I bumped into an old friend here in Washington, D.C. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez We have a few thoughts to share about the government shutdown:

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Pope Leo XIV with Young Palestinians from the Youth of Jesus’ Homeland in Palestine. 📷 Vatican News

This was posted by the President of the United States—a job once held by Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and FDR. Meantime, has the price of groceries or housing gone down for your family? How’s your kid’s job search going in the Trump economy?

Reza Pahlavi talking regime change ⁦Council on Foreign Relations⁩

اسماعيل قاآني قائد فيلق القدس التابع للحرس الثوري : 📌إيران وحزب الله والقيادة السياسية لحركة حماس لم يكونوا على علم بعملية طوفان الاقصى  📌لبنان اجبر اسرائيل على طلب وقف إطلاق النار وهذا دليل على إدارة للمعركة 📌اسرائيل استخدمت في اغتيال حسن نصر الله قنابل نادرة ومواد

BREAKING: Hamas statement in response to Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza: 🚨We appreciate President Trump’s efforts to bring an end to the war 🚨We agree to release all the hostages in order to achieve a permanent ceasefire 🚨We are ready to enter immediately into

To put this another way: Hamas agreed to release all the hostages *if* negotiations over details of the agreement go well and if it ensures "complete [Israeli] withdrawal" But there's good reason to fear the negotiations won't go well. And the plan doesn't ensure full withdrawal

Hamas issues a “yes but” to Trump’s 20 points plan, yes to prisoner swap but with full Israeli withdrawal, yes to handover of weapons but to Palestinian state, yes to new administration but should be Palestinian. The rest is left for negotiations.

📰 Hamas agrees to release hostages but rejects foreign governorship of Gaza Read here ⤵️ middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-agr…

The State of Qatar welcomes the announcement by Hamas of its agreement to President Trump’s plan, and its readiness to release all hostages as part of the exchange framework outlined in the plan. We also affirm our support for the statements made by the President calling for an

Not so fast. Yes, Netanyahu can't publicly say no in this moment but that doesn't mean Trump is willing to prevent him from screwing it up moving forward. There are a multitude of ways in which Netanyahu can do that and Trump hasn't shown a will to stop him.

🚨An Israeli official said Netanyahu was surprised by President Trump’s response 🚨In consultations Netanyahu held on Friday - after Hamas’ response and before Trump’s announcement - he stressed that he views Hamas’ response as a rejection of Trump’s plan, the Israeli official

Looks like Trump has decided to take qualified #Hamas response as a yes. Will #Israel?

Some Iran opposition groups are smearing and attacking me with false malicious claims. I attended a press conference with Iran's President Pezeshkian with about 30 journalists from all major media outlets. Here is the New York Times statement.

This is the way

Gaza civil defence: Gaza city is under severe Israeli bombardment - after Trump statement to immediately stop bombing

.Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו responds: “In light of Hamas’s response, Israel is preparing for the immediate implementation of the first stage of President Trump’s plan for the prompt release of all the hostages. We will continue to work in full cooperation with the President and his team to

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