Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt:

Israel wants to exploit sects and denominations for its own benefit.

Israel wants to achieve the principle of Greater Israel, and preventing that is the responsibility of Arab leaders before it is too late.

NATO Secretary General Rutte:

To keep NATO strong, Europe will increase defense spending. Europe is really stepping up here.

BIG: Israel approves call-up of 400,000 reservists until May 2025.

Israel has expanded its military mobilization, increasing the reservist cap from 320,000 to 400,000 as part of ongoing war preparations.

Zelensky met with Italian PM Meloni.

US National Security Advisor Waltz:

Ukraine needs a leader who can deal with Washington, Moscow and end the war.

European and NATO leaders at the London defense summit.

British PM Starmer:

We need to step up to a once in a generation moment for security of Europe.

European and NATO leaders defense summit has begun.

US Secretary of State Rubio:

We need to first establish peace in Ukraine and then we can discuss security guarantees.

Syrian Presidency has formed a committee of experts to draft the constitutional declaration.

US Commerce Secretary Lutnick:

25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico may not go into effect next Tuesday.

US Commerce Secretary:

Tariffs on China will remain in place as long as it does not stop exporting fentanyl to us.

Trump says the U.S. will move forward on a "Crypto Strategic Reserve".

The U.S. will not provide funds to Ukraine until Zelensky comes to Washington with a peace plan, says the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

Nasrallah’s son:

My father fell into depression after the pager attack.

Those who met him said he was not the same person.

Trump’s National Security Advisor Waltz:

Zelensky is like an ex who just wants to argue about something you said nine years ago instead of moving the relationship forward.

52% of Americans support Ukraine, 4% support Russia, and 44% express neutrality.

Source: CBS Poll

Trump has reposted this on Truth Social.

"Trump played both sides like a master chess player. In the end, Zelensky will have no choice but to concede."

US Secretary of State Rubio:

I have asked every foreign minister I meet with to tell me their idea of how this turns out. Most don't have a plan.

A few have said, 'Well, let's give them another year of fighting, another year of death, another year of destruction, then maybe Putin will be ready to negotiate.'

JD Vance:

The bitter irony of America’s present predicament is that the very people who cheer for permanent arms shipments to Ukraine also supported the de-industrialization of America.

The very things you want us to send are things we don’t make enough of.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen:

We urgently need to rearm Europe.