内容摘要：International rights group Human Rights Watch said Thursday that Israel’s stated plan of seizing Gaza and displacing hundreds of thousands of people “inches closer to extermination,” and called on the international community to speak out against it.

International rights group Human Rights Watch said Thursday that Israel’s stated plan of seizing Gaza and displacing hundreds of thousands of people “inches closer to extermination,” and called on the international community to speak out against it.

President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at the White House, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at the White House, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of prolonging the “killing field” by pushing back on his demand that Ukraine hand over occupied Crimea to Moscow.Trump’s land-for-peace plan would mark a significant shift in the post-World War II order, ripping up conventions that have long held that borders should not be redrawn by force.“It took a World War to roll back de jure annexations and 60 million people died,” said François Heisbourg, special adviser at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris, referring to the pre-war annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.

“Europeans will not accept it” and Ukraine will not either, he said.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks with Ukraine’s President Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a bilateral meeting in Rome, Italy, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks with Ukraine’s President Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a bilateral meeting in Rome, Italy, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Diplomats and experts described various scenarios if the U.S. decides to walk. They range from the U.S. ceasing direct aid to Ukraine — but allowing European nations to pass on critical American intelligence and weapons to Kyiv — to Trump banning transfers of any American technology, including components or software in European weapons.“I think it’s more like what’s in your mind rather than like the exterior part of it,” said Nakase, who at UCLA was often mistaken for a gymnast or tennis player. “The negative opinions fuel my fire, though.”

Nakase’s leadership style is one of “tough love.” It’s an approach she learned from her father. Compliments were not something given in her family. But candor was.Her father “not only (held) me accountable but, he set higher and higher standards because I think if you believe in yourself — in this — then I want to push you to this,” Nakase said. “If your expectations are here, I want to push you even higher.”

That’s not to say she won’t be there for players off the court.Nakase said her “responsibility is to be with them every single day, every single moment, check in, ‘Are we good today?’”