Dov Lieber
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Apple News Today
One of rap’s biggest beefs might be coming to the Super Bowl
There's certainly a lot of elation among some parts of Israeli society. They see this as a major blessing. This is an idea that has been floated on the Israeli right for many years, especially the far right, including during this war. But it has always seemed somewhat out of the bounds of mainstream thought within Israel.
Apple News Today
One of rap’s biggest beefs might be coming to the Super Bowl
So many people have been looking for something new, some kind of new creative solution. And there are those who will argue that at least, at the very least, President Trump is thinking outside of the box. But of course, we're seeing many also in this region, in the Middle East, don't think it's out of the box thinking.
Apple News Today
One of rap’s biggest beefs might be coming to the Super Bowl
They think it's potentially ethnic cleansing and war crimes that President Trump is speaking about. We still don't quite understand the details, but at the end of the day, this is quite unprecedented a proposal by President Trump.
Apple News Today
One of rap’s biggest beefs might be coming to the Super Bowl
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WSJ What’s News
White House Scales Back Planned April Tariffs
Now there's a new crop of leaders who are hewing to Prime Minister Netanyahu's desire to first defeat Hamas completely militarily, and only then can a solution to the political problem as to who would rule Gaza after the war be found. And they're coming up with a new game plan to defeat Hamas in the battlefield.
WSJ What’s News
White House Scales Back Planned April Tariffs
And that has to do with both the Israeli military planning to invade Gaza, a wide-scale ground invasion, in a way that we didn't see in the first part of the war. What we are told, according to people familiar with the government speaking, is that this time around, Israel will do a simultaneous invasion across the Gaza Strip.
WSJ What’s News
White House Scales Back Planned April Tariffs
And at the same time, it will seek to hold territory and control the distribution of humanitarian aid so that distribution of humanitarian aid isn't overseen by Hamas, who can use its control of humanitarian aid either to take the aid and sell it for money or to use it as a lever of control over the population.
WSJ What’s News
White House Scales Back Planned April Tariffs
It is a very risky strategy. On the one hand, Gaza has already been devastated by what's already happened during the war. According to Gaza health authorities, now 50,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began. and much of the infrastructure there is devastated.
WSJ What’s News
White House Scales Back Planned April Tariffs
On the other hand, the military may have a logistical problem insofar as that it will need large amounts of reservists who have already fought hundreds of days of war. And now, given the fact that returning to fighting is already a contentious issue inside Israeli society, that means the reservists will be less motivated to return to war.
WSJ What’s News
White House Scales Back Planned April Tariffs
This could be a serious problem for the Israeli government and the military going forward. That was journal correspondent Dov Lieber.
WSJ What’s News
Musk’s Politics Dent Tesla’s Appeal
Israel is hoping the U.S. can help it force Hamas to release more hostages at this current stage without agreeing to any kind of ceasefire or without making any kind of strategic retreats from the Gaza Strip. Israel is still controlling this border between Gaza and Egypt that allows Israel to keep full control of things going in and out of Gaza.
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Musk’s Politics Dent Tesla’s Appeal
And what we're seeing right now is a considered effort by Israel and the United States to force Hamas to release more hostages without Israel and Hamas having to negotiate what is a seemingly unbridgeable issue for them, which is how this war will end.