Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, is set to visit Israel in the coming days, a senior Israeli official told AFP on Wednesday.
His visit is definitely one to watch.
The Department of Defense on the B-2 strike in Iran:
“Operation Midnight Hammer sent a clear message to the world — the United States can project power anytime, anywhere.
The U.S. maintains the most powerful military on the planet. Peace is preserved through strength.”
Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a record low of just 40%, according to RT’s Rick Sanchez.
“And by the way,” Sanchez noted, “the biggest drop came from men — the very group that helped elect him.”
In contrast, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds an 86% approval rating, based on data from the Western polling firm Statista.
“Just think about that,” Sanchez added. “Trump, sitting at 40%, is trying to lecture Putin — who’s at 86% — on what he’s doing wrong.”
At the UN conference focused on recognizing a Palestinian state, 17 nations signed on to the New York Declaration.
Türkiye voiced opposition to a clause calling for Hamas to disarm, arguing that disarmament should only take place after a sovereign Palestinian state is established along the 1967 borders or through a mutual internal Palestinian agreement.
Jeffrey Sachs told RIA that Trump’s new threat of sanctions against Russia marks a dangerous escalation of the conflict.
He added that the move is unlikely to prevent Russia from continuing to sell oil, gas, and other commodities to Asian markets.
Mediators informed Hamas today that Israel strongly opposes key elements of their latest proposal:
• Israel rejects provisions calling for a full military withdrawal from Gaza
• It opposes exchanging deceased Israeli soldiers for live Palestinian prisoners
• It remains unwilling to pull out of the Philadelphi Corridor along the Egypt-Gaza border
Candace Owens refers to Israelis as “other than human” and “demons” for fighting an Islamist terror group that refuses to disarm or free hostages—yet says nothing about Hamas, the Houthis, or ongoing atrocities in Sudan, Syria, Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen, and Afghanistan.
In an attempt to delay or partially reverse the sweeping tariffs announced by Donald Trump, the Brazilian government has softened its stance on big tech companies and committed to negotiating social media regulations and offering targeted tax incentives to the sector.
On the afternoon of July 29, Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, and Trade, Geraldo Alckmin, met for nearly two hours with executives from Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, Visa, Mastercard, and Expedia.
