A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

The irony (maybe) is that the accounts that denied the starvation in Gaza or tried to assign blame elsewhere have caused much more suffering than the straight-up ‘let them starve’ accounts.

Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.

I wonder what would happen if Israel allowed independent journalists into Gaza.

We’re living inside a real life Norm MacDonald joke where micro aggressions are more important than mass atrocities

The Fed is a national treasure and the envy of the world. Apart from making monetary policy decisions and financial regulations, it’s a world premier economic and financial research institution. The Fed employs over 400 economists incl 300 at the Fed Board in DC and 100 at the

Yes, the horror in Gaza would end if Hamas surrendered, but Israel's humanitarian obligations are no more contingent on Hamas's capitulation than ours in Iraq were contingent on al Qaeda or ISIS laying down their arms. Israel's failure to secure and provide for the Gazan

Israel dismantled Gaza’s UN-led food distribution system, then blamed the UN for mass hunger that has now killed 133 people – including 87 children – while trucks sat stalled under army control | نير حسون Nir Hasson ניר חסון haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

It’s ironic that the people who claim Europe ‘lost’ are employing the same logic.

For the umpteenth time, Israel’s Haaretz.com with a clarity that eludes most of the U.S. media.

Prices on retail goods in the US have gone up because of tariffs, exactly as predicted.

The emotional labor is real

Maybe get rid of the tariffs instead of returning to us the money we are paying in tariffs.

Consider the headline and summary below. Then actually read the article by Helprin to realize it’s all about Israel. It makes you wonder if a similar dynamic underlies F1 and green card screening/deportations as well as opposition to Mamdani in NYC.

Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it. Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.

We will never unlearn the lessons Trump is teaching us about the system of checks and balances in the US.

In the long run, AIPAC will win. We don’t have any examples of majority views on peripheral issues beating out a dedicated lobby.

Revoke Hasset’s economist card.

There’s a distinct difference between: 1) ‘we have intel hamas is in this house. Call in a strike’ x10,000 And 2) ‘hamas is all over this city. Just flatten the place’