内容摘要：“Trump has given Israel many opportunities, and ammunition prohibited by the Biden administration, to end the war in Gaza. This is what Trump wants,” said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israeli relations at Israel’s Bar-Ilan and Reichman universities. Instead,

“Trump has given Israel many opportunities, and ammunition prohibited by the Biden administration, to end the war in Gaza. This is what Trump wants,” said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israeli relations at Israel’s Bar-Ilan and Reichman universities. Instead,

In May 2024, China and Brazil issued a joint peace plan that called for a peace conference with Russia and Ukraine and no expansion of the battlefield, but Zelenskyy dismissed it.On Tuesday, Brazil and China released a joint statement hoping that “a direct dialogue between the parties can begin as soon as possible.”

The U.S. and Western European leaders have threatened Russia with further sanctions if there is no progress in halting the fighting in Ukraine.France’s foreign minister said he is working with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a leading ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, on a potential new package of what he called “devastating” sanctions.The measures would aim to “asphyxiate once and for all the Russian economy” and squeeze Russia “by the throat,” with possible 500% import tariffs on Russian oil and countries that buy it, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. He told French broadcaster BFMTV he would see Graham on Thursday in Turkey.

Sanctions already adopted by Ukraine’s allies have failed to stop Putin.Russian forces have been

to maximize pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position, Ukrainian government and military analysts say.

The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, said Tuesday that Russia is “attempting to prolong negotiations to extract additional concessions from the United States and while making additional battlefield advances.”Children walk past a tree brought down by an elephant on the periphery of Save Valley Conservancy, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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