Ukraine Asks for U.S. Help in Striking Targets Inside Russia wsj.com/world/ukraine-…

Russian Gains in Ukraine Don’t Point to a Breakthrough for Moscow, Top U.S. Generals Say wsj.com/world/russian-…

Today marks 59 long weeks, more than 400 days, since Evan was wrongfully detained in Russia. #istandwithevan

When you hear Israel is asking people to “evacuate” Rafah, the implication is there’s somewhere safe for them to go. Remember this: “10% of munitions do not detonate on impact. That means ~7500 metric tons of live munition may be scattered throughout Gaza” npr.org/2024/05/13/125…

The Biden administration notified Congress on Tuesday of a planned $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, less than a week after the White House paused a shipment of bombs over a planned Israeli assault on Rafah. // latest by Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف & me
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The Jabaliya re-clearance is the biggest IDF push back into Gaza City yet—of similar scale to the force going into Rafah—apparently involving three full brigades and one of the two division headquarters that was previously slated for Rafah: x.com/2023gazawar/st…

“You see it in their face, people's eyes are dead, that spark isn't there.” Fmr CNN reporter & @inaraorg founder @iamarwadamon tells me about the chaos she saw in Gaza, and the psychological toll the Israel-Hamas war is taking on the children who live there.

A military officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency has resigned his commission in protest of America’s support for Israel amid its campaign against Hamas wsj.com/world/middle-e… by Gordon Lubold

Reuters reporting a Putin shakeup of his NatSec team:

* Sergei Shoigu, defence minister since 2012, would become the secretary of Russia's Security Council
* Andrei Belousov, a former deputy PM who specialises in economics, would become defense minister
* Valery Gerasimov, the

A National Press Foundation fellowship for Nancy Lavin led to a News from the States collaboration on the challenges facing mom lawmakers ahead of #MothersDay . Here’s our Rhode Island Current installment.

The U.S. pier off the coast of Gaza may be near opening but lots of questions remain on how aid arriving via sea will get to Gazans w/⁦Jared Malsin⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Palestinian woman Buthayna Abu Jazar reacts as she holds the hand of her son Hazma, who was killed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

How Netanyahu Pushed Biden to the Edge of His ‘Red Line’ ⁦Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف⁩ ⁦Michael R. Gordon⁩ ⁦Gordon Lubold⁩ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Little Darin is one of 20 thousand children orphaned by this war. One of tens of thousands injured by the bombs.. Those children are not numbers.. they have names & stories .. they had lives and dreams.. #Gaza Our piece w/ Sarah El Sirgany

The DoD has released its 2022 report on civilian casualties caused by US operations – almost a full year over the congressionally-mandated deadline of May 1, 2023. Says it made no compensation payments to families of the wrongly killed. justsecurity.org/95485/dod-civi… Joanna Naples-Mitchell

U.S. Paused Weapons Shipment to Israel Over a Possible Rafah Offensive wsj.com/politics/natio…

A mourner holds the body of a child as he sits next to body of another child and of other Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, during their funeral, at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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The Biden administration has delayed the sale of precision weapons to Israel, raising questions about whether the U.S. is deliberating slowing the delivery of weapons // latest by Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف and me wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Biden administration has held up delivery of Joint Direct Attack Munitions as it pressures its ally not to go into Rafah wsj.com/world/middle-e… w/the awesome Jared Malsin