Five prominent tribal leaders from the West Bank city of Hebron have submitted a letter to Israeli officials offering full recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and proposing a peaceful breakaway from the Palestinian Authority to form an autonomous “Emirate of Hebron.”
The initiative, led by Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari—head of Hebron’s most influential clan—outlines a plan for cooperation with Israel, economic development, and eventual integration into the Abraham Accords framework.The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the letter, which was addressed to Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat and is intended for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We want coexistence,” said Sheikh Jaabari, speaking from his family’s ceremonial tent in Hebron, the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. “We want cooperation with Israel.”
The sheikhs’ letter calls for mutual recognition between Israel and the proposed Hebron Emirate. They commit to “zero tolerance” for terrorism, and reject the policies of the Palestinian Authority, accusing it of corruption and incentivizing violence through payments to convicted attackers
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The era of magical thinking by Ukraine and its Western allies is over. In the absence of a formal peace treaty, Ukrainian security can only be guaranteed by arming Kyiv to the teeth.
Was it Putin who called on his friend Trump to finally stop supplying weapons to Ukraine? In any case, the Trump administration acted on this with the lame excuse that it needed these weapons itself. The fact is that the Russian summer offensive has had little success so far. Trump obviously was urged to help.
With no new U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia since January—and some restrictions quietly eased—analysts warn of crumbling deterrence and renewed flows of military tech to the Kremlin. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Especially, some high-tech U.S. weapons are irreplaceable. They include Patriot air defense missiles, which are needed to fend off Russia’s frequent ballistic missile attacks, but which cost $4 million each. That vital system is included in the pause, and many cities in Ukraine, including Kyiv, could become increasingly vulnerable....The (US) official said that Patriot missiles exist in sufficient numbers globally, and he said that accessing them requires political resolve. “There are enough missiles out there,” he said, without providing evidence. (AP)
It is now obvious what has been threatening for some time: President Trump is fed up with Ukraine. Let it continue to fight without the USA if it absolutely wants to or, even better, let it surrender and finally deliver the peace that Trump wants. He has enough trouble with China, Iran and the Houthis at his hands.
It is difficult for Trump and his people to understand why the Europeans want Ukraine to keep fighting instead of (repentingly) returning to the bosom of Mother Russia. If an independent Ukraine is so important to the Europeans, then they should supply weapons Ukraine needs or buy the arms if they can't provide enough themselves.
Besides, according to JC Vance, little Ukraine's attempt to fight big Russia is futile anyway: so why keep wasting good American weapons on a loser and thereby unnecessarily delaying the inevitable? Iran and the Houthi war are said to have emptied the American arsenal, so we don't want to continue the crazy Biden policy of arming Ukraine and angering our friend Putin.
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North Korea will send up to 30,000 additional soldiers to the frontlines in the Ukraine-Russia War, according to a CNN report on Wednesday.These troops may arrive in Russia in stages by November, “to strengthen the Russian contingent, including during large-scale offensive operations,” a Ukrainian intelligence document seen by CNN stated.Additionally, satellite imagery obtained by CNN indicated signs of Russia’s preparations. Ships previously used for North Korean deployments were seen in Russian ports, and flight patterns of cargo planes revealed that routes bringing soldiers to Russia were active.
North Korea had sent 11,000 troops to the frontlines last fall. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed their presence in April, after previously refusing to comment on multiple international and Ukrainian reports regarding North Korean soldiers falling in battle.
This development follows the United States halting shipments of air defense missiles to Ukraine amid a growing Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry, however, stated that it had not received official notifications about the suspension and insisted that deliveries were ongoing.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat on Wednesday that Beijing does not want to see a Russian loss in Ukraine because it fears the United States would then shift its whole focus to Beijing, according to several people familiar with the exchange.
The comment, to the EU’s Kaja Kallas, would confirm what many in Brussels believe to be Beijing’s position but jar with China’s public utterances. The foreign minstry regularly says China is “not a party” to the war. Some EU officials involved were surprised by the frankness of Wang’s remarks.
Wang is said to have rejected, however, the accusation that China was materially supporting Russia’s war effort, financially or militarily, insisting that if it was doing so, the conflict would have ended long ago.
During a marathon four-hour debate on a wide range of geopolitical and commercial grievances, Wang was said to have given Kallas – the former Estonian prime minister who only late last year took up her role as the bloc’s de facto foreign affairs chief – several “history lessons and lectures”.
Some EU officials felt he was giving her a lesson in realpolitik, part of which focused on Beijing’s belief that Washington will soon turn its full attention eastward, two officials said.
“China’s main concern in the Russia–Ukraine conflict is to prevent the use of nuclear weapons. Chinese leaders have repeatedly warned against not only the use of nuclear arms, but even nuclear threats,” Wang said answering Ukrinform’s Beijing correspondent question.
Addressing whether China wants Russia to keep the Ukrainian territories it currently occupies, Wang expressed doubt: “I don’t think so. China has consistently declared its support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and does not recognize the annexation of Crimea or the Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions as part of the Russian Federation.”
Russia's attack on Ukraine is a military disaster according to General Thierry Burkhard (CEMA). The CEMA is the acronym for Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, the highest position in the army. The CEMA is the general in charge, the one with the most stars and who commands all our military forces.
At a hearing of the French Defense Commission, he declared that “Russia's attack on Ukraine is a military disaster.”
And with good reason.
After 3 years of war, Russia is still far from Kiev.
Of course, we helped bring about this disaster by providing massive aid to Ukraine, which would otherwise have been defeated in a matter of days.
But it remains a disaster.
It was also a disaster when Sweden and Norway joined NATO, turning the Baltic into a “NATO lake” and condemning the Black Sea and the Russian navy as a whole.
The same goes for the Port of St. Petersburg, which accounts for 60% of Russian maritime traffic and would de facto come under the control of Nato navies if we so wished.
Over and above the deep-rooted causes of this conflict, which the “West” has fuelled by blowing on the embers, this Russian military adventure is a failure for Putin and for Russia.
Russia poses no threat to the European Union.
Not so simple.
Russia is demonstrating a form of restraint insofar as we remain in a classic, conventional conflict. Russia could have recourse to nuclear weapons, particularly tactical weapons, for example, to enable its armored forces to regain interest and usefulness on the battlefield, with drones neutralizing armored weapons and the possibility of large-scale movements.
