The Israel Poison
Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank
The woman and crew were treated for injuries. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he condemned the violence committed “by a handful of rioters.”
Trump's evolving endgame for the Iran war, in 6 quotes
"Our objectives are clear. First, we're destroying Iran's missile capabilities ... and their capacity to produce brand new ones. .... Second, we're annihilating their navy. ... Third, we're ensuring that the world's No. 1 sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon. .... And finally, we're ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders.
"We have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran."
June 17;
"We reached an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish. Everything and much more."
July 8:
Aug 19:
Axios
Russian strike near Kyiv kills 37, in one of the year's deadliest attacks
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"I don't want to deal with them anymore. ... As far as I'm concerned, it's over."
July 24:
"There's a military exit where we just keep going just the way we are ... or there's a smarter strategy and that's you make a deal."
"I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale."
The bottom line: Trump's four- to five-week war has become a half-year conflict whose path to an end keeps changing.
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Trump Seizes Control of Venezuelan Oil for Toilet Nation
