NotableIran has shown us what modern war looks like. “We urgently need a more affordable, more comprehensive approach to countering the drone threat.” — Lloyd J. Austin III, the secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025 JD Vance, the joke is on you. “The interesting thing is not that he keeps debasing himself but that he gets less and less in return each time. As his political fortunes dim, his soul has become a depreciating asset.” — Dana Milbank, a columnist at the news site NOTUS Israel’s new death penalty law is a warning. “This legislation is both unconstitutional and discriminatory. Beyond its fundamental immorality, the law is part of a larger, accelerating effort to systematically end once and for all the possibility of a Palestinian state.” — Talia Sasson, a former senior official in Israel’s State Attorney’s Office Spotlight
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