Netanyahu:

I have done very difficult things. I stood up to three presidents who were not friendly. One was very hostile.

Clinton, Obama and Biden.

Netanyahu:

With Obama, who told me not to build even a single brick beyond the Green Line, we almost doubled the population in the West Bank.

So please, don't tell me how to do it.

Q: We have heard countries like Saudi Arabia making the establishment of a Palestinian state a condition.

Netanyahu: Guys, if you believe that nonsense... Yes, publicly they say that. I don't want to tell you what I'm hearing.

In the Arab world, they care about the Palestinians about as much as you do.

Netanyahu:

Itamar Ben-Gvir will be a senior minister in any government we form.

There is no question about that.

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NEW: The U.S. State Department declines to condemn the Libyan parliament’s approval of the 2019 Türkiye-Libya maritime deal.

A State Department spokesperson encouraged partners in the Eastern Mediterranean to resolve maritime disputes through good-faith negotiations.

“Greece and Türkiye are both NATO allies. We encourage them to engage bilaterally to address any areas of disagreement,” the spokesperson said.

Source: Hellas Journal

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to arrive in Ankara today, the first bilateral visit to Türkiye by a Canadian leader, as he seeks to reduce Canada’s reliance on the United States.

He is set to meet President Erdogan and sign a declaration deepening cooperation in areas including defense and energy.

A Turkish diplomatic source said ties will be upgraded to a “strategic partnership.”

Carney is on a global trade push to shield Canada from Trump’s tariffs.

He aims to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports within a decade.

The two leaders launched free-trade talks at the NATO summit in Ankara in July.

Türkiye is looking for investment in its defense industry, nuclear power plants and mining sector.

Source: Reuters

Türkiye’s top defense company, ASELSAN, says its KORKUT air defense gun can destroy a kamikaze drone for less than $10,000, and the system is now deployed in nine countries, including Ukraine.

ASELSAN CEO Ahmet Akyol said the system has shot down “maybe hundreds of drones.”

He said it is operating in Gulf countries and in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine. Ukraine’s air force confirmed that one of its units uses the KORKUT.

The KORKUT’s rounds cost about $1,000 apiece.

Source: FT

DETAIL: Russia struck Kyiv’s historic center overnight with an Iskander ballistic missile carrying a cluster warhead.

The warhead releases 58 submunitions that explode in the air over an area of about 400 by 400 meters, a design meant to maximize harm to people and equipment.

Many civilians were injured, and buildings were damaged.

Source: Ukrainian defense technology adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov

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Netanyahu on Iran:

They were going to basically manufacture several atom bombs to destroy Israel, wipe us all out, annihilate us, vaporize us.

So we had to act, and we did.

Netanyahu on Iran:

We've done it before, and we'll do it now and bring the final blow.

Either we destroy them or they destroy us.

That's what the voters have to decide on.

Netanyahu:

You know, you can't have a leader of Israel who's not a major player on the international arena.

We're not, with no offense, we're not Austria with F-16s. You know, Austria is about our size in terms of population. That's not what we are.

We're in the eye of the hurricane. And we have to be very strong and very smart and very experienced.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visits Atatürk’s mausoleum in Ankara, laying a wreath, observing a moment of silence and signing the guestbook.

Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon have reached a preliminary 10-year agreement to produce at least 850 F-35 fighter jets.

Lockheed will invest at least $7 billion of its own funds to support production, targeting 156 jets annually.

The deal also covers international orders and aims to reduce costs and supply-chain bottlenecks.

The agreement is not yet a firm order, and its execution remains subject to congressional approval and funding.

French President Macron:

The justice system is hard at work and mobilized: there have been several thousand individuals taken into custody, and of course several hundred people incarcerated.

All of this is ongoing, and this work will continue. In due course, details will be provided regarding both the profiles and the legal proceedings.

French President Macron:

On Saturday, we saw both political and even seditious acts carried out by organized ultra-left groups whose aim—let us be clear, and this is acknowledged by them—is to bring down the Republic.

Russian fishing vessels are suspected of spying on critical undersea communication cables linking Britain with Europe and the US.

Over 500 suspicious movements involving 17 vessels have been identified, with ships repeatedly slowing down, changing direction and following cable routes.

British officials fear this activity could help Moscow identify targets for future sabotage.

Source: The Telegraph

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Kpler says Iran exhausted its tanker-held crude in Asian waters by mid-October, removing a key source of cash as a U.S. naval blockade prevented replenishment.

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Israeli "settlers" have intensified attacks on Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank, stealing crops and restricting access to farmland.

Israeli rights group Yesh Din recorded 168 olive thefts and 125 physical attacks in just 24 days.

Palestinian authorities say three people have been killed during this year’s harvest.

"Settlers" reportedly take stolen olives to nearby outposts to produce and sell olive oil.

Source: Reuters