Friday Briefing – The New York Times
Fear of being attacked by Iran drew the US general to Israel
The US sends its top military commander in the Middle East to Israel to discuss a widely expected retaliatory strike from Iranofficials said.
Iran’s leader has repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for its crimes April 1st strike in Syria killed several high-ranking Iranian commanders. Israel has put its military on alert and President Biden says Iran is threatening a “significant” attack. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the American commander, will also discuss the war in Gaza and humanitarian aid operations there.
Biden, who has become increasingly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conduct of the war in Gaza, said that US support for Israel in the face of the danger from Iran is “strong”.
Netanyahu said his country was prepared for other challenges. “We have determined a simple rule: Whoever harms us, we will harm them,” he said.
Hostage: A senior Hamas official said the group did not have 40 living hostages who meet the criteria for a proposed exchange with Israel, raising fears that more hostages could die than previously believed.
Starvation: Director of the US Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, said this week that There is famine in northern Gaza.
OJ Simpson passed away at the age of 76
OJ Simpson rose to fame on the football field, became rich as an American in film, television and advertising, and in a 1995 trial that captivated America, OJ Simpson was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend. He passed away yesterday at the age of 76.
His trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, lasted nine months and became a pivotal point in the race problem in America. A civil lawsuit in 1997 found Simpson responsible for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages, after which he spent several years in prison on related charges. to the theft of a trove of sports memorabilia in 2007.
The story of OJ Simpson has spawned a wave of books, films, studies and debates on questions of justice, race relations and reputation in a nation that worships heroes but has never felt comfortable with deeper conflicts.
For more, this is a Criticism handbook about Simpson’s position at the heart of American media; something that belongs to him case for LA; and a timeline of his life.
This carefully crafted law imposes new penalties on those who seek to avoid military service and provides numerous financial incentives for those who take up arms.
But it lacks a timeline for when troops will be demobilized, something soldiers and their families have demanded after more than two years of brutal war.
Draft: Many young Ukrainians are restless when President Volodymyr Zelensky lowered Ukraine’s military enlistment age from 27 to 25.
Demographic: Ukraine needs more soldiers but it has very few young men.
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Memoirs of Aleksei Navalny
Before his died in prison in February, Aleksei Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, wrote a memoir about his life and activism.
Yulia Navalnaya, his wife, said: “This book is a testament not only to Aleksei’s life but also to his steadfast commitment to the fight against dictatorship – a fight in which he devoted give everything, including your life.”
That’s all for this week. Thank you for reading and have a relaxing weekend. — Dan
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