U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down from his post, according to multiple reports . Why it matters: Driscoll, the youngest Army secretary in U.S. history, was well-liked in the military and regarded as a Trump 2.0 power player who took on a diplomatic role in talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Between the lines: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not warm to Driscoll as the two worked at the Department of Defense, but Driscoll's friendship with Vice President JD Vance offered him some protection. - Tension between Hegseth and Driscoll was in part over the Defense secretary allegedly removing four officers — two Black men and two women — from a promotions list after Driscoll refused to do so, The New York…
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Foreign Affairs We Hope Till Hope Creates Peace in the Middle East requires dealing with nationalism. Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images Last year, in an English-language interview with Sky News Arabia, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack made headlines by arguing that the Middle East is destined for perpetual conflict. The issue, he claimed in a rather puzzling statement, is that there is no word in Arabic for “submit.” The Arabic subtitles to the interview itself provided a translation for “submit.” Moreover, as many viewers were quick to point out, the…Open
Owen Shroyer discusses Jared Kushner saying that Israel can "finish the job" in Gaza after Netanyahu, who used to sleep at Jared Kushner's room at his parent's home when visiting the US, refused Trump's Gaza peace plan.
A day after President Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.
The rare direct meeting afforded Kushner an opportunity to press Hamas for specifics on a disarmament plan, warning that Israel doesn't trust Hamas to go through with the promise.
In a meeting that lasted more than four hours, US envoy Jared Kushner pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with the Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire plan and “not create obstacles,” according to an Israeli source familiar with the discussions. Netanyahu, who rejected the 15-point plan earlier this month, said that making progress on the plan was “problematic” because of the upcoming Israeli elections at the end of October, the source told CNN. Courting a right-wing voter base and trailing in repeated polls, Netanyahu has been unwilling to make concessions on Gaza ahead of the elections. 0:00 Kusher presses Netanyahu to move forward with Gaza peace plan 1:22 Interpreting the 4-hour meeting 5:20 All this…
President Trump adviser Jared Kushner told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that the U.S. wants Israel to take "small steps" in Gaza to test whether Hamas' commitment to start disarming is genuine, a U.S. official said. Why it matters: The four-hour meeting took place amid deep skepticism from Netanyahu about the U.S. plan for Gaza — and ahead of an October election that makes the Israeli leader reluctant to offer significant concessions on the politically sensitive issue. - While the meeting helped clarify misunderstandings, addressed some of Netanyahu's concerns and produced a joint understanding on how to move forward, it also crystallized the remaining differences and made clear how difficult near-term…
USA Today White House Correspondent, Joey Garrison, joins LiveNOW from FOX to discuss the latest with the Iran conflict. President Trump is threatening to make the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory. The CENTCOM chief is meeting with troops aboard the Abraham Lincoln. President Trump's envoys in the Middle East to push for a Gaza peace plan.
President Trump's envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday to press them to carry out their commitment to disarm , according to two sources familiar with the meeting. Why it matters: This was Kushner's first meeting with Hamas leaders since the signing of the agreement to end the war in Gaza last October . - The unusual meeting came as the White House and Trump's Board of Peace push both Hamas and Israel to move to the next phase of the U.S. 20-point peace plan. - Kushner is expected to visit Israel on Monday and meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss "corresponding steps" Israel must take, the source said. Behind the scenes: Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov and former British…
AI:President Trump's envoy Jared Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt to demand they fulfill disarmament obligations as part of the administration's Board of Peace peace plan. Joined by high-level representatives like Tony Blair and Egyptian intelligence officials, Kushner pushed for concrete, verifiable steps toward the complete decommissioning of Hamas weapons and military infrastructure. The push seeks to transition governance in Gaza to a Palestinian technocratic body, ensuring Hamas has no future role in regional leadership. As part of this strategic pressure, Kushner is set to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu to coordinate Israeli withdrawals and humanitarian efforts contingent upon Hamas's compliance with total demilitarization to…Open
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AI:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally rejected the peace plan proposed by President Trump for Gaza, a development that signals intensifying instability across the Middle East and highlights a growing defiance toward American diplomatic initiatives. While geopolitical tensions escalate in the region, political maneuvering continues to shift globally as Count Binface has launched a challenge against Nigel Farage.Open
