The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in over three decades, according to a new WSJ poll, with voters seeing the GOP as the better option on most issues that decide elections https://t.co/3XyIw2tIwk ...

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - A significant break between Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlights growing global outrage over starvation in Gaza due to Israel's blockade [2] - Famine-related deaths are rising, with over 63 Palestinians, including a five-month-old baby, reportedly dying from starvation this month [2] - The UN deems airdrops of food into Gaza as insufficient, calling it "a drop in the ocean," while aid groups urge Israel to remove the blockade and allow sufficient aid [3] - One in five children in Gaza City surveyed recently are acutely malnourished, a figure that has tripled in the past four weeks [6][7] - By the time famine is formally declared, it is often too late, as seen in the 2011 East Africa famine where 250,000 people had already died [7] Aid and Blockade - International humanitarian law calls for rapid and unimpeded delivery of aid, but tens of thousands of tons of food are waiting in neighboring countries, with aid organizations unable to bring it in [8][9] - Airdrops are the most ineffective and expensive route to deliver aid; opening land borders is the required solution [9] - The US government has debunked Israel's claim that Hamas is confiscating aid [12] - Politics is the primary obstacle preventing the opening of blockades and delivery of food to Gaza [13][14] - The Israeli government's decision to not open border crossings and instead allow airdrops is considered an inhumane distraction [13] Israeli Perspective - Some Israelis are protesting the blockade, holding pictures of starving children in Gaza [4] - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ahoud Olar decried the "cruel and criminal killing of civilians and the starvation of Gaza as a government policy" [4] - Two leading Israeli human rights groups are saying Israel's war in Gaza amounts to genocide [5]

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Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his disregard for Europe have jolted the continent’s leaders. For France, however, the moment reveals an awkward paradox https://t.co/AJeKcskEuO ...

Somalia’s federal government argues that internal disputes are a consistent element of the nation’s politics. Yet wavering Western support means that the effect on the country’s viability may be more serious this time https://t.co/WueX2cWsgD ...

The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in over three decades, according to a new WSJ poll, with voters seeing the GOP as the better option on most issues that decide elections https://t.co/48G1EsZ02q ...

And I say this to you as a fellow Christian. Represent No, I know you're a a devout Christian as and so am I. This bill to me is not only unconstitutional, it's not only unamerican.I think it is also deeply uncchristian. And I say that because I believe this bill is idolatrous. I believe it is exclusionary. And I believe it is arrogant.And those three things in my reading of the gospel are diametrically opposed to the teachings of Jesus. You probably know Matthew 6:5 when Jesus says, "Don't be like the hypo ...

Last year Ireland, Norway and Spain joined the list of 147 countries that now officially recognise Palestine. In September France will become the 148th. Emmanuel Macron has not given up hopes of rallying neighbours to follow suit https://t.co/DMDVFfeyF0 ...

How a vote targeting 'pro-China' lawmakers has split Taiwan https://t.co/mS1Y0ROvgG ...

Members of the Druze minority in Israel are pushing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to defend their relatives across the border in Syria. That's putting the Trump administration on edge. https://t.co/8vKMiSjL2w ...