The IDF Kills an American Citizen, Mexico Passes Judicial Reform, the Pentagon Seeks a New Home in West Africa
On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
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IDF Kills American Citizen, Mexico Passes Judicial Reform, Pentagon Seeks New Home in West Africa | American Prestige
On this week's American Prestige news roundup: a Gaza ceasefire talks update (1:15) while the IDF kills American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi (5:18); Iraq is negotiating a deal for the US to withdraw its forces (11:43); the US gives Egypt a full military aid allotment (13:47); in Sudan, new Rapid Support Forces (RSF) activity in the country’s south (15:22); the Pentagon is trying to reconstitute a presence in West Africa (16:29); in Russia-Ukraine, the Russian counteroffensive in Kursk (19:24), claims of Iran supplying missiles to Russia (21:02), and Biden might be on the cusp of allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia (23:00); Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González flees the country (25:46); the Mexican Senate passes AMLO’s judicial reform (27:50); and a New Cold War update featuring US and Chinese theater commanders speaking for the first time since 2022 (30:02) and fears over a possible Chinese naval base (31:16).
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Judiciary workers who were protesting against the controversial Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Judicial Reform, forced their way into the Senate of the Republic, interrupting the session on the approval of the Judicial Reform.
(Ian Robles / Eyepix Group / Light Rocket via Getty Images)On this week’s American Prestige news roundup: We have an update on Gaza ceasefire talks (1:15) and the IDF kills American citizen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi (5:18); Iraq is negotiating a deal for the US to withdraw its forces (11:43); the US gives Egypt a full military aid allotment (13:47); in southern Sudan, there is new Rapid Support Forces (RSF) activity (15:22); the Pentagon is trying to reconstitute a presence in West Africa (16:29); in Russia-Ukraine, Russia mounts a counteroffensive in Kursk (19:24), claims emerge of Iran supplying missiles to Russia (21:02), and Biden might be on the cusp of allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia (23:00); Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González flees the country (25:46); the Mexican Senate passes AMLO’s judicial reform (27:50); and, in a New Cold War update, US and Chinese theater commanders speak for the first time since 2022 (30:02), amid fears over a possible Chinese naval base (31:16).
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Israeli Annexation in the West Bank w/ Oren Ziv | American Prestige
Danny and Derek welcome to the show Oren Ziv to talk about Israeli settlement expansion and political changes in the West Bank. They discuss the legal and political structure of Areas A, B, and C; the proliferation of settler outposts; displacement of Palestinian communities; state support for settlers; Bezalel Smotrich’s sovereignty plan; new settlement approvals; the weakening of the Palestinian Authority; and potential future scenarios for the territory.
Read Oren’s article in The Nation, “Erasing the Lines.”
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