Palestinian Authority Sets Date for First Major Elections in Two Decades

PA President Mahmoud Abbas scheduled parliamentary elections for November 28, the first in two decades, amid international pressure to enact structural reforms.

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Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, detained by Israel for 18 months after a raid on his Gaza hospital, is in critical condition.

Rights groups and UN experts are urging his immediate release, warning that his life may be at risk.

Source: NBC News

NEW: Iran warns it will retaliate against infrastructure attacks and strike Israel in response.

Secret Service advised Trump to leave Türkiye on the older Air Force One rather than Qatar’s donated jet, because the newer plane was rushed into service and may lack key defensive and secure-communications capabilities.

The precaution came amid the war with Iran, though officials said there was no specific threat.

Source: CBS News

UK has designated Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS and Oracle as “critical third parties” to its financial sector, placing them under direct regulatory oversight from July 13.

The move reflects concern that a cyberattack or outage at one major cloud provider could disrupt multiple banks, insurers and financial-market firms at once.

They will face resilience testing, regular assessments and incident-reporting requirements overseen by UK financial regulators.

Source: Reuters

Rahm Emanuel on Israel:

Israel does not have a problem with the Democratic Party.

Israel has a problem in America.

Mamdani is more popular with American Jews than Netanyahu.

Rahm Emanuel on DSA:

They can’t win elections in the states that count for winning the presidency.

They don't represent the future.

New video and a neighbor's account show Sen. Mitch McConnell being taken from his home on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance on June 14 after emergency responders were called for an unconscious person.

His office still hasn't disclosed why he's been hospitalized for nearly three weeks.

Source: CNN

The Pentagon has lifted the suspension of all eight National Guard Apache helicopter pilots who participated in the "Salute to the Shore" flyover along South Carolina's coast.

Trump's Gaza Peace Plan is Fracturing on Multiple Fronts

The ambitious 20-point peace plan for Gaza envisioned a robust 20,000-strong international force to secure the enclave, but planners are currently struggling to deploy just 10 to 20 troops.

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Trump:

I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, which is polling at 97% with the Republican Party, and very high with the non-politician Dumocrats.

The Act states, quite simply, that to Vote a person must show PHOTO VOTER I.D., PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, AND THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE CROOKED, CORRUPT, & DESTABILIZING MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPTIONS for Military, Disabled, Illness, and Travel!). THE SAVE AMERICA ACT’S non-passage is CRAZY, and a serious threat to any politician who votes against it!

If the Dumocrats, or any RINO (or worse!) working with them, do not allow a positive Vote on SAVE AMERICA, TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, and pass this, and every other Bill that true Republicans have ever dreamt of (In addition to the upcoming Budget BOMB and the 1929 catastrophic style DEBT CEILING BILL!).

The Dumocrats will TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, if and when they ever get the chance to do so, in their very first hour - And I will no longer be able to call them Dumocrats again! The title of DUMB will revert to the Republicans who allowed this horrible calamity to happen to our Party, and our Nation, itself! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Leaked documents reportedly show Russia and China are cooperating much more closely militarily than China publicly admits.

They are discussing joint weapons projects, training Russian drone operators in China, sharing battlefield lessons from Ukraine, and developing ways to counter Starlink—including jamming, cyberattacks, or potentially attacking satellites.

They are also working on an advanced air/missile-defense system aimed at US-style hypersonic and ballistic missiles.

Russia brings real combat experience from Ukraine; China brings electronics, manufacturing, and technology.

Source: SPIEGEL

Qatari negotiators have traveled to Iran for talks aimed at de-escalating tensions and paving the way for renewed US-Iran negotiations.

The trip was coordinated with the United States.

Source: CNN

The Trump administration is seeking to keep Israel out of any US military action against Iran over concerns that Israeli involvement could escalate the conflict.

Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly eager to participate, Washington is opposed for now.

Source: CNN

Qatar blocked a major defense manufacturing agreement between Volkswagen and Israel.

▪️VW proposed to build Iron Dome parts with Rafael
▪️QIA holds 17 percent of VW's voting rights
▪️Israel subsequently halted a Hapag-Lloyd shipping deal

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Trump removed the final three members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (EAC)—the independent federal agency that certifies voting systems, supports election officials, and maintains the national mail voter registration form.

Two Democratic commissioners were fired and the lone Republican resigned, leaving the agency without commissioners ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Source: Reuters

Iranian media releases footage showing the final resting place of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family members.

Turkish President Erdogan:

In traditional warfare, the decisive factors were force concentration and the number of platforms available.

Today, we see that technology, information, unmanned systems, rapid decision-making, and support mechanisms have been added to these factors.

Wars are no longer fought solely on the battlefield.
They are also waged through cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns.

Critical infrastructure, power transmission lines, and trade routes are targeted by kamikaze drones.

In this new operational environment, where reconnaissance and real-time intelligence have become indispensable force multipliers, planning as well as command and control have become more critical than ever.

Today, I would like to state with great pride:

The officers trained at our National Defence University demonstrate exceptional performance in both planning and command and control.

Zelensky:

This week, our warriors achieved significant results in carrying out long-range strikes against Russian facilities that support this war.

Ukrainian drones reached Siberia and struck the oil refinery in Omsk—nearly 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine.

There is now no Russian oil refinery that Ukrainian weapons cannot reach.

Trump's New Air Force One Lacks Core Missile Defenses

The new Air Force One jet, a Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar, lacks advanced defensive countermeasures of its predecessor, which is what forced Trump to abruptly swap planes on his return from Türkiye.

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