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🎧 Public opinion on the decision is split. Many Israelis want the war to end, NPR’s Emily Feng tells Up First. Some of the most forceful opposition comes from the military. But right-wing Israelis support the expansion. Former peace negotiator Menachem Klein says the Israeli army cannot defeat a guerrilla force in its own territory. Mahmoud Abdel Salam Ahmed, who is preparing to flee Gaza City, says this plan is the worst news he has heard since the beginning of the war. 

🎧 Vance’s discussion about redistricting signals that the White House does not intend to lose the political arms race and wants to stack the deck in their favor, says NPR's Ashley Lopez. Among Republican controlled states, Ohio needs a new map because of state law. Florida’s House speaker announced yesterday a new redistricting committee, and the White House has reached out to Missouri about redistricting. Democratic states have responded by looking into ways to draw more favorable seats for themselves in case GOP-led states are able to redraw their maps. 

🎧 The president attempted to exclude U.S. residents without legal status during the 2020 census, but failed, NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang notes. Preparations for the 2030 census are underway and no president can just order a new one. Congress has final authority over the census. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has proposed a new bill that calls for a new census, a redistribution of House seats and a round of congressional redistricting before next year’s midterm elections. The bill would attempt to exclude people living in the states without U.S. citizenship, including green card holders, and U.S. residents without legal status. Lo Wang says that if the bill or any similar bills became law, they would likely face lawsuits.