💥🇺🇸🇮🇱Bibi's rant at the cabinet meeting: Israel isn't a 'vassal state' of the US. My story on Axios
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Scoop - Moldova defies Moscow with security pact that would see the country participate in EU military missions, do joint weapons procurement and access better intelligence from Brussels ft.com/content/e696f2… via @ft

'When it started in Russia, they were telling us too, that it's just about transparency, that nothing would be a problem for journalists.. after a couple of years, you can see what happened.'

Katerina Kotrikadze of Дождь compares Georgia's new 'foreign agents' bill to Russian law

Georgia parliament approves controversial foreign agent law defying protests washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/…

I joined Bianna Golodryga CNN International to discuss recent shakeups in the Russian defense ministry. Belousov will lead the MOD while it is currently formulating a new 10-year rearmament plan (SAP 2025-2034). This SAP is of particular importance to the future shape of the military.

Israeli right wing activists blocked aid trucks which were on their way to Gaza today at the Tarqumiya crossing in the West Bank

“‘Everything is scripted,…I cried in the first one, so they told me, ‘Do it again, no crying,' Tal said. ‘For the next one, I was too relaxed, so they told me, 'More drama. You need to sound scared.''

Released Israeli Hostage Describes Hamas Videos
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The past pattern had been when they change the Minister of Defense, they tend to swap out the Chief of General Staff - will be interesting to see if this holds during the war.

Biden's 'Doomsday Weapon' Threat to Israel Is No False Alarm - Israel News - Haaretz.com haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

This speaks to the concern Pres. Biden had about providing Israel with 2,000 pound bombs and why the shipment of those bombs was paused.

From Jennifer Hansler

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.Yonit Levi 🎉🎉🎉

המסקנה של גורמים מסוימים בישראל שרואים בדברי הנשיא ביידן ובהתפתחויות האחרונות תמיכה של ארה״ב בחמאס או העדפת האינטרס של חמאס על פני ישראל- היא פרשנות פשטנית ולא הוגנת של המציאות. לתפיסת האמריקאים, הם מנסים להציל אותנו מעצמנו ולייצר תקווה, ויש להם אינטרסים רחבים יותר מעומק התמרון

“the gist of the story has held up; no clear evidence of journalistic wrongdoing has emerged…The professors calling for an investigation therefore seem more interested in joining an ongoing propaganda war, than in righting a journalistic wrong.” haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…

Netanyahu ignored every warning. Now Biden is telling Israel: 'Enough is enough' haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Torres, a maintenance worker tried to block them and they tried to reason with him to get out of the way, telling him ‘this is bigger than you.’ One told him he didn’t get paid enough to deal with this. Someone tried to offer him ‘a fistful of cash.’ nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyr…

How is India changing under Modi? Good to chat with Bianna Golodryga CNN today

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'We can't afford skepticism... Rape is a crime against humanity. But right now, we are so polarized. Politics are clouding people's vision and making them blind to this.'

Sheryl Sandberg on her new doc 'Screams Before Silence' that exposes Hamas' use of sexual violence on Oct 7.

🚨New: Senior Israeli officials warned their U.S. counterparts that the Biden administration's decision to pause a weapons shipment to Israel could jeopardize hostage negotiations, two sources briefed on the issue told me. My story on Axios
axios.com/2024/05/08/isr…

🚨CIA director Bill Burns is expected to travel to Israel on Wednesday after another round of hostage talks in Cairo, a source with knowledge of the trip told me. He is expected to meet Netanyahu and other Israeli officials

Disgusting indeed.