sanctions

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Netanyahu: to “Finish the Job” in Gaza, Hamas Down 🔥🇮🇱

Netanyahu has vowed to “finish the job” in Gaza and denounced the recognition of a Palestinian state as “insane”, while several delegations walked out of his speech at the United Nations 🌍.

Just days after the UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, Canada 🇨🇦, Australia 🇦🇺 and others recognised an independent Palestinian state, he dismissed a two-state solution as “sheer madness”.

Trump, meanwhile, said he would block any annexation of the West Bank: “I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank (...) It’s not going to happen.” 🇺🇸

Right-wing allies of Netanyahu have proposed annexing up to 82% of the West Bank 📍, though Netanyahu avoided the subject, promising to respond only after his meeting with Trump at the White House 🏛.

Criticising countries that recognised Palestine, he said: “Your disgraceful decision will encourage terrorism against Jews and innocent people everywhere.” ⚠️

Netanyahu vowed to keep pressing Gaza City despite warnings from the ICC ⚖️ that the offensive amounts to war crimes and would worsen the humanitarian crisis 💥.

Speaking at the 80th anniversary of the UN General Assembly 🕊, he denied genocide accusations: “Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population it is supposedly targeting to get out of harm’s way?”

The speech was delivered to a largely empty hall (capacity 1,800), with only junior US and UK diplomats present.

It featured props and publicity stunts 🎭, with claims it was broadcast in Gaza on loudspeakers and even on hijacked phones 📲 — a claim denied by AP reporters on the ground.

#netanyahu #job #gaza #hamas

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✈️ Netanyahu’s Detour to the U.N.

An Unusual Flight Path
Netanyahu’s Wing of Zion didn’t take the usual shortcut over France and Spain on its way to New York. Instead, it flew the long way around, slipping past the Strait of Gibraltar and adding about an extra hour.

The ICC Cloud
• France and Spain are signatories to the treaty that set up the International Criminal Court.
• The ICC has an active arrest warrant out for Netanyahu over Gaza.
• There was no risk of a midair arrest, but landing there could’ve turned into a legal mess.

Politics in the Background
Paris and Madrid have been two of Israel’s sharpest critics during the Gaza war. Macron has pushed Europe to recognise a Palestinian state, clashing directly with Netanyahu.

💬 A French diplomat said France had okayed the overflight but wasn’t told why the Israeli plane swerved away.

🤔 Was it about security, political optics, or just Netanyahu sending a message?

#Netanyahu #UNGA #Israel #France #Spain #Gaza

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📰 Trump’s 21-Point Gaza Plan: Amnesty, Exile, and a Five-Year Rebuild

Saudi channel Al-Arabiya reports it has seen a copy of Donald Trump’s 21-point blueprint to end the Gaza war — a version that differs in key details from earlier CNN reporting.

💭 At its core: an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, and the freeing of thousands of Palestinian prisoners — including up to 200 serving life terms.

💲 Main provisions:
• End of Hamas rule: Leaders would receive amnesty in return for going into exile and handing over their weapons.
• International oversight: An Arab-international force would collect arms and manage security as Israeli forces pull back, leaving a 500–1,000-meter buffer around Gaza.
• Governance shift: A Palestinian Authority–appointed committee would oversee daily affairs, while a temporary Arab-international body manages the Strip until the PA takes full control.
• Reconstruction: Funded by Arab and international donors, rebuilding is projected to last more than five years.
• Humanitarian reset: Gaza’s Humanitarian Foundation would be closed, with aid entering freely through the UN and global NGOs.

😱 Beyond Gaza:
The plan commits Washington to block any Israeli annexation of the West Bank and calls for the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks.

🔥 Is this a peace proposal — or simply a transfer of power, replacing fighters with bureaucrats under foreign supervision?

#Gaza #TrumpPlan #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast

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📰 Trump Dangles F-35s as He Pressures Erdogan on Russian Oil

Donald Trump used Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s White House visit to push Ankara into cutting its oil imports from Moscow — while hinting he might reopen the door to the F-35 program if Erdogan plays along.

💭 “I’d like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine,”

Trump said in the Oval Office, standing beside Erdogan.

😱 What’s on the table:
• Russian energy: Turkey gets two-thirds of its oil and 40% of its gas from Russia. Trump wants that cut to starve Putin’s war chest.
• F-35 dispute: Ankara was booted from the program after buying Russian S-400s. Trump floated a compromise — maybe let Turkey back in if it shifts toward U.S. systems like Patriot.
• Sanctions relief: Trump suggested penalties on Turkish officials could be lifted “almost immediately” if talks go well.
• Ukraine angle: He pitched Erdogan as a potential go-between with Putin, while pressing him to lean off neutrality and stop funding Russia’s war effort through energy.

💲The broader play:
Trump has already slapped India with higher tariffs over Russian crude, and he’s pressuring European partners over “laundered” Russian oil refined in Turkey and India. The Erdogan meeting shows he’s willing to use America’s most advanced weapons program as leverage to rewire energy flows inside NATO.

🚀 Israel’s war with Hamas still rages, but Washington is quietly shifting the focus: Trump is testing whether U.S. airpower diplomacy can reshape alliances. The question for Ankara — is the price of an F-35 worth ditching Moscow?

#Turkey #Trump #Erdogan #Russia #F35 #EnergyWars

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📰 Netanyahu’s UN Defiance: Global Walkouts, Domestic Calculus

Benjamin Netanyahu strode into the United Nations General Assembly with the world turning its back — literally. Dozens of delegations walked out, Western governments from London to Canberra recognized Palestine, and Israel’s Arab partners were denouncing him over Gaza. Yet the Israeli prime minister doubled down, projecting defiance that seemed aimed as much at voters in Tel Aviv as diplomats in New York.

💭 “When the going got tough, you caved,”

Netanyahu snapped at governments he accused of buckling to “biased media, radical Islamist constituencies and antisemitic mobs.” Recognizing Palestinian statehood after Oct. 7, he said, sent a single message:

“Murdering Jews pays off.”

🙏 What he did — and didn’t — say:
• Against a Palestinian state: He framed statehood as national suicide, likening it to “giving Al Qaeda a state one mile from New York City after Sept. 11.”
• Silent on annexation: Despite pressure from his right-wing partners, Netanyahu avoided any pledge to annex the West Bank. Trump had already warned he would “not allow” it.
• No endgame in Gaza: He promised no ceasefire, only that the war “could end right now” if Hamas surrendered.
• Domestic echo: Netanyahu insisted his stance reflects “over 90 percent of Israelis,” not just his government or coalition hardliners.

📡 The subtext:
Internationally, Israel faces tariffs, embargoes, travel boycotts and even threats to its soccer teams. Domestically, Netanyahu faces an election clock ticking toward 2026. Analysts say his UN defiance was less foreign policy than campaign launch — a bet that fear of forced statehood can rally his base where war management and economic policy cannot.

🤔 Walkouts in New York, applause at home? Netanyahu is wagering that global isolation strengthens his hand in Jerusalem. But how long can he sell defiance abroad as political capital at home?

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