Surveillance bill implodes amid GOP infighting in latest blow to Johnson politico.com/live-updates/2…

“Nice and quiet diplomacy didn’t work.” Our story on Dmytro Kuleba’s push to get more Patriot batteries in Ukraine washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Perhaps no government in history has invoked the importance of the 'rules-based order' more than the Biden administration. @attackerman.bsky.social on how the Gaza conflict casts this in a new light nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opi…

a philosophical treatise on bridges

1/The Fog of War: Beheaded Babies.
Six months ago today, a series of reputable news outlets published reports that Hamas militants had beheaded babies at the Kfar Aza kibbutz on Oct. 7 in southern Israel. The The Wall Street Journal was not one of them.

'for the first time in Russian history, members of the Russian elite and their children have started to learn Mandarin... 85 percent of Russians viewed China positively. Over half of Russians now want their children to learn Chinese' foreignaffairs.com/china/putin-an…

“The evidence, reviewed by forensic and ballistic experts, indicated that automatic gunfire began before the IDF said the convoy had started crossing through the checkpoint and that shots were fired within close range of crowds that had gathered for food” cnn.com/2024/04/09/mid…

When you’ve lost Bret Stephens… nytimes.com/2024/04/09/opi…

🧵6 months ago this week, I was the first (and only) The Wall Street Journal journalist to head to southern Israel to report on the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Within minutes, Ari Flanzraich and I were caught in the open by a Hamas rocket attack. Audio: youtube.com/shorts/_NxS_wG…

Spat between Oversight Committee and Qatar Embassy USA on the nature of the Qatar-Hamas relationship oversight.house.gov/release/comer-…

very enjoyable Ben Terris profile of the guy Trump appointed to the board of the Wilson Center washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

Significant: though a staunch progressive, Warren doesn’t often take contentious stands on Israel issues

in a joint op-ed, Macron, Sisi and King Abdullah call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire as well as the 'immediate release of all hostages' washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Palestinians Return to an Unrecognizable City After Israelis Withdraw nytimes.com/2024/04/08/wor…

Quite a criticism of IDF standards from former CIA Director Leon Panetta: “You have to be able to verify, to take time…and I have to tell you that in the past, at least in my experience, the Israelis usually fire and then ask questions.”

World Central Kitchen says IDF ‘cannot credibly investigate its own failure’ over aid strike washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

At the White House, a reporter asked Biden if he had threatened military aid to Israel. Biden replied only: “I asked them to do what they’re doing.”

Putting two facts together to great effect, by John Hudson and the WaPo: washingtonpost.com/national-secur… U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes

During the stern Biden-Bibi talk “Biden didn't specify what a loss of U.S. support would entail and he didn't mention the possibility of stopping weapons shipments to Israel” axios.com/2024/04/05/bid…

Today’s front page: U.S. approves thousands of new bombs for Israel on same day of World Central Kitchen strikes