74 Killed in Gaza as Israeli Forces Strike a Cafe and Fire on People Seeking Food, AP
“Israeli forces killed at least 74 people in Gaza on Monday with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire that left 23 dead as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses and health officials said.”
Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians and IDF Military Vehicles in West Bank, PBS
“Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged around a military base in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, setting fires, vandalizing military vehicles, spraying graffiti and attacking soldiers, the military said. Sunday night’s unrest came after several attacks in the West Bank carried out by Jewish settlers and anger at their arrests by security forces attempting to contain the violence over the past few days.”
12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb?, The New York Times
Agnes Chang, Pablo Robles, Josh Holder, William J. Broad and David E. Sanger write, “Israeli and American strikes most likely destroyed or damaged some parts of the Iranian nuclear program, making it harder to quickly produce additional nuclear fuel or convert that fuel into a working weapon. The full extent of the setback remains a subject of debate. A preliminary classified U.S. report said that the strikes had delayed the nuclear program by only a few months.”
Israeli Hostage Itzhak Elgarat Died of Heart Attack During Hamas Torture, Brother Says, Haaretz
“Danny Elgarat, whose brother Itzhak was murdered while being held by Hamas in Gaza, told Israeli lawmakers on Monday that his brother died of a heart attack during torture, after captors mistakenly suspected he was an Israel Air Force pilot.”
US-Israeli Backed Gaza Aid Group Must Be Shut Down, Say 130 Charities, BBC
“More than 130 charities and other NGOs are calling for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) to be shut down. Over 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the GHF started operating in late May, following Israel’s three-month blockade of Gaza, the organisations said. Almost 4,000 have been injured.”
Trump Signs Executive Order Lifting Most Sanctions on Syria, Axios
“President Trump signed an executive order on Monday rescinding most U.S. sanctions imposed on Syria since the 1970s, a major step toward offering the war-torn country a path to normalization with the West.”
Israel’s Netanyahu Expects to Meet Trump Next Week in the US, Reuters
“Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he expects to travel to the United States next week for meetings with President Donald Trump, after a ‘great victory’ in a 12-day war with Iran last month.”
US-Israeli Backed Gaza Aid Group Must Be Shut Down, Say 130 Charities, The Times of Israel
“National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot is seeking to unite center-left parties in the next elections, possibly under his leadership, in a bid to prevent former prime minister Naftali Bennett — widely expected to run — from winning opposition votes, a report said Sunday.”
Weaponizing Antisemitism Is Dirty Politics, City and State
Tom Allon writes, “Anyone who labels [Zohran Mamdani] an antisemite is demeaning that loaded phrase. Many are mistakenly conflating strong criticism of the Israeli government’s policies with antisemitism. By that fallacious definition, we have tens of thousands of Jewish antisemites living in New York City.”
JD Vance Said the Iran Strikes Set Their Nuclear Program Back ‘Substantially.’ He’s Wrong., Politico
James M. Acton writes, “Iran has a decent shot at keeping that highly enriched uranium safe and secret. Such material is typically stored in small cylinders that are roughly the same size and shape as scuba tanks. Tracking them will be extremely difficult — even for the United States and Israel, despite their exquisite intelligence capabilities.”
Bipartisan Support for Israel: A Strategic Asset Now More Fragile Than Ever, JCall
Sebastien Levi writes, “Netanyahu could—and should—seize this favorable moment to rebuild ties with the Democratic Party and reinforce one of the pillars of Israel’s strategic strength: bipartisan support in Washington and among the American public. Unfortunately, his total alignment with Trump and dependence on a U.S. president who demands absolute personal loyalty—and who conflates his own interests with those of the United States—makes this scenario sadly improbable.”
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