MY MOHAWK RACEWAY PREDICTIONS 2025 RD 121 SAT JUL 26, 2025

    MOHAWK STANDARDBREAD HARNESS RACEWAY 2025 - RESULTS AS OF SAT JUL-26, 2025 - DAY-121

MOHAWK PICKS
01-4-6-7-5 4TH (6-1), MTRI-23.30, MSUP-75.65 - 98.95
02-6-4-7-3 MEX-13.90 - 112.85
03-3-2-6-1 4TH WBP (11-1)
04-7-5-4-6 4TH WBP (6.5)
05-9-5-2-7
06-2-8-6-3 W-4.10, P-7.20, S-2.70, SEX-27.60, STRI-70.75 - 225.20
07-1-4-6-3 MTRI-54.15 - 279.35
08-3-6-7-9 4TH WBP (20-1)
09-3-2-8-6 P-5.60, MTRI-39.85 - 324.80
10-1-7-4-2 4TH (2-1)
11-10-1-8-3-4 4TH WBP (3-1)
MOHAWKS TONIGHTS TOTAL $324.80 OVERALL TOTAL $38,823.00

STANS PICKS
01-5-9-6-7-8 4TH WBP (5-1)
02-3-4-6-7-2
03-6-2-4-5-1 4TH (32-1), MEX-19.60 - 19.60
04-8-4-6-2-7
05-5-2-8-1-4 P-3.30 - 22.90
06-2-3-7-6-1 W-4.10, 4TH WBP (3-1) - 27.00
07-3-1-4-6-2 P-3.20, S-3.10, 4TH WBP (9.2) - 33.30
08-3-2-9-6-4 P-9.00, S-9.80, 4TH (7.5) - 52.10
09-3-6-5-2-1 4TH WBP (6-1)
10-1-4-6-2-5 P-4.90, 4TH (6-1) - 57.00
11-6-4-3-10-8 4TH WBP (7.5)
HI-5 MONEY BEFORE TONIGHT = $154,907.19
STANS TONIGHTS TOTAL $57.00 OVERALL TOTAL $29,803.00

ACTUAL RACE RESULTS
01-6 (4.5)-7 (5-1)-4 (5-1)-5 (6-1)
02-4 (5.2)-6 (3.5)-1 (49-1)-5 (9-1)
03-2 (1-1)-6 (8-1)-1 (11-1)-5 (32-1)
04-6 (6.5)-7 (2-1)-3 (65-1)-5 (8-1) (1-SCR)
05-6 (5.2)-2 (3-1)-4 (7-1)-5 (7.2)
06-2 (1-1)-8 (11-1)-6 (3-1)-7 (7.2)
07-6 (9.2 )-1 (2-1)-4 (3-1)-5 (4-1)
08-4 (6-1)-2 (10-1)-9 (20-1)-6 (7.5)
09-8 (9.5)-2 (6-1)-3 (2-1)-4 (21-1)
10-7 (4.5)-4 (6-1)-5 (23-1)-2 (2-1)
11-3 (3-1)-7 ( )-10 (7.5)-6 ( )-4 ( ) (5-SCR)

MOHAWK PREDICTIONS)-RECORD 2025
01-457-BIG-$22.00 (FEB 21-6TH) (10-1), $17.50 (JUL 08-9TH) (7-1), $14.40 (JUL 22-7TH) (6-1)
02-263-BIG-$20.90 (APR 11-1ST) (14-1), $11.20 (FEB 24-10TH (17-1), $09.50 (APR 12-4TH) (12-1)
03-174-BIG-$12.70 (JAN 24-1ST) (20-1), $08.60 (MAY 02-12TH) (15-1), $07.00 (JUN 23-4TH) (7-1)
04-171-BIG-55-1 (FEB 22-10TH), 42-1 (JUN 05-10TH), 41-1 (FEB 14-10TH), 39-1 (JUN 30-9TH)
04-429-W B P-BIG-57-1 (MAY 26-5TH), 49-1 (JUL 22-9TH), 43-1 (JUN 07-2ND), 41-1 (JUL 15-9TH)
S EX-147-BIG-$61.40 (JUL 08-9TH)
M EX-070-BIG-$116.60 (MAY 17-7TH)
S TRI-044-BIG-$87.35 (MAY 10-10TH)
M TRI-106-BIG-$166.95 (JUN 05-1ST)
S SUP-013-BIG-$246.65 (MAY 10-10TH)
M SUP-097-BIG-$2,393.10 (APR 10-8TH)
DD-1,2-15-BIG-$45.50 (FEB 14-2ND)
DD-2,3-25-BIG-$29.10 (FEB 01-3RD)
DD-3,4-17-BIG-$61.10 (JAN 20-4TH)
DD-4,5-09-BIG-$10.20 (APR 21-5TH)
DD-5,6-18-BIG-$29.40 (FEB 07-6TH)
DD-6,7-16-BIG-$75.10 (FEB 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-21-BIG-$62.80 (JUL 22-8TH)
DD-8,9-13-BIG-$28.40 (JUL 08-9TH)
DD-9,10-12-BIG-$60.10 (MAR 10-10TH)
DD-10,11-06-BIG-$25.60 (MAY 10-11TH)
DD-11,12-01-BIG-$08.10 (JUN 14-12TH)
DD-12,13-01-BIG-$03.80 (JUN 14-13TH)
P3 (1-3)-07-BIG-$23.50 (FEB 01-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-08-BIG-$32.00 (FEB 01-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-04-BIG-$09.45 (JUL 11-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-05-BIG-$12.15 (JUL 03-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-09-BIG-$41.90 (FEB 07-7TH)
P3 (6-8)-06-BIG-$68.50 (FEB 07-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-09-BIG-$33.30 (JUL 22-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-01-BIG-$07.10 (JUN 14-10TH)
P3 (9-11)-04-BIG-$30.10 (MAY 10-11TH)
P3 (10-12)-01-BIG-$03.45 (JUN 14-12TH)
P3 (11-13)-01-BIG-$06.65 (JUN 14-13TH)
P4 (3-6)-02-BIG-$20.20 (JUL 03-6TH)
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-01-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P4 (9-12)-00-BIG-$
P4 (10-13)-01-BIG-$05.65 (JUN 14-13TH)
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P5 (9-13)-01-BIG-$11.50 (JUN 14-13TH)
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-06-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-02-BIG-$737.60 (JUL 15-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(01)-445
5-1+ LONG TOT-(19)-1,687-26.4% 
PICK 4 PLACINGS-22-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-3,111-4,988-62.9%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-1,247
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-04,02-02,03-03,04-03,05-02,06-03,07-03,08-02,09-03,10-03,11-02,12-00,13-00=22-44-OATOT 3,111-4,988-62.9%


(STANS PREDICTIONS)-RECORD AT MOHAWK 2025
01-326-BIG-$45.30 (APR 17-9TH) (21-1), $40.00 (APR 10-4TH) (19-1), $39.70 (FEB 03-1ST) (18-1)  
02-213-BIG-$31.40 (JUN 14-6TH) (42-1), $28.70 (JUN 14-2ND) (49-1), $27.90 (MAR 06-8TH) (44-1)
03-159-BIG-$14.90 (MAR 17-7TH) (22-1), $13.60 (APR 03-10TH) (34-1), $13.00 (MAY 31-6TH) (44-1)
04-164-BIG-118-1 (MAY 17-8TH), 105-1 (MAY 08-4TH), 63-1 (MAY 17-3RD), 56-1 (MAY 03-5TH)
04-479-W B P-BIG-93-1 (JAN 25-3RD), 84-1 (MAY 17-6TH), 73-1 (APR 05-6TH), 54-1 (APR 17-8TH)
S EX-074-BIG-$307.5 (JUL 14-11TH)
M EX-064-BIG-$94.90 (APR 19-6TH)
S TRI-017-BIG-$427.40 (FEB 14-2ND)
M TRI-067-BIG-$498.30 (MAR 22-8TH)
S SUP-004-BIG-$207.55 (MAY 03-5TH)
M SUP-062-BIG-$1,797.25 (JUN 30-4TH)
DD-1,2-11-BIG-$29.70 (MAR 21-2ND)
DD-2,3-12-BIG-$24.00 (FEB 24-3RD)
DD-3,4-08-BIG-$40.00 (JAN 09-4TH)
DD-4,5-05-BIG-$187.90 (JUN 12-5TH)
DD-5,6-05-BIG-$83.70 (JUN 12-6TH)
DD-6,7-09-BIG-$67.50 (MAR 07-7TH)
DD-7,8-09-BIG-$62.80 (JUL 22-8TH)
DD-8,9-07-BIG-$78.10 (APR 17-9TH)
DD-9,10-07-BIG-$79.30 (APR 12-10TH)
DD-10,11-05-BIG-$88.60 (MAY 26-11TH)
DD-11,12-00-BIG-$
DD-12,13-00-BIG-$
P3 (1-3)-02-BIG-$13.30 (APR 17-3RD)
P3 (2-4)-02-BIG-$12.75 (FEB 10-4TH)
P3 (3-5)-02-BIG-$14.60 (JAN 03-5TH)
P3 (4-6)-01-BIG-$344.90 (JUN 12-6TH)
P3 (5-7)-00-BIG-$
P3 (6-8)-01-BIG-$30.75 (JUL 22-8TH)
P3 (7-9)-02-BIG-$28.95 (JUL 11-9TH)
P3 (8-10)-01-BIG-$07.10 (JUN 14-10TH)
P3 (9-11)-01-BIG-$03.65 (JUN 14-11TH)
P3 (10-12)-00-BIG-$
P3 (11-13)-00-BIG-$
P4 (3-6)-00-BIG-$
P4 (4-7)-00-BIG-$
P4 (7-10)-00-BIG-$
P4 (8-11)-00-BIG-$
P5 (1-5)-00-BIG-$
P5 (6-10)-00-BIG-$
P6 (4-9)-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
10TH -P5 (HF)-M-04-BIG-$1,660.20 (JAN 13-10TH)
11TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
11TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$323.15 (APR 14-11TH)
12TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
12TH -P5 (HF)-M-01-BIG-$100.05 (APR 21-12TH)
13TH -P5 (HF)-S-00-BIG-$
13TH -P5 (HF)-M-00-BIG-$
5-1+ LONG-(05)-573
5-1+ LONG TOT-(19)-1,687-34.0%
PICK 4 PLACINGS-21-44
OA PICK 4 PLAC TOT-2,890-4,988-58.5%
TOTAL RACES-(11)-1,247
TOP 4 PICKS EACH RACE-01-03,02-02,03-03,04-01,05-02,06-03,07-03,08-03,09-02,10-02,11-03,12-00,13-00=21-44-OATOT 2,890-4,988-58.5% 

WRONG MOVES WHEN THESE IDIOT FOOLS WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM WITH DEATH CULT WORSHIPPING LEECH ARAB NUTCASES.1/2 EARTHS POPULATION DIE OFF FR THAT STUPID MOVE.BUT THE WORLD MUST BE JUDGED AS JERUSALEM WILL BE DIVIDED THE BIBLE SAYS. DIVIDE ISRAEL. THE WORLD IS DIVIDED BY DEATH.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

WRONG MOVES WHEN THESE IDIOT FOOLS WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM WITH DEATH CULT WORSHIPPING LEECH ARAB NUTCASES.1/2 EARTHS POPULATION DIE OFF FR THAT STUPID MOVE.BUT THE WORLD MUST BE JUDGED AS JERUSALEM WILL BE DIVIDED THE BIBLE SAYS. DIVIDE ISRAEL. THE WORLD IS DIVIDED BY DEATH.

GODS PROMISED LAND FOR ISRAEL.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

GOD GAVE THE LAND TO ISRAEL.ARABS GET OFF ISRAELS LAND.YOU RABBID DEATH CULT COCKROACHES.TIME TO USE RAID ON THESE COCKROACH ARABS.

Netanyahu: Eliyahu doesn't speak for the government I lead-Far-right minister says Israel pushing to ‘wipe out’ Gaza, will make it Jewish-Amichay Eliyahu says planned settlements in Strip won’t be ‘fenced in,’ denies starvation claims; Lapid: Israel cannot win war ‘with ministers who sanctify blood and death’By ToI Staff 24 July 2025, 7:03 pm

Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu said Thursday that Israel is advancing the destruction of Gaza, and that the Strip will be made totally Jewish, drawing outcry among opposition politicians and eventually from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself.“The government is racing ahead for Gaza to be wiped out,” Eliyahu told Haredi radio station Kol Barama. “Thank God, we are wiping out this evil. We are pushing this population that has been educated on ‘Mein Kampf.'”Eliyahu said that Gaza will be cleared for Jewish settlement and that Jewish towns won’t be “fenced in inside cantons.”“All Gaza will be Jewish,” he said, though he clarified that Arabs who are loyal to Israel will be tolerated.“We aren’t racists,” the far-right Otzma Yehudit politician added. “We are fighting those who fight us.”Eliyahu also denied that Gazans are not getting enough food, calling it a campaign against Israel, but noted that the country was at war and trying to kill “these monsters.”“There’s no hunger in Gaza,” he said. “But we don’t need to be concerned with hunger in the Strip. Let the world worry about it.”Eliyahu’s inflammatory remarks came as Israel faces growing worldwide condemnation over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where aid groups and world leaders have protested that starvation is spreading and must be urgently addressed.Israel, which controls much of the enclave’s territory and backs the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial American initiative to deliver aid, says it makes extensive efforts to provide aid and denies claims of famine.It has published photos of aid trucks waiting for pickup in Gaza. The UN has countered that conditions are too dangerous to effectively deliver those supplies.Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said Eliyahu’s comments on Gaza were “an attack on values and a public relations disaster.”“Israel will never convince the world of the righteousness of our war against terror so long as we are led by an extremist minority government with ministers who sanctify blood and death,” he said in a statement.Lapid added that Israel’s soldiers are not “fighting, dying, and being injured in order to wipe out a civilian population.”“This is a government that has lost its sanity, I told you,” The Democrats leader Yair Golan wrote on X.MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Hadash-Ta’al alliance, tweeted that “this is exactly how they spoke in Germany.”Labor MK Gilad Kariv said that Eliyahu’s continued tenure as a government minister “casts a stain and a disgrace on the State of Israel and the entire Jewish people.”“This is a violent, unrestrained nationalist who preaches carrying out war crimes, and in doing so violates not only international law but also the laws of the State of Israel,” he wrote on X.After holding his tongue throughout the afternoon and evening, Netanyahu issued an English statement on his office’s official X account after midnight on Thursday-Friday in which he declared that Eliyahu “does not speak for the government I lead.”“He is not a member of the security cabinet that determines the conduct of the war,” Netanyahu added.The prime minister did not announce any disciplinary action against Eliyahu, who has a history of incendiary rhetoric against Palestinians.An hour earlier, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter tweeted that the “quotes attributed to” the minister do not reflect government policy.“The quotes attributed to Minister Eliyahu are wrong, foolish and totally unrepresentative of the government and people of Israel,” Leiter wrote, apparently suggesting that Eliyahu may not have made the comments, even though they were recorded on the radio. No other government official condemned Eliyahu’s remarks.Eliyahu, an observant Jew and grandson of former Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu, is no stranger to making controversial remarks. In May, he said Israel should bomb food and fuel reserves in Gaza to starve the population as part of a strategy of exerting direct pressure on Hamas by targeting the civilian population.In November 2023, he sparked international outrage by claiming that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip was “an option” — a statement called “detached from reality” by Netanyahu.This statement was later cited by South Africa in a motion accusing Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, prompting Eliyahu to brag that “even in The Hague they know my position.”The incendiary comment from Eliyahu, along with similar ones from other Israeli leaders, was used to try and show that Israel had genocidal intent in Gaza. Israel vociferously denies the allegations and says Hamas is responsible for many civilian deaths because it uses the Gaza population as human shields.The war in Gaza began with the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion and massacres, during which terrorists killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 hostages to Gaza.In the ensuing war, some 58,000 people in Gaza have been killed, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. Hamas casualty figures cannot be verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

Knesset votes 71-13 for non-binding motion calling to annex West Bank-Symbolic resolution calls West Bank ‘inseparable part of the Land of Israel’; critics say it reflects misplaced priorities as PA calls it ‘dangerous escalation’By Sam Sokol-and ToI Staff 23 July 2025, 9:48 pm

The Knesset approved a non-binding motion in favor of annexing the West Bank on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that united the otherwise fractious right-wing governing coalition.The resolution, which passed 71-13, declared that the West Bank is “an inseparable part of the Land of Israel, the historical, cultural and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people” and that “Israel has the natural, historical and legal right to all of the territories of the Land of Israel.”It called on the government to “apply Israeli sovereignty, law, judgment and administration to all the areas of Jewish settlement of all kinds in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley,” the government’s term for the West Bank. The motion was advanced by Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman, Likud MK Dan Illouz and opposition Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer.Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Six Day War, and the territory is now estimated to be home to more than 500,000 Israeli settlers, in addition to millions of Palestinians. Much of the international community says Israel is illegally occupying the territory and views the settlements as violations of international law, which Israel disputes.“This is our land. This is our home. The Land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel,” Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said after the vote. “In 1967, the occupation did not begin; it ended, and our homeland was returned to its rightful owners. We are the original first natives of this piece of land. Jews cannot be the ‘occupier’ of a land that for 3,000 years has been called Judea.”Annexation of the West Bank, or of its Israeli settlements, is a longtime aspiration of the Israeli right. In 2019, ahead of an election, Netanyahu pledged to annex the Jordan Valley, on the territory’s eastern flank. But that pledge and similar efforts took a backseat amid a protracted political crisis that saw a string of inconclusive elections. The government has not pursued binding annexation legislation since, though it voted in similar numbers last year against the establishment of a Palestinian state.Wednesday’s vote came days before lawmakers will break for a nearly three-month recess, and as the coalition fights for its political life. On the same day, Likud MKs voted to unseat their colleague Yuli Edelstein as chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, replacing him with Boaz Bismuth, a loyalist of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is expected to advance a law regulating ultra-Orthodox enlistment.The ultra-Orthodox parties, which left the coalition due to disputes over the enlistment law, nevertheless joined Likud and other right-wing parties in voting for the annexation resolution. The opposition Yisrael Beiteinu also voted in favor.Voting against were the Arab parties as well as the left-wing Democrats. The largest opposition parties, Yesh Atid and Blue and White, did not vote on the motion.“Annexation of Judea and Samaria is a clear danger to the future of the state of Israel and the Zionist enterprise,” Democrats MK Gilad Kariv posted on X, calling the motion “a smokescreen for abandoning the hostages [held by Hamas in Gaza] and advancing an evasion law.”Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s deputy, Hussein al-Sheikh, called the annexation vote a “dangerous escalation that undermines the prospects for peace, stability and the two-state solution.”Sheikh also called the vote “a direct assault on the rights of the Palestinian people,” who ostensibly would not receive equal rights to their Israeli settler neighbors in a scenario where Jerusalem annexes the West Bank.Urging the international community to intervene to roll back Israeli “violations,” the senior Palestinian official said countries should recognize a Palestinian state in response.

After France, UK’s Starmer under increasing pressure to recognize Palestinian state-British premier says statehood is Palestinians’ ‘inalienable right,’ but hasn’t so far declared recognition, even as members of his cabinet, as well as Macron, urge him to do so By ToI Staff and Agencies Today, 1:03 pm-JUL 25,25

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure from senior members of his own government, as well as by French President Emmanuel Macron, to declare that the United Kingdom recognizes a Palestinian state.The UK premier said Thursday that “statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people,” in a statement decrying the humanitarian situation in Gaza and calling for a ceasefire, but he has not committed to a timeframe for recognizing a Palestinian state.Bloomberg reported Friday that the UK’s Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn, and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy have all called on Starmer to move more quickly on the matter.On Tuesday, in remarks decrying “Israel’s attacks on health care workers as well as other innocent civilians,” Streeting said in the House of Commons — where 60 Labour MPs have also called for Palestinian statehood recognition — that Britain should recognize a Palestinian state “while there’s still a state of Palestine left to recognize.”On Thursday, Macron announced France will recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN General Assembly, a plan that drew strong condemnation from Israel and the US.The French president, who, together with Saudi Arabia, will host a confab in New York on the two-state solution this month, has been pressing Starmer to make the same move, according to Bloomberg.On Friday, Starmer was set to speak with Macron, as well as with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, about the situation in Gaza.Successive British governments have said they will formally recognize a Palestinian state at the right time, without ever setting a timetable or specifying the conditions for it to happen.“We want Palestinian statehood, we desire it, and we want to make sure the circumstances can exist where that kind of long-term political solution can have the space to evolve,” British science and technology minister Peter Kyle told Sky News on Friday.“But right now, today, we’ve got to focus on what will ease the suffering, and it is extreme, unwarranted suffering in Gaza that has to be the priority for us today.”UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy made similar remarks on Tuesday, telling the BBC: “We don’t just want to recognize symbolically, we want to recognize as a way of getting to the two states that sadly many are trying to thwart at this point in time.”Some opponents of countries unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state maintain that the move is merely symbolic when done without cooperation with Israel, adding that a Palestinian state can only be the result of negotiations between both sides of the conflict.But supporters of the move say the current Israeli government is uninterested in such talks or a two-state solution and that the framework can therefore only be advanced through diplomatic pressure.“We say that recognizing Palestinian statehood is a really important symbol that you can only do once. But if not now, then when?” one minister said in a recent cabinet meeting, according to The Guardian.London Mayor Sadiq Khan also called on Wednesday for the government to move forward with statehood recognition.Norway, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia all announced recognition of a Palestinian state following the outbreak of the Gaza war, along with several other non-European countries.Overall, at least 142 countries now recognize or plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, according to an AFP tally.Israel has rejected calls to recognize a state of Palestine, arguing that this would endanger Israel’s security and that recognizing one in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught that started the ongoing war would reward the terror group for its bloody rampage, even while it still holds hostages.

Immigration minister to French Jews: Come home to Israel-Israeli ministers ridicule Macron for ‘rewarding terror’ by recognizing Palestinian state-Several cabinet members call to annex West Bank in response; others mock French president with GIFs and AI photos; Labor MK laments ‘bunch of overgrown babies running our country’By Agencies and Jacob Magid-Today, 6:51 am-JUL 25,25

Israeli ministers railed against French President Emmanuel Macron after he announced Thursday that Paris would recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, with several senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition calling for Jerusalem to annex the West Bank in retaliation.Netanyahu in his own statement said Macron was recognizing a “state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre.”“Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became. A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it.”“Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel,” the premier asserted.With Israel likely to take punitive measures against France, as it has done to other countries that have recognized a Palestinian state, some ministers argued that the most fitting reaction would be to annex the territory on which Palestinians hope their future state will be located.“I thank President Macron for providing yet another compelling reason to finally apply Israeli sovereignty over the historic regions of Judea and Samaria, and to definitively abandon the failed concept of establishing a Palestinian terrorist state in the heart of the Land of Israel,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote in an English-language tweet.The far-right minister is opposed to granting equal rights to Palestinians living in areas that he wants Israel to annex.Justice Minister Yariv Levin said annexing the West Bank would be “a response of historical justice to the shameful decision of the French President.”“The Land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel, and President Macron’s declaration will not change that,” he asserted.Immigration minister: French Jews, come home to Israel-Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer, meanwhile, called for French Jews to move to Israel.“The State of Israel welcomes the many immigrants from France who have chosen to return to their true home here in Israel since October 7, despite the war,” Sofer wrote Friday on X. “We are preparing with a variety of new and unique programs to expand absorption.”“French Jews, this is your home – the State of Israel,” Sofer added.Other ministers issued more tongue-in-cheek responses.“On behalf of the Government of Israel, here is our response to your recognition of a Palestinian state,” tweeted Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli above a gif of Macron getting slapped around by his wife, Brigitte, as they visited Vietnam in May.Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman tweeted an AI-generated photo of Macron puckering up with former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, adding the caption, “French kiss.”Responses among opposition lawmakers were slightly more diverse.Opposition Leader Yair Lapid denounced the move as “a moral error and diplomatically damaging,” tweeting: “The Palestinians should not be rewarded for October 7 and for supporting Hamas.”At the same time, Lapid took aim at the government for failing to prevent the move.“A functioning government doing basic diplomatic work could have prevented this harmful declaration,” he said.Hadash-Ta’al chairman Ayman Odeh welcomed the move as a “necessary step for a people that has suffered so much.”Labor MK Gilad Kariv used the opportunity to tear into the government for being more focused on issuing “childish” responses than actually coming up with a long-term strategy to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.“Now that I’ve seen the competition between government ministers against the French president and how they manage to stick it to him — some even in English — I’m convinced that our government has a strategy and a plan,” the left-wing lawmaker tweeted sarcastically.“I’m sure that with the resumption of the Knesset’s work, they’ll also push for a law banning the sale of baguettes and croissants in Israel (including in Judea and Samaria), and then we’ll really show [the French] what’s what,” he added.“A bunch of overgrown babies is running our country,” Kariv lamented.Others in the opposition joined the coalition’s criticism of Macron’s announcement, with Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman branding it a “prize for terror.”Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who is planning to re-enter politics at next year’s election, published two tweets decrying the move, including one with a video statement that included graphics.Explaining the decision in a lengthy tweet, Macron said it would help advance a two-state solution, adding that he was moving forward on the issue after receiving a series of commitments from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.Abbas, in a letter to Macron earlier this year, pledged to continue conducting reforms of the PA and agreed that the future Palestinian state would be demilitarized and live in peace alongside Israel.Some opponents of countries unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state maintain that the move is merely symbolic when done without Israel’s cooperation, adding that a Palestinian state can only be the result of negotiations between both sides of the conflict. But supporters of the move say the current Israeli government is uninterested in such talks or a two-state solution and that the framework can therefore only be advanced through diplomatic pressure.France, home to Europe’s largest Jewish and Muslim communities, will become the first major Western country to recognize a Palestinian state, potentially giving greater momentum to a movement so far dominated by smaller nations that are generally more critical of Israel.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a “reckless decision [that] only serves Hamas propaganda.”“It is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th,” he wrote on X.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s deputy Hussein al-Sheikh welcomed the move, saying it “reflects France’s commitment to international law and its support for the Palestinian people’s rights to self-determination and the establishment of our independent state.”PA rival Hamas also hailed Macron’s pledge, characterizing it as a “positive step in the right direction toward doing justice to our oppressed Palestinian people and supporting their legitimate right to self-determination.”

Macron aide says Palestinian state would've prevented Oct. 7-France will recognize Palestinian state at September UN confab, Macron announces-Netanyahu: Palestinians want a state instead of Israel, this risks creating another Iranian proxy in West Bank; US: ‘Slap in face to Oct. 7 victims’; Hamas: Growing support for Palestinian cause-By Agencies and Jacob Magid-Today, 5:53 am-JUL 25,25

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, which would make Paris the most powerful European nation to advance such a move.“True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine,” Macron said in an X post.“I will make this solemn announcement at the United Nations General Assembly next September.”Macron’s announcement drew immediate anger from Israel, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it “rewards terror” and poses an existential threat to Israel.Netanyahu said in a statement that the decision “risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became,” which would be “a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it.”“The Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel,” he said.Several of his far-right coalition partners called for Israel to annex the West Bank in response to the move.Some opponents of countries unilaterally recognizing a Palestinian state maintain that the move is merely symbolic when done without cooperation with Israel, adding that a Palestinian state can only be the result of negotiations between both sides of the conflict. But supporters of the move say the current Israeli government is uninterested in such talks or in a two-state solution and that the framework can therefore only be advanced through diplomatic pressure.France, home to Europe’s largest Jewish and Muslim communities, will become the first major Western country to recognize a Palestinian state, potentially giving greater momentum to a movement so far dominated by smaller nations that are generally more critical of Israel.At least 142 countries now recognize or plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, according to an AFP tally. Several countries have announced plans to recognize statehood for the Palestinians since the outbreak of the Gaza war, which was sparked by Hamas’s October 7 onslaught.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it a “reckless decision (that) only serves Hamas propaganda.”“It is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th,” he wrote on X.US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee mocked Macron’s announcement, tweeting: “How clever! If Macron can just ‘declare’ the existence of a state perhaps the UK can ‘declare’ France a British colony!”In a follow-up post, he added: “Macron’s unilateral ‘declaration’ of a ‘Palestinian’ state didn’t say WHERE it would be. I can now exclusively disclose that France will offer the French Riviera & the new nation will be called ‘Franc-en-Stine.'”In a diplomatic cable in June, the United States said it opposed any steps that would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state even saying it could go against US foreign policy interests and draw consequences.According to sources familiar with the matter, Israel’s warnings to France have ranged from scaling back intelligence sharing to complicating Paris’ regional initiatives — even hinting at possible annexation of parts of the West Bank.PA, Hamas both applaud France’s move-Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s deputy Hussein al-Sheikh welcomed the move, saying it “reflects France’s commitment to international law and its support for the Palestinian people’s rights to self-determination and the establishment of our independent state.”PA rival Hamas also hailed Macron’s pledge, characterizing it as a “positive step in the right direction toward doing justice to our oppressed Palestinian people and supporting their legitimate right to self-determination.”Hamas said Macron’s decision “reflects the growing international conviction of the justice of the Palestinian cause and the failure of the occupation to distort the facts.”“We call on all countries of the world — especially European nations and those that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine — to follow France’s lead,” the terror group added.Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, however, argued that “Hamas has always ruled out a two-state solution. By recognizing Palestine, France goes against that terrorist organization,” saying Paris was “backing the side of peace against the side of war.”Macron aide: Palestinian state would’ve prevented Oct. 7-Ofer Bronchtein, Macron’s longtime special adviser on Israeli-Palestinian affairs, argued in a Hebrew-language radio interview Friday that had there been a Palestinian state on October 7, 2023, the attack would not have occurred.“Everyone for 40 years has been talking about the two-state solution,” Bronchtein told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster.“It angers me that people say we encourage terror,” he said. “Perhaps because there was no Palestinian state, October 7 happened.”“Had there been Palestinian sovereignty in Gaza on October 7 [2023]… October 7 wouldn’t have happened. Sovereignty is responsibility,” he repeated.Macron had been leaning towards recognizing a Palestinian state for months as part of a bid to keep the idea of a two-state solution alive despite the pressure not to do so.French officials initially weighed up the move ahead of a United Nations conference, which France and Saudi Arabia had planned to co-host in June to lay out the parameters for a roadmap to a Palestinian state, while ensuring Israel’s security.The conference was postponed due to the outbreak of the Israel-Iran war, during which regional airspace was closed, making it hard for representatives of some Arab states to attend.It was rescheduled and downgraded to a ministerial event on July 28-29, with a second event taking place with heads of state and government on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.International concern is growing about the plight of the more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where the fighting has triggered a dire humanitarian crisis and warnings of mass starvation.Israel has rejected accusations it is responsible for Gaza’s deepening hunger crisis, which the World Health Organization has called “man-made” and France blamed on an Israeli “blockade.”Macron wrote in his Thursday X post that the “urgent priority today is to end the war in Gaza and rescue the civilian population.”“We must finally build the State of Palestine, ensure its viability and enable it, by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, to contribute to the security of all in the Middle East,” he wrote.While France would be the most significant European power to recognize a Palestinian state, others have hinted they could do the same.Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced he would hold a call on Friday with counterparts in Germany and France on efforts to stop the fighting, adding that a ceasefire would “put us on a path to the recognition of a Palestinian state.”Norway, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia all announced recognition following the outbreak of the Gaza conflict, along with several other non-European countries.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose country already recognizes Palestinian statehood, welcomed Macron’s announcement.“Together, we must protect what Netanyahu is trying to destroy. The two-state solution is the only solution,” the Socialist leader, an outspoken critic of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, wrote on X.Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry hailed Macron’s announcement as “historic” and urged other countries to follow suit.On the streets of the West Bank, Palestinians told AFP that they hoped other countries would now follow suit.Mahmoud al-Ifranji called France’s pledge “a moral commitment” and a “political victory for the Palestinian people.”Another man, Nahed Abu Taima, said he hoped France’s decision will help lead to peace. “This recognition will lead to the recognition of Palestine by a number of countries in Europe and the world.”Nearly 60,000 Palestinians have been killed since the outbreak of the war, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.Some 1,200 people were killed during the Hamas-led October 7 attack and another 250 were taken hostage. Fifty of those captives are still being held in Gaza, including 20 who are believed to be alive.

Hamas 'surprised' by Witkoff's rejection, wants to make deal-Israel, US recall negotiators from Doha after ‘selfish’ Hamas response to truce offer-US envoy Witkoff says terror group ‘doesn’t appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,’ though senior Israeli official denies crisis in talks; hostage families demand update By Lazar Berman,Jacob Magid-and Agencies 24 July 2025, 10:39 pm

Israel and the United States both recalled their negotiators from Qatar on Thursday, after weeks of mediated talks there with the Hamas terror group aimed at reaching a hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza.US envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff said the terror group’s most recent response was “selfish” and that Hamas “does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith.” Jerusalem’s statements were more measured, with a senior Israeli official telling reporters the negotiators’ return did not signal a crisis, and that efforts to reach a deal would continue from within Israel.Proximity negotiations have been taking place in Doha since July 6, with the deal on the table envisioning the release of 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 slain hostages from Gaza in exchange for a yet-to-be-agreed-upon number of Palestinian security prisoners during a 60-day truce.A senior Israeli official told Israeli reporters Thursday that the return of Israel’s negotiating team did not indicate a crisis in talks, saying there was “no explosion, no collapse.”At the same time, the current situation is evidence of Hamas’s “rejectionist and unfortunate approach,” according to the official.The terror group’s answer, received by mediators at 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning, “does not allow progress without a shift in Hamas’s positions and without consulting on ways to do this both with the mediator and with ourselves,” the official said.There are still gaps between the sides on all the topics, the official said, but he asserted that “progress has been made” in the 18 days of talks in Doha.“We reached the stage where we actually need to return, and we will return here as soon as the right way is found to reduce the gaps and reach the closing stage,” he said.According to the official, Hamas has not offered any compromise on the demilitarization of Gaza or the end of the war, and there are “difficulties” around the potential release of Palestinian prisoners.The sides did not discuss guarantees about ending the war, a key Hamas demand, or the technical arrangements around the implementation of a deal, the official said, but he added: “We can arrive at this quickly.”Israel is under the assumption that Hamas wants an agreement, the official said, adding that the team will continue to work “from the moment it lands and there is reception.”The official praised Egypt and Qatar, “who showed a proactive approach, activity, and very, very significant efforts throughout all these 18 days.”“I am realistic, and I still think we can continue to operate to reduce the gaps and bring about an agreement,” the official said.Witkoff: Hamas doesn’t appear to be acting in good faith-Witkoff’s statement announcing Washington’s recall of the American negotiators, on the other hand, said, “While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith.“We will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home and try to create a more stable environment for the people of Gaza,” he said.“It is a shame that Hamas has acted in this selfish way. We are resolute in seeking an end to this conflict and a permanent peace in Gaza.”Witkoff did not elaborate on what “alternative options” the US might consider, and it was unclear if the statement was an attempt to ratchet up pressure on the terror group to compromise.Hamas said it was “surprised” by Witkoff’s comments, insisting in a statement of its own after midnight Thursday-Friday that it has engaged constructively in the negotiations and submitted a response that was well-received by other mediators.“We are surprised by the negative statements made by US envoy Steve Witkoff regarding the movement’s position at a time when the mediators welcomed and expressed their satisfaction with [our] constructive and positive stance that opens the door to reaching a comprehensive agreement,” Hamas said in its statement.The group added that it remains committed to reaching a ceasefire agreement and is working to overcome remaining obstacles.At a state ceremony Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed not to compromise on achieving Israel’s war aims.“If Hamas understands our readiness to reach a deal as weakness, as an opportunity to dictate terms of surrender to us that will endanger Israel, it is greatly mistaken,” the premier said, speaking to commemorate 85 years since the death of Revisionist Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky.“We are determined to achieve all the aims of the war,” he said. “We are determined to bring everyone back, and that is what we will do.”Source to ToI: Gaps not so wide, Hamas’s offer a starting bid-A senior official and source familiar with the details told Axios on Thursday that Hamas is insisting that Israel free 200 Palestinians serving life sentences and 2,000 Palestinians arrested in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, attack in exchange for the release of 10 living hostages.One source involved in mediation efforts affirmed this account to The Times of Israel, saying Israel was upset over the proposal, but claimed that the number was merely a starting bid and that the terror group is prepared to come down closer to a number Jerusalem deems reasonable.The gaps between Israel and Hamas are not actually very wide, the source said.The vast majority of the 2,000 Palestinians detained in Gaza since the war’s outbreak, who Hamas is also demanding be released as part of the swap, have not even been charged, the non-Israeli source said, accusing Israel of arbitrarily detaining Gazans for use as barter in the negotiations.As for the scope of the Gaza border belt that the IDF would remain in during a truce, the source described Hamas’s response issued last night as only roughly 200 meters less than what Israel has been demanding.Israel earlier demanded a two-kilometer buffer zone, which Hamas countered with a one-kilometer buffer. Israel then lowered its demand to 1.2 kilometers; the source’s description on Thursday meant Hamas is continuing to hold firm on its 1-kilometer demand rather than compromise in turn.The source said both Egyptian and Qatari mediators believe that the gaps can be bridged within days and hope Israel has not recalled its negotiating team to withdraw from the talks.Meanwhile, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum issued a statement in response to reports of the negotiators’ return, saying: “Negotiations have dragged on for too long already.” The families called on Netanyahu, as well as Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and IDF hostage point-man Gal Hirsch, to provide an update on the state of the negotiations and the central areas of dispute.“Another missed opportunity to return all the hostages is unforgivable. It will be another failure of ethics, security, and politics, in an unending series of squandered opportunities,” the families said.Shortly thereafter, in a video statement filmed at the White House during a visit to mark one year since Netanyahu’s visit to Washington in July 2024, a group of freed captives and remaining hostages’ family members called on US President Donald Trump to keep pushing for a deal.“We want to thank President Trump for his focus on this issue, and on the region, and his help in bringing hostages back in the past —  we need you to stay with us, please, President Trump, bring all the parties back to the table. We need to continue working on this until they all come back, until they are all home.”Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 50 hostages, including 49 of the 251 abducted by Hamas-led terrorists during the October 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel that started the ongoing war.They include the bodies of at least 28 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive, and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said. Hamas is also holding the body of an IDF soldier killed in Gaza in 201
 
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IDF: Hamas official who smuggled arms at Rafah crossing killed in strike-Israel blames UN for Gaza aid shortage, says Hamas exploiting famine claims at talks-UN says Israel not creating conditions to enable safe aid delivery, while rejecting half of the requests it submits to transport aid within Gaza; 8 troops wounded in ‘operational accident’ in north Gaza
By Emanuel Fabian,Stav Levaton,Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid-24 July 2025, 11:34 pm

KEREM SHALOM CROSSING, Gaza border — Israel on Thursday blamed a “lack of cooperation from the international community” for the limited aid entering the Gaza Strip while dismissing Hamas’s “famine narrative” as a tactic used in the hostage talks.Speaking to reporters on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing, Col. Abdullah Halabi, head of COGAT’s Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, said that approximately 1,000 trucks’ worth of aid are piled up inside the Strip, awaiting collection by the United Nations and aid groups.The senior officer in the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said truckloads are waiting on the Gaza side of the crossing “due to a lack of cooperation from the international community and international organizations.”“We have seen in the last two days a slight improvement in their work, especially in the UN’s position and the UN’s organizations. We invited them here as we have done several times to continue to encourage them, to check together with them what can be done to transfer this aid in,” he said.The UN has repeatedly claimed that COGAT has refused its requests for collection and distribution authorization, and that dangerous and complex conditions inside Gaza made aid distribution very difficult.Amid the issues, aid groups and world leaders have protested that starvation is spreading and must be urgently addressed. A report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Thursday said 9 percent of 56,440 children under the age of five screened in Gaza clinics were found to be suffering from severe malnutrition, compared to 6% a month prior.Halabi said Israeli moves in recent weeks to facilitate the delivery of aid include “expanding” the Kerem Shalom Crossing, and opening up three other terminals in the north and center of the Strip.“We allowed longer work hours, and we took all the necessary steps to allow the international community to bring a very large amount of humanitarian aid into [Gaza], to combat the famine narrative, which Hamas uses to fight against us,” he said.“The State of Israel allows the entry of humanitarian aid beyond the standards of international law, without restriction. As long as the international community makes an effort to bring in the aid, we will allow them to bring it in,” he continued.According to Halabi, the military and COGAT have identified an “intense and violent campaign” by Hamas against Israel’s humanitarian aid mechanism.“This campaign is based on lies,” he said, referring to claims of widespread starvation in Gaza. “It was created not to help Gaza’s population receive the aid, but primarily to improve Hamas’s standings in the [hostage] negotiations that are taking place over the last few days, and it is using different means, in particular the famine narrative, to improve their standings.”Halabi noted recent reported attacks by Hamas against the new aid distribution sites, run by the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, accusing Hamas of working “to create chaos and to create a reality in which the humanitarian situation is depicted poorly.”The UN has said more than 1,000 people have been killed at aid distribution centers since May, many of them at GHF sites. Israel says those figures are inflated, though it has acknowledged firing at crowds. It has not provided alternative numbers.Israel and GHF have accused Hamas of trying to disrupt the aid operation, with the Israel Defense Forces saying the terror group fired a rocket at one of the distribution sites on Wednesday night.The UN and major aid groups have refused to work with the GHF over concerns that it was designed to cater to Israeli military objectives and violates basic humanitarian principles.The depiction of the humanitarian situation in Gaza “doesn’t correspond with the 4,500 trucks that entered in the last two months, carrying everything, from personal humanitarian aid for families to medical equipment, hygienic supplies, and more,” Halabi claimed.“We, the army and COGAT, will continue doing whatever is possible and necessary, improve the relevant conditions, strengthen our relationship with the international community and with the different humanitarian organizations, and help them to allow the entry of aid,” he continued.“We are fighting Hamas, we will continue to fight Hamas. We will not allow a reality in which Hamas uses anything, whether it is humanitarian aid or any other means, to strengthen its interests or itself,” Halabi said.Separately, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to hold an urgent meeting in Jerusalem on the allegations that there is starvation in Gaza, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel.The premier will be joined by representatives from the Foreign Ministry, COGAT, the National Security Council, and others.The allegations and larger issue of getting aid to Gazan civilians dominated discussions in the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday, the official said, on condition of anonymity.UN: Israel rejects half of our requests to transport aid inside Gaza-The United Nations said Thursday it did not know how many truckloads of aid were awaiting distribution inside the Gaza Strip because Israel has not granted it access.“Despite our repeated requests, Israel has not allowed the UN to be present at the crossings, which are militarized areas,” said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA.“We therefore cannot verify the amount of supplies currently at the crossing,” he told AFP.Laerke explained that the UN needed multiple approvals from the Israeli authorities: firstly, to get aid across the border from Israel into the Gaza Strip, where it is dropped off — the trucks returning to Israel — followed by another approval to drive trucks from inside Gaza to collect it.However, “it is not just about denials of requests to pick up the cargo,” Laerke added.“Israel — as the occupying power and a party to the conflict — must facilitate humanitarian operations all the way till it reaches people who need it to survive.”This means “they must provide the green light for trucks without unnecessary delays; allow teams to use multiple, safer routes; and order troops to stay away from the convoys, and never shoot at civilians along the allocated routes — or anywhere else,” Laerke explained.“Without the full set of conditions in place, safe and principled delivery cannot take place at scale. So even when approved, those missions are often impeded on the ground.”Separately, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters during a Thursday briefing that Israel rejected eight of the 16 UN requests to transport humanitarian aid in Gaza on Wednesday.Two other requests were initially approved, but UN staff faced impediments on the ground, Dujarric said. One denied request was for UN staff to pick up medical supplies that have been waiting on the Gazan side of the border.“Bureaucratic, logistical, administrative and other operational obstacles imposed by Israeli authorities; ongoing hostilities and access constraints within Gaza; and incidents of criminal looting, and more shooting incidents that have killed and injured people gathering to offload aid supplies along convoy routes” have hampered UN efforts to deliver aid, Dujarric said.“Taken together, these factors have put people and humanitarian staff at grave risk and forced aid agencies on many occasions to pause the collection of cargo from crossings controlled by the Israeli authorities,” he added.The UN spokesperson also noted that Israel is trying to squeeze Gaza’s entire population into an area that makes up just 12 percent of the Strip.“Meanwhile, the entry of shelter materials has been banned by the Israeli authorities for over 20 weeks, and the trickle of fuel now let in is also wholly insufficient,” Dujarric asserts.A screening conducted earlier this month found that nearly 5,000 of the 56,000 Gazan children under the age of 5 were found to be acutely malnourished.The nine percent rate is a uptick from 6 percent just a month earlier and from 2.4% in February.Meanwhile, the US State Department said it was continually working to get more aid into Gaza without it being looted by Hamas.The department’s deputy spokesperson, Tommy Pigott, accused Hamas of “weaponization” of aid through looting during a regular press briefing and added: “We have a system in place, attempting to get as much aid into Gaza as possible in a way where is not being looted by Hamas … that is the reality that we’re pushing for — trying to get as much aid in there as we possible.”Hamas official who helped smuggle arms at Rafah crossing killedMeanwhile, a key Hamas official who helped the group bring in arms was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis earlier Thursday, the IDF announced.Muhammad al-Amour, according to the military, was responsible for the goods terminal at the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza. “As part of his role, he oversaw the smuggling of hundreds of weapons and military equipment into the Gaza Strip, directly contributing to Hamas’s military buildup,” the IDF said.Over the years, the military said Amour “played a key role in the smuggling network of Hamas’s military wing, coordinating and leading efforts to bring weapons into the Gaza Strip and to Hamas with the help of collaborators.”The Rafah Crossing, which Israel took over in May 2024 and has since razed, “served as a gateway for smuggling military equipment and weapons into the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said.Additionally, eight IDF soldiers were wounded, including two moderately and six lightly, in an “operational accident” in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military saidThe troops were taken to a hospital, and their families were notified, the army added.Amid efforts to reach a ceasefire-hostage release deal, Israel on Thursday said it was returning its negotiators back home for consultations after Hamas’s response to a proposal for an agreement. The United States said it was pulling its mediators from Doha, with special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff stating that Hamas’s response showed it lacked the desire to reach a deal.An Arab diplomat and a second source involved in mediation efforts told The Times of Israel that Hamas’s response was constructive enough to enable the sides to move forward.The war began with the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre, in which invaders killed some 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 251 hostages. Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 50 hostages, at least 20 of whom are thought to be alive.The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says nearly 60,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified. As of January, Israel said it had killed some 20,000 combatants in battle, and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.Israel says it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques. Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border with the Strip stands at 456.Agencies contributed to this report.

USAID finds no proof Hamas systematically loots aid; State Department, IDF push back-Report completed in June says majority of aid theft incidents can’t be ‘definitively attributed to a specific actor,’ but acknowledges recipients are unvetted and could be Hamas-By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 11:56 am-JUL 25,25

WASHINGTON — An internal US government analysis has found no evidence of systematic theft by the Hamas terror group of US-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the US give for backing a new armed private aid operation.The analysis was conducted by a bureau within the US Agency for International Development and completed in late June. It examined 156 incidents of theft or loss of US-funded supplies reported by USAID partner organizations between October 2023 and May.It found “no reports alleging Hamas” benefited from US-funded supplies, according to a slide presentation of the findings seen by Reuters.The analysis was unable to attribute most instances of theft to a particular actor, although it noted that because Palestinians who receive aid cannot be vetted, US-funded supplies might have been going to Hamas nonetheless.A State Department spokesperson disputed the findings, saying there is video evidence of Hamas looting aid, but provided no such videos. The spokesperson also accused traditional humanitarian groups of covering up “aid corruption.”The findings were shared with the USAID’s inspector general’s office and State Department officials involved in Middle East policy, said two sources familiar with the matter, as dire food shortages deepen in the devastated enclave.The study was conducted by the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) of USAID, which was the largest funder of assistance to Gaza before the Trump administration froze all US foreign aid in January, terminating thousands of programs. It has also begun dismantling USAID, whose functions have been folded into the State Department.The analysis found that at least 44 of the 156 incidents where aid supplies were reported stolen or lost were “either directly or indirectly” due to IDF actions, according to the briefing slides.The IDF did not respond to questions about those findings.One source familiar with the study cautioned that the absence of reports of widespread aid diversion by Hamas “does not mean that diversion has not occurred.”The study also noted that because Palestinians who receive aid cannot be vetted, it was possible that US-funded supplies did go to Hamas, even when looters were not specifically identified as belonging to the terror group.Israel, which controls access to Gaza, has accused Hamas of stealing food supplies from the UN and other organizations to use to control the civilian population and boost its finances, including by jacking up the prices of the goods and reselling them to civilians.Asked about the USAID report, the IDF told Reuters that its allegations are based on intelligence reports that Hamas terrorists seized cargoes by “both covertly and overtly” embedding themselves on aid trucks.Those intelligence reports also show that Hamas has diverted up to 25 percent of aid supplies to its fighters or sold them to civilians, the IDF said, adding that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which accuses Hamas of massive aid theft, has ended the terror group’s control of aid by distributing it directly to civilians.The UN and other groups have rejected calls by the GHF, Israel and the US to cooperate with the foundation, claiming it violates international humanitarian principles of neutrality.Hamas denies stealing aid. A Hamas security official said that Israel has killed more than 800 Hamas-affiliated police and security guards trying to protect aid vehicles and convoy routes, asserting that their missions were coordinated with the UN.Reuters could not independently verify the claims by Hamas or Israel.The 156 reports of theft or loss of supplies reviewed by the BHA were filed by UN agencies and other humanitarian groups working in Gaza as a condition of receiving US aid funds.The second source familiar with the matter said that after receiving reports of US-funded aid thefts or losses, USAID staff followed up with partner organizations to try to determine if there was Hamas involvement.Those organizations also would “redirect or pause” aid distributions if they learned that Hamas was in the vicinity, the source said.Aid organizations working in Gaza are also required to vet their personnel, subcontractors and suppliers for ties to extremist groups before receiving US funds, a condition that the State Department waived in approving $30 million for GHF last month.Reporting theft as Hamas-related helps avoid loss of funding-The slide presentation noted that USAID partners tended to over-report aid diversion and theft by groups the US defines as foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, because they want to avoid losing US funding.Of the 156 incidents of loss or theft reported, 63 were attributed to unknown perpetrators, 35 to armed actors, 25 to unarmed people, 11 to Israeli military action, 11 to corrupt subcontractors, five to aid group personnel “engaging in corrupt activities,” and six to “others,” a category that accounted for “commodities stolen in unknown circumstances,” according to the slide presentation.The armed actors “included gangs and other miscellaneous individuals who may have had weapons,” said a slide. Another slide said “a review of all 156 incidents found no affiliations with” US-designated foreign terrorist organizations, of which Hamas is one.“The majority of incidents could not be definitively attributed to a specific actor,” said another slide. “Partners often largely discovered the commodities had been stolen in transit without identifying the perpetrator.”It is possible there were classified intelligence reports on Hamas aid thefts, but BHA staff lost access to classified systems in the dismantlement of USAID, said a slide.However, a source familiar with US intelligence assessments told Reuters that they knew of no US intelligence reports detailing Hamas aid diversions and that Washington was relying on Israeli reports.The BHA analysis found that the Israeli military “directly or indirectly caused” a total of 44 incidents in which US-funded aid was lost or stolen. Those included the 11 attributed to direct Israeli military actions, such as airstrikes or orders to Palestinians to evacuate areas of the war-torn enclave.Losses indirectly attributed to the IDF included cases where they compelled aid groups to use delivery routes with high risks of theft or looting, ignoring requests for alternative routes, the analysis said.

Gaza hospitals say kids without underlying health conditions now dying of starvation-At least 48, including adults, have died in July due to malnutrition, Hamas ministry says, up from 10 in previous 5 months; IDF says terror group creating shortages by looting aid-By AP and ToI Staff Today, 11:30 am-JUL 25,25

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out. The alternatives were ineffective. One after another, the babies and toddlers died over four days.In greater numbers than ever, children hollowed up by hunger are overwhelming the Patient’s Friends Hospital, the main emergency center for malnourished kids in northern Gaza.The deaths last weekend also marked a change: the first seen by the center in children who had no preexisting conditions. Symptoms are getting worse, with children too weak to cry or move, said Dr. Rana Soboh, a nutritionist. In past months, most improved, despite supply shortages, but now patients stay longer and don’t get better, she said.“There are no words in the face of the disaster we are in. Kids are dying before the world … There is no uglier and more horrible phase than this,” said Soboh, who works with the US-based aid organization Medglobal, which supports the hospital.This month, the hunger that has been building among Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinians passed a tipping point into accelerating death, aid workers and health staff say. Not only children — usually the most vulnerable — are falling victim, but also adults.In the past three weeks, at least 48 people died of causes related to malnutrition, including 28 adults and 20 children, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Thursday. That’s up from 10 children who died in the five previous months of 2025, according to the ministry.The World Health Organization said Wednesday it has documented 21 children under 5 who died of causes related to malnutrition in 2025. The UN humanitarian office, OCHA, said Thursday at least 13 children’s deaths were reported in July, with the number growing daily.“Humans are well developed to live with caloric deficits, but only so far,” said Dr. John Kahler, Medglobal’s co-founder and a pediatrician who volunteered twice in Gaza during the war. “It appears that we have crossed the line where a segment of the population has reached their limits.”“This is the beginning of a population death spiral,” he said.The UN’s World Food Programme says nearly 100,000 women and children urgently need treatment for malnutrition. Medical workers say they have run out of many key treatments and medicines.Israel, which began letting in a trickle of supplies two months ago following a two-month blockade of aid and has endorsed the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation mechanism for its distribution, has blamed Hamas for disrupting food distribution, and has pointed to some thousand trucks’ worth of aid waiting inside Gaza to be distributed.The UN — which has refused to work with GHF, saying it violates humanitarian principles — has said more than 1,000 people have been killed near aid distribution centers since May, many of them at GHF sites. Israel says those figures are inflated, though it has acknowledged firing at crowds. It has not provided alternative numbers.The Patient’s Friends Hospital overflows with parents bringing in scrawny children – 200 to 300 cases a day, said Soboh.On Wednesday, staff laid toddlers on a desk to measure the circumference of their upper arms — the quickest way to determine malnutrition. In the summer heat, mothers huddled around specialists, asking for supplements. Babies with emaciated limbs screamed in agony. Others lay totally silent.The worst cases are kept for up to two weeks at the center’s 10-bed ward, which this month has had up to 19 children at a time. It usually treats only children under 5, but began taking some as old as 11 or 12 because of worsening starvation among older children.Hunger gnaws at staff as well. Soboh said two nurses put themselves on IV drips to keep themselves going. “We are exhausted. We are dead in the shape of the living,” she said.The five children died in succession last Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.Four of them, aged 4 months to 2 years, had suffered gastric arrest: Their stomachs shut down. The hospital no longer had the right nutrition supplies for them.The fifth — 4.5-year-old Siwar — had alarmingly low potassium levels, a growing problem. She was so weak she could barely move her body. Medicine for potassium deficiency has largely run out across Gaza, Soboh said. The center had only a low-concentration potassium drip.The little girl didn’t respond. After three days in the ICU, she died Saturday.“If we don’t have potassium [supplies], we will see more deaths,” she said.In the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City, 2-year-old Yazan Abu Ful’s mother, Naima, pulled off his clothes to show his emaciated body. His vertebrae, ribs and shoulder blades jutted out. His buttocks were shriveled. His face was expressionless.His father Mahmoud, who was also skinny, said they took him to the hospital several times. Doctors just say they should feed him. “I tell the doctors, ‘You see for yourself, there is no food,’” he said,Naima, who is pregnant, prepared a meal: Two eggplants they bought for $9 cut up and boiled in water. They will stretch out the pot of eggplant-water – not even a real soup – to last them a few days, they said. Several of Yazan’s four older siblings also looked thin and drained.Holding him in his lap, Mahmoud Abu Ful lifted Yazan’s limp arms. The boy lies on the floor most of the day, too weak to play with his brothers. “If we leave him, he might just slip away between our fingers, and we can’t do anything.”Starvation takes the vulnerable first, experts say: children and adults with health conditions.On Thursday, the bodies of an adult man and woman with signs of starvation were brought to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, hospital director Mohammed Abu Selmia said. One suffered from diabetes, the other from a heart condition, but they showed severe deficiencies of nutrients, gastric arrest and anemia from malnutrition.Many of the adults who have died had some sort of preexisting condition, like diabetes or heart or kidney trouble, worsened by malnutrition, Abu Selmia said. “These diseases don’t kill if they have food and medicine,” he said.IDF: Aid is waiting inside Gaza, aid groups won’t distribute it-On Tuesday, David Mencer, spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, denied there is a “famine created by Israel” in Gaza and blamed Hamas for creating “man-made shortages” by looting aid trucks.According to Col. Abdullah Halabi, head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, the military has identified an “intense and violent campaign” by Hamas against Israel’s humanitarian aid mechanism.“This campaign is based on lies,” he said, referring to claims of widespread starvation in Gaza. “It was created not to help Gaza’s population receive the aid, but primarily to improve Hamas’s standings in the [hostage] negotiations that are taking place over the last few days, and it is using different means, in particular the famine narrative, to improve their standings.”Speaking to reporters on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing on Wednesday, Halabi said that approximately 1,000 trucks’ worth of aid are piled up inside the Strip, awaiting collection by the United Nations and aid groups.The senior officer blamed “a lack of cooperation from the international community and international organizations.”The UN has repeatedly claimed that COGAT has refused its requests for collection and distribution authorization, and that dangerous and complex conditions inside Gaza, including hungry crowds and gangs, made aid distribution very difficult.Israel cut off the entry of food, medicine, fuel and other supplies completely to Gaza for some two and a half months starting in March, estimating that enough aid had accumulated in the Strip to last some two months and that allowing in more would help Hamas, which still holds 20 living hostages and the bodies of 30 more.During that time, food largely ran out for aid groups and in marketplaces, and experts warned Gaza was headed for an outright famine.In late May, Israel slightly eased the blockade. Since then, it has allowed in around 4,500 trucks for the UN and other aid groups to distribute, including 2,500 tons of baby food and high-calorie special food for children, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.That is an average of 69 trucks a day, far below the 500-600 trucks a day the UN says are needed. The UN has been unable to distribute much of the aid because hungry crowds and gangs take most of it from its trucks.The UN denies that Hamas siphons off significant quantities of aid. Humanitarian workers say Israel just needs to allow aid to flow in freely, saying looting stops whenever aid enters in large quantities.The war in Gaza began on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists invaded southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, of whom 50 are still held, among whom 20 are believed to be alive.

EZEK 39:4-20
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

Believed to be one of the oldest burial sites in the world-100,000-year-old burial site in Israel reveals complex rituals of early humans-Archaeologists find skeletons at Tinshemet Cave in north, along with pebbles, animal remains and a reddish pigment made from rocks, which experts think were part of burial practices By Melanie Lidman 24 July 2025, 8:26 pm

AP — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits.The findings at Tinshemet Cave in central Israel, published in an academic journal earlier this year, build on previous discoveries in northern Israel and add to a growing understanding of the origins of human burial.Of particular interest to archaeologists are objects found beside the remains that may have been used during ceremonies to honor the dead and could shed light on how our ancient ancestors thought about spirituality and the afterlife.“This is an amazing revolutionary innovation for our species,” said Yossi Zaidner, one of the directors of the Tinshemet excavation and a professor of archaeology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. “It’s actually the first time we are starting to use this behavior.”Archaeologists working at Tinshemet since 2016 have discovered the remains of five early humans that date back to around 110,000 to 100,000 years ago, according to various technologies.The skeletons were discovered in pits and carefully arranged in a fetal position, which is known as a burial position, said Zaidner. Many were found with objects, such as basalt pebbles, animal remains, or fragments of ochre, a reddish pigment made from iron-rich rocks.These objects, some sourced from hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, had no known practical use for daily life, so experts believe they were part of rituals meant to honor the dead.A window into early human burials-Tinshemet Cave is a dark slash in central Israel’s rolling hills filled with squeaking fruit bats. Inside and around the cave is an unassuming stone mound, which Zaidner calls “one of the three or four most important sites for study of human evolution and behavior during the Paleolithic time.”The Paleolithic era, also known as the Stone Age because of the onset of stone tools, lasted from as early as 3.3 million years ago until around 10,000 years ago. Tinshemet Cave is from the Middle Paleolithic era, roughly between 250,000 to 30,000 years ago.Some of the Tinshemet researchers’ core findings were published in March in Nature Human Behavior. A key discovery was the remains of five early humans, including two full skeletons and three isolated skulls with other bones and teeth. Also of note were more than 500 differently sized fragments of red and orange ochre, a pigment created by heating iron-rich stones to a certain temperature — evidence that early humans had the means to create decorative objects.“Here we see a really complex set of behaviors, not related to just food and surviving,” Zaidner said.Using hand chisels and delicate, pen-sized pneumatic drills that resemble dental tools, archaeologists will need many more years to excavate the site. The field work, which started in 2016, is usually done over the summer months. This year, a dozen archaeology undergraduate and graduate students fanned out across the site, painstakingly documenting and removing each fragment of tool, object or bone.At the entrance to the cave, the skull of one of the early humans is slowly emerging from the rock sediment; it will be years before it is fully excavated. Tinshemet is exceptionally important to archaeologists because the local climate preserved the bones, tools, and ornaments in good condition, unlike many other parts of the world where these items were lost to time, said Christian Tryon, a professor at the University of Connecticut and a research associate at the Human Origins Program at the Smithsonian Institution, who was not involved in the study.The skeletons and objects were so well preserved because of ash from frequent fires, likely for rituals. This large amount of ash mixed with rainfall and Israel’s acidic limestone, creating optimal conditions for preservation. One skeleton was in such good condition that archaeologists could see how the fingers were interwoven, hands clasped beneath the head.A window into a little-known period-Tryon said the Tinshemet findings are bolstering earlier discoveries from two similar burial sites dating back to the same period in northern Israel — Skhul Cave and Qafzeh Cave. Skhul Cave was excavated almost 100 years ago, and Qafzeh Cave mostly around 50 years ago, when archaeological practices were more haphazard.“There were so many uncertainties with those sites, but this is confirming it’s a pattern we know, and they’re really nailing down the dates,” Tryon said.Tinshemet has helped archaeologists conclude that burial practices started to become more widespread during this time, representing a shift in how early humans treated their dead.Some archaeologists believe intentional burials started earlier. In South Africa, the Homo naledi species – an ancient cousin of Homo sapiens – may have been intentionally placing their dead in caves as early as 200,000 years ago. But many archaeologists said the findings are controversial and there is not enough evidence to support the claim of intentional burials.A bridge between peoples-In ancient times, Israel was a bridge between Neanderthals from Europe and Homo sapiens from Africa. Archaeologists have identified other subgroups of early humans in the area, and believe the groups interacted and may have interbred.Experts have been studying the two full skeletons brought from Tinshemet for years, but it’s still unclear if they were Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, a hybrid population or another group altogether.The mix of subgroups created opportunities for different groups of early humans to exchange knowledge or express identity, said Zaidner. It’s around this time that archaeologists first see examples of early jewelry or body painting, which could be ways early humans started outwardly belonging to a certain group, drawing boundaries between “us” and “them,” he said.Israel Hershkovitz, a physical anthropologist at Tel Aviv University and the co-director of the Tinshemet site, said the concept of cemeteries in prehistoric life is important because it symbolizes “a kind of a territory.”He said that same kind of claim over land where ancestors are buried still echoes in the region. “It’s a kind of claim you make to the neighbors, saying ‘this is my territory, this part of the land belongs to my father and my forefather’ and so on and so on.” 

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JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

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DEUTORONOMY 18:10-12
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire,(OCCULT SACRIFICES) or that useth divination,(NEW AGER AND CRYSTALS ETC) divination n. The art or act of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or an alleged supernatural agency.) or an observer of times,(Meaning of observer. ... for sketching it. horoscope - Comes from Greek hora, hour, time, and skopos, observer.) or an enchanter,(The word enchant is derived from the Latin word incantare which refers to uttering an incantation or casting a spell). or a witch,(WITCH. Definition: [noun] a female sorcerer (SORCERY IN THE BIBLE IS DRUGS OR OCCULT ACTIVITY) or magician.)
11 Or a charmer,(charmer means a dealer in spells, especially one who, by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a blessing on its object.) or a consulter with familiar spirits,(function as mediums or psychics) or a wizard,(MALE WITCH)-influence; a magical spell WITH WANDS) or a necromancer.(one seeking unto the dead.)
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

REVELATION 9:20-21
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues (NUKES) yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils,(OCCULT) and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUG ADDICTIONS OR SELLING DRUGS) nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE)(PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED) there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6  I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8  All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9  I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

GEN 12:2-3
2  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3  And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Extreme weather misinformation 'putting lives at risk,' study warns.

Washington, July 22 (AFP) Jul 22, 2025-Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday.The report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) -- which analyzed 100 viral posts on each of three leading platforms during recent natural disasters including deadly Texas floods -- highlights how their algorithms amplify conspiracy theorists while sidelining life-saving information."The influence of high-profile conspiracy theorists during climate disasters is drowning out emergency response efforts," the report said, adding that the trend was "putting lives at risk."Nearly all of the analyzed posts on Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram lacked fact-checks or Community Notes, a crowd-sourced verification system increasingly being adopted as an alternative to professional fact-checkers, the report said.Elon Musk-owned X lacked fact-checks or Community Notes on 99 percent of the posts, while Google-owned YouTube "failed entirely," with zero fact-checks or Community Notes, CCDH said.The report noted that well-known conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's false claims during the LA wildfires amassed more views on X throughout January than the combined reach of major emergency response agencies and news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times."The rapid spread of climate conspiracies online isn't accidental. It's baked into a business model that profits from outrage and division," said Imran Ahmed, CCDH's chief executive.During the wildfires, online scammers placed social media advertisements impersonating federal emergency aid agencies to steal victims' personal information, Ahmed said, citing local officials."When distraught people can't distinguish real help from online deception, platforms become complicit in the suffering of innocent people," he said.The tech platforms did not immediately respond to requests for comment.- 'Dangerous' falsehoods -Following natural disasters, misinformation tends to surge across social media -- fueled by accounts from across the political spectrum -- as many platforms scale back content moderation and reduce reliance on human fact-checkers, often accused by conservative advocates of a liberal bias.During Hurricane Milton, which struck Florida last year, social media was flooded with baseless claims that the storm had been engineered by politicians using weather manipulation.Similarly, the LA wildfires were falsely blamed on so-called "government lasers," a conspiracy theory amplified by viral posts.Augustus Doricko, chief executive of cloud seeding company Rainmaker, said he received death threats online after conspiracy theorists blamed him for the devastating floods in Texas."I can confirm that we have received multiple threats since the flooding event," Doricko told AFP, highlighting the real-life consequences of such falsehoods.The CCDH study found that the worst offenders spreading extreme weather misinformation were verified users with large followings, many of whom were attempting to monetize their posts.Eighty eight percent of misleading extreme weather posts on X came from verified accounts, CCDH said. On YouTube, 73 percent of such posts originated from verified users, while on Meta, the figure was 64 percent."Climate disinformation costs lives," said Sam Bright of DeSmog, which reports on climate misinformation campaigns."As extreme weather events become more and more frequent, these falsehoods will only get more dangerous."

RUSSIA,GERMANY, ARAB MUSLIMS COME AGAINST ISRAEL.

EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA-ARAB-MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13  Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDI-ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(SPAIN) with all the young lions thereof,(ENGLAND,AND ALL ITS ASSOCIATES-CANADA,AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND, USA, AND WESTERN ENGLISH SPEAKING NATIONS) shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14  Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16  And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17  Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18  And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19  For in my jealousy and in the fire (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20  So that the fishes of the    sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21  And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22  And I will plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS FLESH)
23  Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
22  So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23  And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24  According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26  After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27  When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28  Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29  Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

CHINA AND KINGS O  F THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)

REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

Iran meets European powers for new nuclear talks amid snapback sanctions threat-German, British and French diplomats in Istanbul to meet Iranian counterparts for first time since war with Israel, as powers weigh reimposing UN sanctions By AFP Today, 9:50 amUpdated at 11:28 am-JUL 25,25

Iranian diplomats were meeting counterparts from Germany, Britain and France on Friday for renewed nuclear talks amid warnings that the three European powers could trigger “snapback” sanctions outlined under the since-abandoned 2015 deal.The meeting, taking place in Istanbul, was the first since Israel’s mid-June attack on Iran, which the Jewish state says was carried out due to an imminent threat of Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons. Israel’s attack, which sparked a 12-day war, targeted key nuclear and military sites.Israel’s offensive — which killed top commanders, nuclear scientists and hundreds of others as residential areas were struck as well — also derailed US-Iran nuclear talks that began in April.Since then, the European powers, known as the E3, have threatened to trigger the “snapback mechanism,” which would reinstate United Nations sanctions on Iran by the end of August, under the effectively moribund 2015 nuclear deal.The option to trigger the snapback expires in October, and Tehran has warned of consequences should the E3 opt to activate it.“Inaction by the E3 is not an option,” a European source said, noting that Tehran would be reminded during the meeting that the snapback window closes this autumn.The source said Europeans are preparing to trigger the mechanism “in the absence of a negotiated solution” and called on Iran to make “clear gestures” regarding uranium enrichment and the resumption of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who was attending the talks Friday, alongside senior Iranian diplomat Majid Takht-Ravanchi, warned this week that triggering sanctions “is completely illegal.”He also accused European powers of “halting their commitments” to the deal after the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term.“We have warned them of the risks, but we are still seeking common ground to manage the situation,” said Gharibabadi.Sanctions-Iranian diplomats have previously warned that Tehran could withdraw from the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty if UN sanctions are reimposed. Restoring sanctions would deepen Iran’s international isolation and place further pressure on its already strained economy.Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has urged European powers to trigger the mechanism.Israel’s June 13 attack on Iran came two days before Tehran and Washington were scheduled to meet for a sixth round of nuclear negotiations.The US joined the Israeli air campaign against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure on June 22, striking Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz.Iran responded to the Israeli attacks with near-daily barrages of missiles at cities, killing 28 people and wounding thousands, according to health officials and hospitals. Some of the missiles hit apartment buildings, a university and a hospital, causing heavy damage.Before the war, Washington and Tehran were divided over uranium enrichment, which Iran has described as a “non-negotiable” right, while the US called it a “red line.”The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is enriching uranium to 60 percent purity — far above the 3.67% cap under the 2015 deal and close to weapons-grade levels.Tehran has said it is open to discussing the rate and level of enrichment, but not the right to enrich uranium.A year after the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran began rolling back its commitments, which had placed restrictions on its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.Israel and Western powers accuse Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons — a charge Tehran has consistently denied, though it has been enriching uranium to levels that have no civilian application while regularly threatening to annihilate Israel.‘National pride’Iran insists it will not abandon its nuclear program, which Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called a source of “national pride.”“Especially after the recent war, it is important for them to understand that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s position remains unshakable, and that our uranium enrichment will continue. We will not give up this right of the Iranian people,” Araghchi said on the eve of the Istanbul talks.The full extent of the damage sustained in the US bombing remains unclear. Trump has claimed the sites were “completely destroyed,” but US media reports have cast doubt over the scale of destruction.Araghchi has noted that enrichment has currently “stopped” due to “serious and severe” damage to nuclear sites caused by US and Israeli strikes.Since the 12-day war, Iran has suspended cooperation with the IAEA, accusing it of bias and failing to condemn the attacks.Inspectors have since left the country, but a technical team is expected to return in the coming weeks after Iran said future cooperation would take a “new form.”Israel has warned it may resume strikes if Iran rebuilds facilities or moves toward weapons capability.Iran has pledged a “harsh response” to any future attacks.

Europe needs to boost military capabilities: EU defense chief by AFP Staff Writers.

Washington (AFP) July 21, 2025-Europe needs to boost its defense capabilities as the United States seeks to focus on countering China, the EU's defense commissioner said on Monday.President Donald Trump has pushed for increased military burden-sharing with Europe since returning to office earlier this year, with NATO allies agreeing last month to boost their defense spending."Europe is preparing to take responsibility for its own defense. You asked us to do that, and finally we are moving ahead," Andrius Kubilius said in a speech in Washington."We are recognizing that you, Americans, have really the right and the reason in the longer-term perspective to start to shift more and more towards the Indo-Pacific in order to mitigate Chinese rising military power," he said."We Europeans need to ramp up our defense capabilities," the former Lithuanian prime minister said, adding: "That is what we are doing."The United States has for years identified China as its primary military rival and has sought to shift its focus and additional military assets to Asia.But unrest in the Middle East has repeatedly pulled American attention back to that region, with US assets being shifted -- at least temporarily -- away from Asia as a result.

Iran defends 'unshakable' right to enrich uranium ahead of key talks.

Tehran, July 24 (AFP) Jul 24, 2025-Iran on Thursday reaffirmed its right to enrich uranium, saying it was "unshakable", on the eve of key talks with European powers threatening to reimpose nuclear sanctions.Friday's meeting, set to take place in Istanbul, will be the first since Israel's mid-June attack targeting key nuclear and military sites in the Islamic republic sparked a 12-day war.The United States joined its ally Israel in the offensive, striking three Iranian nuclear facilities overnight between June 21 and 22."Especially after the recent war, it is important for them to understand that the Islamic Republic of Iran's position remains unshakable, and that our uranium enrichment will continue," said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi."We will not give up this right of the Iranian people," he said, quoted by Tasnim news agency.The hostilities between Iran and Israel broke out just two days before Tehran and Washington were set to resume negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme.Britain, France and Germany -- alongside China, Russia and the United States -- are parties to a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which placed major restrictions on its atomic activities in return for the gradual lifting of UN sanctions.However, in 2018, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the agreement during Donald Trump's first term as president and reimposed its own sanctions.Britain, France and Germany maintained their support for the 2015 accord and sought to continue trade with Iran, meaning UN and EU sanctions were not reinstated.But they have since accused Tehran of failing to uphold its commitments and are threatening to reimpose sanctions under a clause in the agreement that expires in October -- something Iran is keen to avoid at all costs."Inaction by the E3 is not an option," a European source said of the three powers, noting that Tehran would be reminded during the meeting that the snapback window closes this autumn.The source said Europeans were preparing to trigger the mechanism "in the absence of a negotiated solution" and called on Iran to make "clear gestures" regarding uranium enrichment and the resumption of cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.The IAEA says Iran is the only non-nuclear-armed country currently enriching uranium to 60 percent -- far beyond the 3.67 percent cap set by the 2015 accord.That is a short step from the 90 percent enrichment required for a nuclear weapon.Western powers, led by the United States and backed by Israel, have long accused Tehran of secretly seeking nuclear weapons.Iran has repeatedly denied this, insisting its nuclear programme is solely for civilian purposes such as energy production.Tehran and Washington had held five rounds of nuclear talks starting in April, but a planned meeting on June 15 was cancelled after Israel launched its strikes on Iran.

Atomic Brussels? Support for nuclear power gains ground in EU.

Brussels, Belgium, July 24 (AFP) Jul 24, 2025-Long a taboo, Brussels opened the door to EU funding for nuclear power this month in a sign of the growing support atomic energy is enjoying within the bloc.The European Commission listed "nuclear fission energy" among the sectors eligible to receive EU money in its 2028-2034 budget proposal unveiled last week -- reversing a previous ban.The commission declined to say if that meant Brussels was prepared to fund the building of new nuclear reactors, with a spokeswoman stressing that the proposal was "still to be discussed" with member states.Nuclear's eligibility remained only potential, she said, and fission was listed alongside other related fields such as decommissioning nuclear facilities, management of radioactive waste and nuclear research.But the change in tack -- given atomic energy was explicitly excluded from funding under the current European Union budget -- marked a victory for the pro-nuclear camp, which has been steadily gathering steam.Europe has long been divided on nuclear.While France has championed it, Germany has led the opposition since former chancellor Angela Merkel accelerated a phase-out in 2011, after the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.The two economic powerhouses even captain rival informal clubs of countries that vie for influence in Brussels.Paris leads the "European Nuclear Alliance" while Berlin is top dog in the "Friends of Renewables" group.Informal breakfast talks of the two groups are normally held ahead of meetings of EU energy ministers, with representatives of some countries shuttling between the two gatherings.- 'Unavoidable' topic -France's club has been gaining members, with Belgium and Italy announcing this year they would join, and Greece also expressing interest.This came after Rome opened the door to a return to atomic power, and Belgium officially abandoned a two-decades-old pledge to phase it out.Other members of the club include Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.Germany's grouping includes Austria, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Denmark, and the Baltic states, among others."The enlargement of the alliance makes the subject somewhat unavoidable," Neil Makaroff, a climate transition expert at Strategic Perspectives, a think tank, said of the pro-atomic faction.After years of EU ostracism, these countries want to "make nuclear power politically neutral", he added.Opposition is weaker than a couple of years ago, with more and more governments emphasising the need for a complementary energy mix to speed-up the electrification of the continent.France is even hoping for a more lenient approach from Germany under new leader Friedrich Merz.In May, the chancellor co-signed an opinion piece with French President Emmanuel Macron backing "technological neutrality" and the "non-discriminatory treatment of all low-carbon energies within the European Union".French Energy Minister Marc Ferracci later said the Germans were ready to end "the religious war over nuclear power".Yet, opinions on the matter within Germany's ruling coalition differ and whether Berlin -- a net contributor to the bloc's budget -- would go so far as to greenlight EU funding for nuclear remains to be seen, said Makaroff.Tensions might bubble up again in the coming months, as countries discuss European rules on renewable energy -- a package France would rather be called "decarbonised" energy and include nuclear power.Paris claimed a first victory this month when the commission included the concept of "technological neutrality" dear to the French in its 2040 climate target proposal.Still, even in the most nuclear-heavy scenarios, wind and solar power are projected to dominate the European energy mix in the coming decades.In 2024 renewables accounted for 47 percent of electricity production in Europe, compared with 23 percent for nuclear energy, according to EU data agency Eurostat."In the short term, most of the work on electrification will be done through renewables," said Makaroff.

Anxiety and pride among Cambodia's future conscriptsBy Suy SE.

Phnom Penh (AFP) July 22, 2025-The generation of Cambodians who may find themselves in the firing line when the country introduces military conscription is split between quiet pangs of anxiety and proud proclamations of patriotism."My family is poor. If I am called in for the service, I am worried that my family might face financial issues," 25-year-old tuk-tuk driver Voeun Dara told AFP in Phnom Penh. "It is worrisome for me."Citing rising tensions with Thailand, Prime Minister Hun Manet says Cambodia will next year activate a long-dormant law requiring citizens aged 18 to 30 to enlist in the military.Hun Manet has proposed conscripts serve for two years to bolster the country's 200,000 personnel after a territorial dispute boiled over into a border clash, killing one Cambodian soldier in late May.Graphic design student Ray Kimhak's brother-in-law, a volunteer soldier, has already been deployed to the countries' 800-kilometre-long (500-mile) border.But the 21-year-old says he would gladly join him if compelled by conscription."He said it was a bit difficult to sleep in the jungle, and it rains a lot. But these difficulties don't discourage me at all," Ray Kimhak told AFP at his university in the capital."We are ready to protect our territory because when it is gone, we would never get it back."- 'We should be ready' -Cambodia's conscription law dates back to 2006 but has never been enforced. Hun Manet has said it will be used to replace retiring troops, though it is unclear how many citizens are set to be called up.The country of 17 million has a long and dark history of forced enlistment.Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge communist regime, which ruled from 1975 to 1979, conscripted fighting-aged men, and sometimes children, into its ranks as it perpetrated a genocide that killed two million.One 64-year-old who was conscripted by the Khmer Rouge at 17 told AFP he supported the government's decision, despite standing on a landmine during his time as a soldier."I was forced to be a soldier by Pol Pot," he told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity from the Thai border town of Sampov Lun."Being a soldier is not easy, but I support the government's plan of military conscription in the face of a border dispute with Thailand. We need to protect our land."Under the newly activated conscription legislation, those who refuse to serve in wartime would face three years in prison, while peacetime refuseniks would face one year behind bars.Sipping green tea at a cafe, 18-year-old IT student Oeng Sirayuth says he fully supports Hun Manet's call to arms."We should be ready, because tension with our neighbouring country is growing," he said. But personally he hopes for a deferral as he finishes his studies."I am a bit reluctant because I have never thought that I will have to join the military service," he said."I think 60 percent of young people are ready to join the military, so these people can go first, and those who are not yet ready can enter the service later."Under the modern-day conscription legislation, women will be allowed to opt for volunteer work rather than military service.But 23-year-old internet provider saleswoman Leakhena said she stands ready to serve on the frontlines.Last month her family delivered donations to Cambodian soldiers patrolling the border, where tensions have spiked with Thailand over a disputed area known as the Emerald Triangle."We have to do something to protect our nation," said Leakhena, speaking on the condition that only her first name was revealed."I feel proud for our soldiers. They are so brave," she added.- 'Trust needs to be earned' -Cambodia allocated approximately $739 million for defence in 2025, the largest share of the country's $9.32 billion national budget, according to official figures.Hun Manet has pledged to "look at increasing" the defence budget as part of reforms to beef up the military.But one young would-be conscript urged the government to defer its plans as the country recovers its finances from the Covid-19 pandemic."Our economy is still struggling," said the 20-year-old fine art student, who asked not to be named."We are in the state of developing our country, so if we enforce the law soon we might face some problems for our economy."Political analyst Ou Virak also said Cambodia's military faces challenges from within as it seeks to win buy-in from a new generation of conscripts."Military training, chain of command, and military discipline are all issues that need to be addressed," he told AFP."For conscription to work and be generally supported and accepted by the people, trust needs to be earned."

Thailand, Cambodia clash with jets and rockets in deadly border rowBy Montira Rungjirajittranon with Suy Se in Phnom Penh.

Bangkok (AFP) July 24, 2025-Thailand launched air strikes on Cambodian military targets on Thursday as Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, killing at least 11 civilians, in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours.The neighbours are locked in a bitter spat over an area known as the Emerald Triangle, where the borders of both countries and Laos meet, and which is home to several ancient temples.The squabble has dragged on for decades, flaring into bloody military clashes more than 15 years ago and again in May, when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a firefight.The conflict blazed up on Thursday, with Cambodia firing rockets and artillery shells into Thailand and the Thai military scrambling F-16 jets to carry out air strikes.The Thai ministry of public health said at least 11 civilians had been killed, most of them in a rocket strike near a petrol station in Sisaket province.Footage from the scene showed smoke pouring from the roof of a convenience store attached to the petrol station. Provincial officials said most of the dead were students inside the shop when the attack happened.Six Thai air force jets were deployed from Ubon Ratchathani province, hitting two "Cambodian military targets on the ground", according to Thai military deputy spokesperson Ritcha Suksuwanon.Both sides blamed the other for starting the fighting, which erupted near two temples on the border between the Thai province of Surin and Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey.Cambodian defence ministry spokeswoman Maly Socheata said in a statement that Thai troops launched an "armed assault on Cambodian forces"."In response, the Cambodian armed forces exercised their legitimate right to self-defence, in full accordance with international law, to repel the Thai incursion and protect Cambodia's sovereignty and territorial integrity," she said.Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to address what his foreign ministry labelled "unprovoked military aggression".Thailand's government spokesman, meanwhile, accused Cambodia of being "inhumane, brutal and war-hungry", and Bangkok's foreign ministry said all border crossings had been shut and nearby residents evacuated.The Thai military blamed Cambodian soldiers for firing first, and later accused them of a "targeted attack on civilians", saying two BM-21 rockets had hit a community in Surin's Kap Choeng district, wounding three people.According to the Thai military, the clashes began around 7:35 am (0035 GMT) when a unit guarding Ta Muen temple heard a Cambodian drone overhead.Later, six armed Cambodian soldiers, including one carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, approached a barbed-wired fence in front of the Thai post, the army said.Around 8:20 am, Cambodian forces opened fire toward the eastern side of the temple, about 200 metres from the Thai base.Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said "the situation requires careful handling, and we must act in accordance with international law"."We will do our best to protect our sovereignty," he said.In a Facebook post, Thailand's embassy in Phnom Penh urged its nationals to leave Cambodia "as soon as possible" unless they had urgent reasons to remain.China, a close ally of Cambodia, said it was "deeply concerned" about the clashes, calling for dialogue -- while also urging its citizens in Cambodia to avoid the country's frontier with Thailand.- Long-running row -The violence came hours after Thailand expelled the Cambodian ambassador and recalled its own envoy in protest after five members of a Thai military patrol were wounded by a landmine.On Thursday morning, Cambodia announced it was downgrading ties to "the lowest level", pulling out all but one of its diplomats and expelling their Thai equivalents from Phnom Penh.Recent weeks have seen a series of tit-for-tat swipes by both sides, with Thailand restricting border crossings and Cambodia halting certain imports.The border row also kicked off a domestic political crisis in Thailand, where prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended from office pending an ethics probe over her conduct.A diplomatic call between Paetongtarn and Hun Sen, Cambodia's former longtime ruler and father of Hun Manet, was leaked from the Cambodian side, sparking a judicial investigation.Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called on both sides to "stand down" and start talks.Malaysia currently chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which both Thailand and Cambodia are members.burs-pdw/fox

US approves $322 mn in arms sales to Ukraine; German government moves to speed up military procurement-by AFP Staff Writers.

Washington (AFP) July 23, 2025-The United States on Wednesday announced the approval of $322 million in arms sales to bolster Ukraine's air defenses and its armored combat vehicles.The announcement of the sales comes after Washington temporarily halted some weapons shipments to Ukraine earlier this month even as Kyiv faced heavy Russian missile and drone attacks.The sale of HAWK air defense equipment and sustainment will cost up to $172 million, while Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle equipment and services will total up to $150 million, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said.The proposed HAWK equipment sale "will improve Ukraine's capability to meet current and future threats by further equipping it to conduct self-defense and regional security missions with a more robust air defense capability," DSCA said.And the Bradley equipment and services will help meet Ukraine's "urgent need to strengthen local sustainment capabilities to maintain high operational rates for United States provided vehicles and weapon systems," it said.The State Department approved the possible sales and the DSCA provided the required notification to the US Congress, which still needs to sign off on the transactions.The latest proposed military sale to Ukraine follows another announced in early May valued at $310.5 million for F-16 training and sustainment.Russia's President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022 and has shown little willingness to end the conflict despite pressure from the United States.Under former president Joe Biden, Washington committed to providing more than $65 billion in military assistance to Ukraine.But President Donald Trump -- long skeptical of assistance for Ukraine -- has not followed suit, announcing no new military aid packages for Kyiv since he returned to office in January.

German government moves to speed up military procurement.

Berlin (AFP) July 23, 2025 - Germany's government on Wednesday approved a draft bill to speed up military procurement as Berlin moves to build up its armed forces in the face of wavering US commitment to European security.The plans would make it easier for defence firms to receive advance payments from the state to start production sooner, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told journalists.Contracts worth less than 443,000 euros ($520,000) will also be exempt from the full procurement process, up from a current limit of 15,000 euros, Pistorius said.The threshold will rise to one million euros for construction projects, he added.He said the proposed bill represented a "quantum leap" for Germany's armed forces, unblocking progress on about 12,000 procurement processes.The changes will address the "jumble of regulations" that hindered "quickly building up Germany's defence readiness", he added.Presenting the bill alongside Pistorius, Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said Germany needed to become "technologically and industrially stronger than potential aggressors"."That is how we preserve peace," Reiche added.Berlin has rushed to rearm itself following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, accelerating that process after US President Donald Trump urged Europe to take more responsibility for its own defence.Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to build Europe's "strongest conventional army" to counter a perceived threat from Moscow.That represents a radical shift in a country with strong pacifist traditions due to its Nazi past.Spending on Germany's armed forces is expected to reach 162 billion euros in 2029, more than triple Germany's defence budget before the war in Ukraine.To become law, the cabinet's draft bill still needs to be passed by Germany's parliament.

Iran to meet European powers amid threats of UN sanctions snapback.

Istanbul, July 25 (AFP) Jul 25, 2025-Iranian diplomats will meet counterparts from Germany, Britain and France on Friday for renewed nuclear talks, amid warnings that the three European powers could trigger "snapback" sanctions outlined under the 2015 deal.The meeting, set to take place in Istanbul, will be the first since Israel's mid-June attack on Iran, which sparked a 12-day war and targeted key nuclear and military sites.Israel's offensive -- which killed top commanders, nuclear scientists and hundreds of others as residential areas were struck as well -- also derailed US-Iran nuclear talks that began in April.Since then, the European powers, known as the E3, have threatened to trigger the "snapback mechanism", which would reinstate United Nations sanctions on Iran by the end of August, under the effectively moribund 2015 nuclear deal.The option to trigger the snapback expires in October, and Tehran has warned of consequences should the E3 opt to activate it."Inaction by the E3 is not an option," a European source said, noting that Tehran would be reminded during the meeting that the snapback window closes this autumn.The source said Europeans are preparing to trigger the mechanism "in the absence of a negotiated solution" and called on Iran to make "clear gestures" regarding uranium enrichment and the resumption of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.Ahead of the talks on Friday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the meeting would be a "test of realism for the Europeans and a valuable opportunity to correct their views on Iran's nuclear issue," in remarks to the official IRNA news agency.- Sanctions -Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, who will attend the talks Friday, alongside senior Iranian diplomat Majid Takht-Ravanchi, warned this week that triggering sanctions "is completely illegal".He also accused European powers of "halting their commitments" to the deal after the United States unilaterally withdrew in 2018 during President Donald Trump's first term."We have warned them of the risks, but we are still seeking common ground to manage the situation," said Gharibabadi.Iranian diplomats have previously warned that Tehran could withdraw from the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty if UN sanctions are reimposed.Restoring sanctions would deepen Iran's international isolation and place further pressure on its already strained economy.Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has urged European powers to trigger the mechanism.Israel's June 13 attack on Iran came two days before Tehran and Washington were scheduled to meet for a sixth round of nuclear negotiations.On June 22, the United States itself struck Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan, and Natanz.Before the war, Washington and Tehran were divided over uranium enrichment, which Iran has described as a "non-negotiable" right, while the United States called it a "red line".The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is enriching uranium to 60 percent purity -- far above the 3.67 percent cap under the 2015 deal and close to weapons-grade levels.Tehran has said it is open to discussing the rate and level of enrichment, but not the right to enrich uranium.A year after the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran began rolling back its commitments, which had placed restrictions on its nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.Israel and Western powers accuse Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons -- a charge Tehran has consistently denied.- 'Unshakable' -Iran insists it will not abandon its nuclear programme, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying " Iran's position remains unshakable, and that our uranium enrichment will continue."Araghchi has previously noted that enrichment is currently "stopped" due to "serious and severe" damage to nuclear sites caused by US and Israeli strikes.The full extent of the damage sustained in the US bombing remains unclear. Trump has claimed the sites were "completely destroyed", but US media reports have cast doubt over the scale of destruction.Since the 12-day war, Iran has suspended cooperation with the IAEA, accusing it of bias and failing to condemn the attacks.Inspectors have since left the country, but a technical team is expected to return in the coming weeks after Iran said future cooperation would take a "new form".Israel has warned it may resume strikes if Iran rebuilds facilities or moves toward weapons capability.Iran has pledged a "harsh response" to any future attacks.

US approves $4.67 bn sale of air defense system to Egypt.

Washington, July 24 (AFP) Jul 24, 2025-The United States on Thursday announced the approval of a $4.67 billion sale of the NASAMS air defense system and related support to Egypt.NASAMS -- the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System -- has seen recent use on the battlefield after being provided to Ukraine by Kyiv's supporters as part of efforts to bolster the country's air defenses against Russian attacks."The proposed sale will improve Egypt's capability to meet current and future threats by improving its ability to detect various air threats," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.The deal also "will support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a major non-NATO ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," DSCA said.The State Department approved the possible sale of the system to Egypt and the DSCA provided the required notification to the US Congress, which still needs to sign off on the transaction.

Space Force general to oversee U.S. 'Golden Dome' missile shield-by Jake Thomas.

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 22, 2025-The U.S. Senate has approved Gen. Mike Guetlein to oversee President Donald Trump's national missile defense system, known as the Golden Dome.The Pentagon announced Tuesday that Guetlein had cleared the final hurdle to leading the Office of Golden Dome for America, which will work with industry, higher education, national labs and other government agencies to develop the high-tech missile shield.The Golden Dome is similar to Israel's "Iron Dome" and is intended to modernize the United States' defenses from threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. The missile shield will be designed for ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles and other large-scale attacks.Guetlein is currently a Space Force general who serves as vice chief of space operations for the military service branch.Testifying to Congress in March, Guetlein compared the complexity of developing the Golden Dome to that of the Manhattan Project, a World War II-era initiative that produced the world's first nuclear weapons."It is not complex because of technology; it is complex because of the number of organizations and agencies that need to be involved," he told a Senate Senate Armed Services subcommittee.Building the Golden Dome will require cooperation between multiple government agencies, as well as private industry, he said. Guetlein described differences in organizational behavior and culture as the project's biggest challenges, which he said can be overcome by having an empowered and well-resourced agency in charge that has the support of policymakers.The Golden Dome project is expected to cost $175 billion and Trump has previously said it will be "fully operational" by the end of his term.The GOP-backed major tax and spending bill recently signed by Trump includes nearly $25 billion for the Golden Dome. Defense contractors are optimistic it will boost profits.Defense contractor Lockheed Martin on Tuesday reported $18.2 billion in second-quarter sales and predicted more growth as the Golden Dome Project progresses.Speaking during an earnings call Tuesday, Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, said the company has already developed missile defense systems that "are the exact solutions needed to make Golden Dome for America a reality."Taiclet added that the company's exact role in the Golden Dome project remains to be seen because "the plan on the government side isn't laid out yet."Chris Calio, chairman and CEO of RTX Corp., also expressed optimism that the project would bolster the company's bottom line during an earnings call Tuesday, saying it "is really well aligned with our core capabilities and product portfolio."The effectiveness of Israel's Iron Dome has been on display after it successfully shielded the country from hundreds of missiles launched by Iran.Trump administration officials say the Golden Dome will fulfill former President Ronald Reagan's vision of a "Star Wars" system that was never completed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously said that technology has now advanced enough to build the expansive missile shield envisioned by Reagan.The United States has missile defense systems in place already, but they would not be able to defend against a large-scale attack from Russia, China, Iran or North Korea.Patrycja Bazylczyk, program manager and research associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Defense Project, previously told UPI that the Golden Dome project could reorient the United States' defense for an era of "great power competition.""Our adversaries China and Russia have next-generation weapons that can threaten the U.S. homeland," Bazylczyk said. "We need to prime our defenses to defend against these next generation threats."

Syria rejects Kurd bid to keep weapons: government source.

Damascus, July 24 (AFP) Jul 24, 2025-Syria has rejected Kurdish demands to keep their weapons, a government source said Thursday, as a new round of talks on the Kurds' integration into the state was set to begin.The Kurds, who control large swathes of the north and east, are negotiating with the central government on the integration of their civil and military institutions into the state.Those include the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is Kurdish-led."Talking about refusing to hand over weapons or maintaining an autonomous military force is completely unacceptable," the source told the state broadcaster Al-Ikhbariya.According to the source, such a position "contradicts the principles of unifying the national army and the agreement reached last March between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi".In March, Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi signed a deal to incorporate Kurdish institutions into the Syrian state.While talks have been held regularly since then, progress has stalled.Recent unrest in the south, where the new authorities have attempted to subdue the Druze minority, as well as ongoing violence targeting the Alawite community, has deepened Kurdish concerns.According to the Kurdish news agency Hawar, a planned meeting on Thursday in Paris between Kurdish representatives and a Syrian government delegation was postponed.During the recent violence in the southern Druze heartland of Sweida -- which left nearly 1,400 dead -- a senior Syrian Kurdish official called on the central government to urgently and comprehensively rethink its approach to minorities.Damascus, meanwhile, insists on reunifying the country at any cost.The government source's comments came a day after SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami told al-Yaum TV that disarmament is a "red line"."No one is surrendering in Syria. Those betting on our capitulation will lose -- the tragic events have made that clear," he added, referring to the communal violence in Sweida.Reacting to this, the Syrian government source said: "Using the events in Sweida or along the coast to justify refusing to return to the state fold is a manipulation of public opinion"."A genuine national dialogue cannot happen under the threat of weapons or with backing from foreign powers," the source added.On Saturday, Abdi, who is backed by Washington, met with US special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack to discuss the southern unrest, according to the US embassy in Syria on X.

Risk highlighted as Chinese hackers hit Microsoft.

Paris, July 25 (AFP) Jul 25, 2025-Software giant Microsoft is at the center of cybersecurity storm after China-linked hackers exploited flaws in SharePoint servers to target hundreds of organizations.While such cyberattacks are not new, the scale of the onslaught and the speed with which the hackers took advantage of freshly discovered vulnerabilities is fueling concern.Dutch startup Eye Security warned Saturday of online attacks targeting SharePoint file-sharing servers, with Microsoft quick to confirm the report and release patches to protect systems.The vulnerability allowed hackers to retrieve credentials and then access SharePoint servers kept at users' facilities, according to Microsoft.Cloud-based SharePoint software was safe from the problem, the company said.- Targets -Eye Security determined that more than 400 computer systems were compromised by hackers during waves of attacks.Targets included government organizations in Europe, the Middle East and the United States - among them the US nuclear weapons agency, media reports indicated."On-premises SharePoint deployments - particularly within government, schools, healthcare and large enterprise companies - are at immediate risk," cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks warned in a note.Microsoft has not disclosed the number of victims in the attacks.SharePoint had more than 200 million active users as of 2020, according to the most recent figures available from Microsoft.- Attribution? -Microsoft has attributed the cyberattacks to groups backed by China.The culprits are believed to include Chinese state actors known as Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon along with a group called Storm-2603 which "is considered with moderate confidence to be a threat actor based in China."The Typhoon groups have been active for a decade or more, and are known for intellectual property theft as well as espionage, according to Microsoft.Less was known about Storm-2603 and its motives."Investigations into other actors also using these exploits are ongoing," Microsoft said, urging users to patch SharePoint servers to avoid becoming hacking victims.Cybersecurity specialist Damien Bancal noted in a recent blog post that he found "ready-to-use exploit code" for the vulnerability at a popular website.- Why Microsoft? -The assault on SharePoint servers is the latest in a series of sophisticated attacks carried out by state-sponsored groups against "the Microsoft ecosystem," according to Bancal.In 2021, attacks by a Chinese hacker group known as Silk Typhoon compromised tens of thousands of email servers using Microsft Exchange software.Microsoft's success at making its software commonplace in offices and homes also makes it a prime target for hackers out to steal money or information.Microsoft software can hold sensitive and valuable information."It's not Microsoft that is being targeted, it's its customers," said Shane Barney, head of information security at US-based Keeper.Targeting Microsoft programs is a means to an end, and tomorrow it could be software from another company, said Rodrigue Le Bayon, head of Orange Cyberdefense computer emergency response team.- China's role? -China is not the only nation backing hacker operations as countries around the world hone cyber capabilities, according to Le Bayon.Nevertheless, China is repeatedly singled out by companies and goverments hit by hacks.Western countries have accused hacker groups allegedly supported by China of conducting a global cyber espionage campaign against figures critical of Beijing, democratic institutions, and companies in various sensitive sectors.mng-juj/gc/arp/dw

Hong Kong issues bounties for 19 overseas activists on subversion charges.

Hong Kong, July 25 (AFP) Jul 25, 2025-Hong Kong police announced bounties Friday for information leading to the arrest of 19 overseas activists, accusing them of national security crimes.Political dissent in Hong Kong has been quashed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 after huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests the year before.Many opposition figures have fled abroad, while others have been arrested and sentenced to years in jail.Police said the 19 activists were involved in what they called a "subversive organisation", Hong Kong Parliament -- a pro-democracy NGO established in Canada.On July 1, Hong Kong Parliament said on social media that it was holding an unofficial poll online to form a "legislature", aimed at "opposing one-party dictatorship and tyranny and pursuing Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong".In a statement on Friday, police accused the group of seeking to "unlawfully overthrow and undermine the fundamental system" of the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities.The investigation into the organisation is ongoing, the police said, warning that they "will offer bounties to hunt down more suspects in the case if necessary".They also called on the accused to "return to Hong Kong and turn themselves in, rather than make further mistakes".A reward of HK$200,000 ($25,500) each was offered for 15 of the activists, while the four others were already wanted for HK$1 million, the statement said.- Symbolic bounties -The bounties are seen as largely symbolic given that they affect people living abroad in nations unlikely to extradite political activists to Hong Kong or China.Friday's announcement is the fourth time the financial hub's authorities have offered rewards for help capturing those alleged to have violated the city's national security laws.According to the Hong Kong police's website, as of Friday there are now 34 people wanted for national security offences, including secession, subversion, or foreign collusion.Previous rounds of bounties were met with intense criticism from Western countries, with Hong Kong and China in turn railing against foreign "interference".Hong Kong has also previously cancelled the passports of other pro-democracy activists on its wanted list, under its second homegrown national security law enacted in 2024.As of July 1, authorities had arrested 333 people for alleged national security crimes, with 165 convicted in Hong Kong.Earlier this month, Hong Kong police arrested four people, including a 15-year-old, who were allegedly part of a group in Taiwan that called for the overthrow of the Chinese Communist Party.This week police said they had arrested an 18-year-old for writing "seditious words" on a toilet wall in a commercial building.

UK, Australia back embattled submarine deal with US.

Sydney, July 25 (AFP) Jul 25, 2025-Britain and Australia said Friday they will sign a 50-year commitment to their nuclear-powered submarine pact with the United States, seeking to bolster a deal that Washington has thrown into doubt.The two countries cast their pledge as a historic treaty but gave few details beyond saying it would help economic cooperation and "underpin" the existing, three-nation AUKUS pact."It is a profoundly important treaty that we will sign tomorrow," Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles told reporters after talks in Sydney between the two countries' defence and foreign ministers.A US defence official last month revealed that a review of AUKUS was underway to ensure it "aligned with the President's America First agenda" and that the US defence industrial base was "meeting our needs".Under the 2021 AUKUS deal, Australia would acquire at least three Virginia-class submarines from the United States within 15 years, eventually manufacturing its own subs.The US Navy has 24 Virginia-class vessels but American shipyards are struggling to meet production targets set at two new boats each year.In the United States, critics question why Washington would sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia without stocking its own military first."A new government undertaking a review is the most natural thing in the world," Marles said of the decision by US President Donald Trump's administration.- 'Symbolism is important' -Australia had already contributed US$1 billion this year to help boost production and maintenance of submarines in the United States, he said."We are really confident that the production rates will be raised in America."Under AUKUS, Britain will eventually develop a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, the SSN-AUKUS, to enter service from the late 2030s.Australia would also build the SSN-AUKUS, with delivery expected to its navy in the early 2040s.British Defence Secretary John Healey said London welcomed the US review."It's an opportunity for the new administration to renew America's commitment to the deep AUKUS partnership that our three nations have," he said.In a government statement, Britain repeated previously released figures saying that the AUKUS submarine programme would lead to the creation of 21,000 UK jobs.It said the submarine programme was expected to be worth "up to" 20 billion pounds (US$27 billion) in British exports over the next 25 years.Analyst Tom Corben from the United States Studies Centre in Australia said the new treaty between Canberra and London was an important show of solidarity."The symbolism is important given everything else that is happening," he said.Britain's defence and foreign ministers were visiting Australia as their country's Carrier Strike Group and 3,000 personnel took part in annual Talisman Sabre military exercises across Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Macron appoints military advisor as new army chief by AFP Staff Writers.

Paris (AFP) July 23, 2025-President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his closest military advisor, an experienced fighter pilot, as the new chief of staff of France's armed forces, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Wednesday.Fabien Mandon, a 55-year-old air force general and former Mirage fighter jet pilot, takes over from Thierry Burkhard.The appointment of Mandon, who has extensive combat experience, comes after Macron last week called for a boost in France's defence spending, citing Russia as a threat for all of Europe.Macron said that "if you want be feared you must be powerful" and urged "mobilisation" by all government departments."I have every confidence in General Fabien Mandon," Macron said on X, adding he would "guide our forces in the face of major challenges".Lecornu said Mandon took on the job in the context of "an increasingly demanding security environment".Until Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, France's armed forces were mainly focused on international missions and asymmetric warfare against non-state actors, such as jihadist groups in Africa's Sahel.Over the past three years, Burkhard has overseen a strategic shift to include the possibility of high-intensity war between states.Mandon's career includes several foreign deployments, including in the Central African Republic, Chad, and Tajikistan, from where he flew missions in Afghanistan."I killed in Afghanistan. And I know whom I killed: Taliban. I have the soul of a fighter," he recently told French magazine L'Express.Mandon also served temporarily as commander at the Avord Air Base, where nuclear-capable fighter jets are stationed.Part of his brief at the Elysee has been to inform Macron about nuclear deterrence questions.bur-jh/as/jj

North Korea's Kim urges troops to prepare 'for real war'by AFP Staff Writers.

Seoul (AFP) July 24, 2025-North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his military to be ready "for real war" as he observed a firing contest of artillery units, Pyongyang state media said Thursday.Kim's remarks follow the North's deployment of troops and weapons to help Russia during its more than three-year long offensive in Ukraine.Video footage aired by state-run Korea Central Television on Thursday showed soldiers from artillery units firing shells towards the sea.Kim is seen looking through binoculars at an observation post, flanked by two military officials, but the location for Wednesday's contest was not disclosed.He urged the soldiers to be ready "for real war" at "anytime" and be capable of "destroying the enemy in every battle", the Korean Central News Agency reported in an English dispatch.South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have reported Pyongyang sent more than 10,000 soldiers to Russia's Kursk region last year, along with artillery shells, missiles and long-range rocket systems.Around 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded fighting for Russia, Seoul has said.Kim offered Moscow his full support for its war in Ukraine during recent talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, state media reported previously.The two heavily sanctioned nations signed a military deal last year, including a mutual defence clause, during a rare visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang.

North Korea plans to build another 5,000-ton destroyer by AFP Staff Writers.

Seoul (AFP) July 22, 2025-North Korea vowed to build an additional 5,000-ton destroyer for its navy, state media reported Tuesday, after the nuclear-armed country launched two similar vessels this year.Leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to ramp up his country's naval capacities, and presided over the April launch of the country's first 5,000-ton destroyer-class naval ship, the Choe Hyon.South Korea's military has said the ship could have been developed with Russian help, possibly in exchange for deploying thousands of troops to help Moscow fight in Ukraine.Kim also presided over the botched launch of the destroyer Kang Kon in May, which was subsequently repaired and set afloat in June.Workers at the Nampho Shipyard pledged Monday at a rally to complete the new warship by October 10 next year, according to Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.The date marks the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.The North will now construct the "Choe Hyon-class Destroyer No. 3" which it described as "a powerful warship of our own type".The Nampho dockyard manager urged workers to meet the construction deadline to uphold the party's "plan for building a powerful army" and "to firmly defend the inviolable maritime sovereignty and national interests," KCNA said.South Korea's new president, Lee Jae-myung, elected last month in a snap election, has promised a more dovish approach towards Pyongyang, compared with that of his hawkish impeached predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol.The Lee administration has halted loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts along the border, which Seoul began last year following a barrage of trash-filled balloons flown southward by Pyongyang.Seemingly in response, North Korea also ended its own propaganda broadcasts which had relayed strange and eerie noises into the South.

Iran says confronted US destroyer in Gulf of Oman-by AFP Staff Writers.

Tehran (AFP) July 23, 2025-Iranian forces on Wednesday warned a US destroyer to stay out of waters claimed by Tehran, state television reported, an interaction a US defence official said was "safe and professional" and did not affect the ship's mission.The exchange in the Gulf of Oman between the two rivals comes a month after the United States carried out strikes against three key Iranian nuclear sites during the 12-day war between Israel and the Islamic republic.State TV said an Iranian army helicopter flew over the USS Fitzgerald on Wednesday morning after the vessel "attempted to approach the waters under the supervision" of Iran.The destroyer issued threats of its own, the broadcaster said, but "the Iranian pilot... reiterated the warning to stay away from Iranian waters", forcing the US vessel to "give in" and alter its course.In a video released by Iranian state TV, a destroyer is seen from what seems to be a helicopter window as the pilot calls on the vessel to "change course" and avoid approaching Iranian territorial waters.A US defence official said the American ship "had a safe and professional interaction with an Iranian SH-3 'Sea King' helicopter while operating in international waters"."This interaction had no impact to USS Fitzgerald's mission and any reports claiming otherwise are falsehoods", the official added.Iranian forces have a history of confronting US forces in bodies of water off the country's southern coast.In 2023, Tehran said it forced a US submarine to surface while crossing the strategic Strait of Hormuz -- a claim Washington denied.

Germany approves Eurofighter jet delivery to Turkey-by AFP Staff Writers.

Berlin (AFP) July 23, 2025-Germany said Wednesday it had approved the delivery of Eurofighter jets to Turkey, clearing the way for a deal that had been delayed by tensions between the two countries.Turkey had been in talks for several years on buying 40 of the aircraft, which are constructed by a consortium from Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain.The Typhoon jets are to be built in Britain and London is leading the negotiations.But all members of the consortium must sign off on the sale and Germany, which has clashed with Turkey over Israel's war on Gaza, had objected.However, the defence ministry had now "sent a written confirmation to the Turkish government confirming the approval of the export", government spokesman Stefan Kornelius told journalists in Berlin.News outlet Der Spiegel reported that Chancellor Friedrich Merz had bowed to pressure from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as the project is expected to support about 20,000 jobs in Britain.After Germany gave the green light to the sale, the Turkish and British defence ministers signed a preliminary agreement in Istanbul on Wednesday for the delivery of the jets.The sale "will strengthen the decades-long friendship between key NATO allies and will be an important step towards enhancing Turkey's advanced air combat capabilities", Turkey's defence ministry said.British Defence Secretary John Healey said the deal would "strengthen NATO's collective defence, and boost both our countries' industrial bases by securing thousands of skilled jobs across the UK for years to come".Turkey's request for the planes was submitted to the German government more than two years ago, but the two countries have since clashed over the war in Gaza.Ankara has vocally criticised Israel's offensive in the Palestinian territory while Berlin has been a staunch supporter of Israel, although it has voiced some criticism over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza.