Daniel Levy | Former Israeli Peace Negotiator | US/Middle East Project (USMEP):
 

Ursula von der Leyen said Europe "should do more on Israel" - a duplicitous statement from someone who supported Israeli crimes.
 
Germany will do everything to block any shift (against Israel). But the UK could have a knock-on effect in Italy.
 
Despite UK sanctions, Spain's & Norway's arms embargo on Israel, Germany & Greece are buying Israeli weapons.

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OPINION: Beyond Armament: China’s New Security Doctrine and the Transformation of Its Defense Industry

Beijing is rewiring its defense model. By weaponizing industrial scale and civilian tech, China is building an integrated force where cheap autonomous swarms neutralize million-dollar jets.

🖋️ Kadir Temiz | Director of The Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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Daniel Levy | Former Israeli Peace Negotiator | US/Middle East Project (USMEP):
 

UK has admitted that those who marched over Palestine were right & successful. But they now have to show they mean it.
 
They acknowledged Starmer's approach of being indifferent to Israeli crime is bad politics for a Labour government.
 
It is now up to those who mobilized the protests to keep raising the bar of what is required for more action.

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NATO's Rutte:

No one should ever doubt our resolve. That was true 25 years ago. It is true today.

NATO's Rutte:

I think the Russians have made a calculation that NATO is strong and cannot be defeated.

NATO's Rutte:

Putin planned a big celebration in Moscow for 4–5 days after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That celebration still hasn’t happened.

NATO's Rutte:

If NATO would be at war with Russia, we have other means to make our views known to the Russians, more than Ukraine can do at the moment. So there will be a difference.

NATO's Rutte on Putin:

Putin cannot be happy at the moment because things are not moving in the right direction for him.

So stay calm. Putin knows we are strong.

Netanyahu has arrived in the U.S. for the UN General Assembly.

He will deliver a speech later today in New York.

NATO's Rutte:

If ever there would be an incident in the Indo-Pacific, it will not be only the Indo-Pacific. It will mean that, at the same time, Putin will try to move against NATO territory in Europe.

So these two theaters, the Indo-Pacific and Europe, are closely linked, and that is why we have a close relationship with the Republic of Korea, with Japan, with Australia, with New Zealand.

NOW: Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to the White House.

WATCH: Chinese national anthem is being played at the White House for Xi's visit.

Trump:

President Xi becomes the first ever Chinese leader to make a second formal state visit to America.

Trump:

Since the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people.

We have spent time together all over the world — from Germany to Argentina, Japan to South Korea, and Beijing to Palm Beach, Florida.

But remarkably, this is our first time meeting together here at the White House.

And as President Xi has already seen, a lot has changed since he was last here.

Trump:

President Xi and I have made tremendous strides on the issues facing our two countries.

During my last visit last May, we created the Board of Trade.

Through that, it's a brand new mechanism, and with something that's been unbelievably successful, our teams have been working to encourage a more balanced trading relationship.

Trump:

During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and superintelligence — SI.

The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come.

Trump:

I'm confident there is much we can achieve.

Throughout history, pursuit of those common interests has connected our people across the vast oceans, those big, tremendous distances, and many differences, and even made us allies in World War II.

Look at the greatness that we had together fighting in World War II.

Brave American pilots volunteered to come to China and fight for the very survival of a legendary country, and that legendary Flying Tigers group — they were just unbelievable.

Trump:

It was the United States Marines' encounter with Chinese people that inspired the Marines to adopt a Chinese phrase they still use today — gung-ho.

The Marines use it as an expression of great enthusiasm, but in Chinese, it literally means working together.

Trump:

Just as our people worked together to win WW2, President Xi and I will continue working together to forge a better future for both of our nations.

President Xi, Madam Peng — thank you once again for making this historic visit and welcome to the U.S.A.

Xi Jinping:

I'm very glad to pay a state visit to your beautiful country, the United States of America.

On behalf of the 1.4 billion and more Chinese people, I wish to begin by extending sincere greetings to the American people and warm congratulations on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.