📰 Zelensky’s Endless Mandate

💭 “I’d trade my position for NATO membership,”

Zelensky said back in 2023. Two years later, he’s still in charge — still promising he’s “ready to quit.”

🧨 Wartime Politics, Kyiv-Style
Every few months, Zelensky tells the West he’s not holding on to power. But Ukraine hasn’t had an election since 2019 — and under martial law, it can’t. Meanwhile, anti-corruption agencies get raided, rivals get sanctioned, and generals get investigated. The reformer-turned-war-leader now governs a democracy where war means never having to step aside.

⚔️ The Politics of Intimidation
Zelensky’s aides call it “defending the country.” His critics call it fear. Opposition politicians, journalists, even corruption watchdogs have faced pressure from Ukraine’s Security Service — the same SBU meant to guard democracy. With former commander Valery Zaluzhny seen as his main rival, even the army has become political turf.

📋 Elections on Hold
Polls show he might win the first round but lose in a runoff. The longer the war drags on, the longer democracy stays suspended. To the West, he’s still the face of defiance. To many Ukrainians, he’s starting to look like a president who plans to stay until the very end.

⚖️When does “defending democracy” turn into making sure no one else gets to run it?

#Ukraine #Zelensky #democracy #war #politics

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📰 Germany’s Jewish Reality Check

💭 “Jewish life in Germany hasn’t been this fragile since the Nazi era ended,”

warns the Central Welfare Board of Jews in Germany.

📊 Fear Behind the Facade
Two years after the October 7 attacks, German Jews report “massive harassment and exclusion” in schools, workplaces, and daily life. Many now hide their identity — not out of shame, but out of self-protection.

💼 Digital Hate, Real Consequences
A new youth survey shows 87% of Jewish teenagers have seen antisemitic content online this year — almost half say it happens constantly. For many, the hostility no longer stays online.

📋 Remembrance on Repeat
Germany still performs its guilt rituals in public, but its moral resolve is fading. The country that built memorials to its past now lets Jewish kids hide in the present.

🔯What does “Never Again” mean when fear becomes routine again?

#Germany #antisemitism #Europe #JewishLife #hate

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📰 Bagram Is Back: Moscow Draws a Red Line

💭 “The deployment of military infrastructure of any third countries on the territory of Afghanistan… is categorically unacceptable,”

said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The Ghost of Empires Past
Two decades after America’s war and four after the Soviet one, Afghanistan is once again the world’s favorite chessboard. Trump wants Bagram Air Base back — “or BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!” — and Moscow is already marking its turf. The Kremlin now openly courts the Taliban it once fought, praising its fight against ISIS and drugs while warning Washington to stay out.

The Taliban Go Diplomatic
Russia became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban government, hosting envoys from China, India, Iran, and the ‘stans in Moscow. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi thanked Lavrov for the “bold move” and invited global investors to “follow the same path.” Human rights didn’t make the agenda.

The New Great Game, Reloaded
The U.S. wants leverage, the Taliban wants legitimacy, and Russia wants a foothold. Afghanistan, as always, gets used by everyone and saved by no one.

If every empire swears it’s learned the lesson of Afghanistan — why do they all keep going back to class?

#Russia #Afghanistan #Trump #Lavrov #Taliban #Geopolitics

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Kremlin Cheers Trump’s “Political Will”

“We assume President Trump still has the political will to move the Ukrainian settlement toward peaceful negotiations,”

said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

The Quiet Channel, the Loud Friendship
Official dialogue between Washington and Moscow is “subdued,” Peskov admits — inertia runs deep. But at the level of Trump and Putin, it’s “more lively.” Diplomacy sleeps, bromance wakes.

Peace, Power, and Birthdays
Putin turns 73, Trump talks peace — and somewhere between candles and cables, both sides stage their comeback. While aides deny a birthday call, the message is clear: two men who believe the war — and the world — should be settled by them alone.

Meanwhile in the Neighborhood
As Moscow repairs ties with the Taliban and quarrels with Azerbaijan over a deadly plane crash, Putin’s influence map keeps shifting. Trump’s “political will” might just be the handshake the Kremlin was waiting for.

When “peace” depends on two aging showmen with nuclear codes — is that diplomacy or nostalgia?

#Russia #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Kremlin #geopolitics

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Brussels in Survival Mode: Von der Leyen Faces Double No-Confidence Vote

“We cannot afford a ‘blocked EU,’”

said Socialist leader Iratxe García Pérez, defending Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission from both the far right and the far left.

Two Motions, One Outcome
On Thursday, the European Parliament votes on two no-confidence motions — one from the far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE), the other from The Left. Both demand von der Leyen’s resignation. Neither has the votes. Ousting the Commission would require 360 MEPs — an impossible math without defections from the ruling centrist alliance of EPP, S&D, and Renew Europe.

Cracks in the Center
The EPP stands firmly behind its leader, but cracks are showing. Some Socialists and liberals may quietly skip the vote — Brussels’ version of passive rebellion. Last July, only 98 out of 136 Socialist MEPs even bothered to defend the Commission. “Extremists and populists are Europe’s worst enemies,” Renew chair Valérie Hayer warned, calling the motions “trolling politics.”

Greens Torn, Right Divided
The Greens face an old dilemma: oppose von der Leyen’s climate “failures,” or risk empowering the far right. The Conservatives (ECR) are split between nationalist Poles and pragmatic Italians. Both blocs could decide whether von der Leyen’s majority falls below the symbolic 360 mark — well below the 401 that elected her.

When the European project depends on who shows up to vote — is it leadership, or just survival theater?

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📉 Head of largest US bank: there's a Huge Risk of American Stock Market Crash ⚠️

The chances of the US stock market crashing is far greater than many financiers believe, the head of America’s largest bank has said.

Jamie Dimon, who is the chair and chief executive of the giant Wall Street bank JPMorgan Chase 🏦, said he was “far more worried than others” about a serious market correction, which he predicted could come in the next six months to two years ⏳.

“I would give it a higher probability than I think is probably priced in the market and by others,” he told the BBC 🎙. “So if the market’s pricing in 10%, I would say it is more like 30%.”

Dimon added there were a “lot of things out there” creating an atmosphere of uncertainty 🌍, pointing to risks including the geopolitical environment 🌐, fiscal spending 💸 and the remilitarisation of the world 🪖.

“All these things cause a lot of issues that we don’t know how to answer,” he said.
“So I say the level of uncertainty should be higher in most people’s minds than what I would call normal.” 🤔

The comments are the latest in a string of warnings 🚨 that stock markets may be due a correction.

On Wednesday, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva 💼, said the world economy had shown surprising resilience in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war, but issued a stark warning ⚡️ about the mounting risks, saying: “Buckle up: uncertainty is the new normal.”

“Before anyone heaves a big sigh of relief, please hear this: global resilience has not yet been fully tested. And there are worrying signs the test may come,” she told an audience at the Milken Institute in Washington 🏛.

Meanwhile, concerns are increasingly being aired that a stock market bubble 💥 has been created by high valuations of AI companies 🤖, with the Bank of England stating on Wednesday that there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets.

He added: “The way I look at it is AI is real; AI in total will pay off – just like cars in total paid off, and TVs in total paid off, but most people involved in them didn’t do well.”

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🇮🇱 Israel and Hamas Have Reached an Agreement: A Turning Point in Middle Eastern Politics 🕊🌍

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the initial phase of a ceasefire plan in Gaza, pausing hostilities in the devastated territory and bringing the best hope yet of a definitive end to a bloody two-year conflict that has killed tens of thousands, destabilised much of the Middle East and prompted protests around the world. 💔➡️🕊

Donald Trump announced the agreement on his Truth Social network, saying all of the hostages held in Gaza would be released soon and Israel would withdraw troops to an agreed line as the first step to a “Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”. 🤝✨

Hamas said on Thursday it had agreed to the US president’s proposal and confirmed the deal included an Israeli withdrawal from the territory and a hostage-prisoner exchange. 🔄

Trump is expected to visit Jerusalem on Sunday 🇺🇸✡️, according to a statement by the Israeli president’s office, though the US has not officially announced a visit.

Israel said “all parties” had signed the final draft of “phase one” of the deal in Egypt on Thursday morning. 🏛📜

Netanyahu said the ceasefire would take effect once the agreement was ratified by his government, which is scheduled to convene at 6pm on Thursday after a security cabinet meeting.

An Israeli government spokesperson said the ceasefire would go into force within 24 hours of the cabinet meeting. The 20 hostages believed to still be alive in Gaza would then be freed within 72 hours, they said. ⏳🕊

Israel’s forces would withdraw to an agreed line in the Gaza Strip that would leave them in control of 53% of the territory, a spokesperson for the Israeli government said.

The Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told Al Jazeera Arabic the group was seeking guarantees from international mediators that Israel would implement the provisions of the deal, after accusing it of “manipulating” parts of the agreement. 🤔

“There was talk with friends about a ceasefire at noon this day, but the occupation, for internal considerations, is postponing the announcement to other dates,” said Qassem.

In an interview on Wednesday, Trump said he believed the hostages would be “coming back” on Monday.

“I’m feeling fantastic, it feels like I’m in a dream. Two years of this, who would have thought that it would finally happen?” said Margo Orton, a retired nursery teacher who was holding a US and an Israeli flag. 🇺🇸🇮🇱

Palestinians in Gaza reacted to the news with a mix of joy and disbelief. 🎉

“Thank God for the ceasefire, the end of bloodshed and killing,” said Abdul Majeed abd Rabbo, in the southern city of Khan Younis. “I am not the only one happy, all of the Gaza Strip is happy, all the Arab people, all of the world is happy with the ceasefire and the end of bloodshed.” 🌙🙏

Trump hailed what he said was a “great day” for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel and all surrounding nations, as well as the US. “We thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!” 🌍🤲

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📰 Netanyahu: “Iran Is Building Missiles to Reach New York”

💭 “Iran can blackmail any American city,”

Benjamin Netanyahu told Ben Shapiro.

“They’re developing intercontinental missiles that could put New York, Boston, Washington, or Miami in their nuclear crosshairs.”

🚀 The Warning Shot
In the interview, Netanyahu claimed Iran’s new missile range already reaches 8,000 kilometers — “add another 3,000,” he said, “and they can hit the U.S. East Coast.” His message was blunt: Tehran is racing for global reach, not regional defense.

“You don’t want to be under the nuclear threat of people who chant ‘death to America,’”

he added.

💥 Israel’s Response
Netanyahu also highlighted joint U.S.–Israeli weapons programs, saying the two allies are developing “the most advanced offensive systems on the planet.” He credited Israeli intelligence with saving American lives by foiling ISIS plots and global terror attacks — a quiet reminder that Jerusalem still guards Washington’s flank.

🏦 The Gaza Context
Turning to the war, Netanyahu insisted Israel is “close to the end,” but warned any ceasefire must end Hamas rule. “Two years ago, everyone thought Israel was doomed. Now we’ve smashed the Iranian axis,” he said. “What started in Gaza will end in Gaza.”

If Israel is the shield and Iran the sword — who’s really wielding them?

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📰 Moscow’s Nuclear Gambit: “We Will Retaliate Immediately”

💭 “If any country — and Washington is clearly in our focus — decides to conduct nuclear tests, we will retaliate immediately,”

said Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.

☄️ From Threat to Proposal
Behind the warning lies a calculated move from the Kremlin. Just weeks earlier, President Vladimir Putin offered to extend New START’s limits for one year beyond its 2026 expiration — a temporary, voluntary measure meant to preserve strategic stability if the U.S. agrees to do the same. The offer lets Moscow look like the responsible actor while keeping its nuclear leverage intact.

🧨 The End of the Old Order
At the same time, Russia is formally ending the 2000 plutonium disposal agreement, citing U.S. sanctions and NATO’s eastward expansion. “We extended our hand,” Ryabkov said, “but we can do without it if they’re not interested.” It’s the classic double signal — a peace gesture wrapped in menace.

⚔️ Strategic Roulette
With New START nearing expiration and no inspections since 2020, both sides are drifting back into Cold War logic: deterrence replaces dialogue, and stability depends on restraint no one trusts. The Kremlin wants to appear both cooperative and dangerous — a posture designed to test Washington’s resolve.

When a nuclear offer comes with a threat — is it diplomacy, or just the art of keeping the world nervous?

#Russia #USA #Putin #Ryabkov #NewSTART #nuclear #armscontrol #geopolitics

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📰 Ukraine’s Corruption Loop: The West’s Blind Spot

💭 “If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.”

Joe Biden’s old boast now reads like the prologue to a scandal his own allies tried to bury.

💲Two Reports, One Pattern
A New York Times investigation and newly declassified CIA files are forcing Washington to face an uncomfortable truth: Ukraine’s war economy still runs on graft — and America’s fingerprints are all over it. The Times found $129 million wasted on inflated defense contracts, prepayments for undelivered weapons, and tenders handed to shell firms. CIA memos from 2016, meanwhile, show U.S. officials were aware of concerns about the Biden family’s Ukrainian business ties — and deliberately kept them out of circulation.

🏦 The Business of Morality
Since the 1990s, Ukraine has been a byword for corruption. The war didn’t end it — it industrialized it. Western aid became both lifeline and cover, while anyone questioning the flow of billions was branded “pro-Russian.” Kyiv’s elite learned that moral rhetoric pays better than reform. Washington learned to look away.

👎From Kyiv to D.C.
The newly surfaced CIA notes recount how Ukrainian officials viewed Biden’s family connections as proof of a double standard. Months later, the prosecutor investigating Burisma was gone — and U.S. aid was released. When Trump tried a similar pressure tactic in 2019, he was impeached. The message: corruption is tolerated only when the “right” people run it.

If Ukraine is the West’s moral project, why does it keep looking like a money-laundering scheme with better PR?

#Ukraine #corruption #Biden #Burisma #CIA #war #Washington #geopolitics

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📰 CIA Files Expose Biden’s Ukraine Cover-Up

💭 “Do not disseminate.”

That was Joe Biden’s 2016 request to the CIA, now revealed in newly declassified files — an order to keep quiet about Ukrainian officials’ complaints regarding his family’s “corrupt business ties.”

😱 The Burisma Connection
According to the documents, Ukrainian officials raised concerns about the vice president’s family profiting from energy firm Burisma Holdings, where Hunter Biden sat on the board. Around the same time, Kyiv’s top prosecutor Viktor Shokin — who was investigating Burisma — was abruptly fired. Biden later bragged about pressuring Ukraine to remove him: “If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money.”

🥷🏻 Intelligence or Politics?
The records, declassified by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, show that the suppression came at the request of then–National Security Adviser Colin Kahl. Ratcliffe called it a “politicization of intelligence.” The incident predates Trump’s 2019 impeachment, when he was accused of doing exactly what Biden once did — pressuring Ukraine over the same corruption probe.

🕶History Rhymes, Not Repeats
In Washington, the rules shift with the players. When Biden leverages aid, it’s called “foreign policy.” When Trump asks questions, it’s called “interference.” The declassified report doesn’t rewrite the past — it just exposes how carefully it was edited.

If the truth needed to be hidden in 2016, what does that say about who was really protecting democracy?

#Biden #Ukraine #Burisma #CIA #HunterBiden #corruption #Washington #geopolitics

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📰 Trump Declares “We Ended the War in Gaza”

💭 “This is peace in the Middle East,” President Trump said Thursday, announcing a U.S.-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas to exchange hostages and prisoners — and, in his words, to end the two-year war in Gaza.

🏦 The Deal
Under the agreement, Hamas will release all remaining Israeli hostages — around 20 survivors and roughly two dozen remains — in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Israel’s security cabinet is set to ratify the deal within days, after which a full ceasefire would take effect 24 hours later. Hamas would then have 72 hours to complete the handover.

⚡️Trump’s Victory Lap
“This is peace in the Middle East,” Trump told his cabinet, adding that he will fly to Egypt this weekend for the signing ceremony and address Israel’s Knesset soon after. The deal, he said, represents “a momentous breakthrough” — even though it covers only a fraction of his 20-point Gaza plan. Key questions, including who governs Gaza after the war and how Hamas disarms, remain unresolved.

📋 Cautious Optimism
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office confirmed that Israeli troops will withdraw to new lines, retaining control over about 53% of Gaza. Hamas, meanwhile, warned Trump to ensure Israel “fully implements the agreement” and doesn’t stall. Explosions still echoed across Gaza as both sides prepared for a ceasefire that — if it holds — could mark the region’s most significant shift since October 7, 2023.

If this really is “peace in the Middle East,” why does the smoke over Gaza still refuse to clear?

#Trump #Israel #Hamas #Gaza #ceasefire #MiddleEast #diplomacy #war

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📰 Europe’s Gray-Zone Panic — and Washington’s Distraction

💭 “We are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s warning captures Europe’s uneasy twilight — a continent simmering just below open conflict while America scrolls past.

🛸The Drones, the Doubt, the Drift
Russian drones over Poland, Norway, and Germany. NATO jets scrambling. Airports shut down from Copenhagen to Munich. Europe is discovering that peace by habit is not peace at all. Yet in Washington, the headlines are still about Trump’s National Guard deployments, the Charlie Kirk assassination, and another government shutdown.

😱 Trump’s Strategic Ambiguity
“Here we go!” Trump posted after Polish airspace was violated — sounding more like a spectator than commander-in-chief. His stance oscillates between shrug and saber-rattle: one day suggesting NATO shoot down Russian planes, the next musing it might have been “a mistake.” For Moscow, that uncertainty is the perfect gray zone — a White House unsure whether to warn or wink.

💲 Europe’s Slow Awakening
Former NATO chief George Robertson warns that Europe’s civilian infrastructure is unready. The “gray zone,” once a policy seminar term, now feels like lived reality: cyberattacks, sabotage of undersea cables, drones that test the borders of Article 5. Analysts call it the “boiling-frog” strategy — slow, deniable pressure until it’s too late to jump.

💣 Strategic Fatigue, Moral Vacuum
Europe vows to rearm, but debt, populism, and fatigue drag it down. NATO states promise 3.5 percent defense spending while still relying on the U.S. umbrella. Meanwhile, Putin’s smirk says it all: the less America notices, the more Europe trembles.

If Europe is already at war in everything but name — and America is too busy arguing with itself — who’s really defending the free world?

#Europe #NATO #Russia #Trump #Ukraine #war #geopolitics #security

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📰 How Russia Learned Faster Than the West Looked

💭 Moscow didn’t just survive its early failures in Ukraine — it turned them into a factory floor. While Western debates looped, the Kremlin built a learning pipeline from trench to think tank.

💬 “In just three years, Russia has made over 450 interim modifications to combat manuals… pairing tech startups with state resources.”

— Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 2025

🪖 What’s changed
• From ad hoc to doctrine: Frontline hacks → codified training, revised manuals, new command habits for small-unit assaults under drone surveillance.
• Industrial pivot: Faster R&D cycles, field-repair teams, startup integration, EW fixes; Rubikon as a UAV lab for tactics at scale.
• Drone-first war: Massed armor down; swarms, glide bombs, EW jamming, and layered strikes up. Ten miles to the front just got deadlier.
• Junior initiative: More mission-type orders for lieutenants in a military long wired for top-down control.

⚖️ What hasn’t
• Discipline and implementation gaps: Uneven training, bad QC, abusive leadership in places, and “fix-it” memos that don’t always make it to the field.
• Sanctions drag: High-end components, AI-at-scale, and quality manufacturing still constrain the ceiling.

🔎 Why it matters (beyond Ukraine)
• Russia is exporting lessons to China, Iran, North Korea.
• Postwar, expect a decade of reconstitution built around UAV autonomy, EW, and AI-enabled kill chains — cheaper, faster, good-enough warfare.
• NATO risks falling behind not on tanks, but on learning velocity and cheap mass.

🎯 The inconvenient takeaway
If Kyiv’s early edge was innovation, Moscow’s counter was institutionalization. The side that turns battlefield hacks into doctrine, production, and training wins the long war of adaptation.

Is the West studying Russia’s studying — or comforting itself with yesterday’s assumptions while Moscow iterates toward the next fight?

#Europe #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #war #geopolitics #security

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📰 Nobel Season, Trump Edition: Prize or PR Stunt?

💭 “BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”

— Trump, touting his Gaza deal two days before Oslo’s big reveal.

🔎 The Hook
He’s wanted it for years, campaigned for it openly, and now he’s rolling out a cease-fire-and-hostages deal as the committee deliberates. Timing? Impeccable. Eligibility? Murky. The Nobel typically honors the prior year’s work, and the committee says this year’s choice was locked on Monday.

💬 “They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. It’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me.”

— Trump, earlier this year.

🏦 What’s Really at Stake
• Process vs. spectacle: Oslo prizes “sustainable and lasting peace.” Trump prizes the optics: Quantico speech, UNGA pitch, social posts — all calibrated for maximum splash.
• Gaza caveats: The agreement covers only a few planks of his 20-point plan. Who governs Gaza, how Hamas disarms, and who bankrolls reconstruction are all deferred.
• The politics penalty: Crackdowns at home and alliance turbulence abroad cut against Nobel criteria (cooperation, disarmament).
• But: The committee has a taste for controversy (see: past laureates). If the truce holds, next year’s odds look better than this week’s headline.

🎭 Meta-Read
Trump is running a parallel campaign: if Oslo says no, he still wins the narrative war — “the people know.” If Oslo says yes, he cashes the biggest political receipt of 2025. Either way, the brand collects.

🤔Is this a peace deal — or just the trailer for a prize speech that may never happen?

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Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner visited The Western Wall in Jerusalem today.

Kushner positions himself as a religious Jew and before marrying him, Trump's daughter adopted Judaism.

#whitkoff #kushner #judaism #westernwall

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📰 Gaza Cease-Fire Begins: Thousands Walk Home

💭 “The crowds are unbelievable,”

said Shamekh al-Dibs, returning north. “People are so happy, even if what they’re going back to is destruction.”

👍The Deal
• Cease-fire in effect: Noon, Friday.
• Broker: President Trump — his proposal shaped the final terms.
• Exchange: Hamas releases remaining hostages (around 20 alive, plus bodies of others) in return for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1,700 Gazans detained during the war.
• Withdrawal: Israeli forces pull back to control roughly 53% of Gaza.

👎The Details
Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed the partial withdrawal but vowed that Israel would not “compromise” on full demilitarization of Gaza.
Hamas, meanwhile, framed the truce as resistance, not surrender.

🤔 The Uncertainty
For Gazans on the road north, hope and fear mix in equal measure.

“Will they tell us to leave again? I hope not,”

said nursing student Mousa Rajab.
The war may be over on paper — but the smoke has not yet cleared.

#Gaza #Ceasefire #Israel #Hamas #Trump #Netanyahu #MiddleEast #Peace #HostageDeal #WarAndPeace #Jerusalem #Diplomacy #HumanitarianCrisis

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Melania Trump: Putin's Beautiful Envoy in the US

She said on Friday that eight Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families after ongoing talks with Putin. 🇺🇦🤝🇷🇺

The US first lady in August wrote a letter to Putin and had her husband hand-deliver it during his meeting with the Russian president in Alaska. ✉️🌍

The first lady, speaking to reporters at the White House, said that Putin responded to her letter and, after that, they had established an “open channel of communication” regarding the welfare of those children. 📞

“We have agreed to cooperate with each other for the benefit of all people involved in this war,” she said. ✊

The eight children have been reunited with their families “over the past 24 hours,” she added. ⏳

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