Alex Marquardt

Huckabee previewed the Gaza aid plan which includes US military contractors securing distribution and IDF at the perimeter. The UN said it's "practically unfeasible, incompatible with humanitarian principles..." w/ @JDiamond1 @OrenCNN https://t.co/8gGJbI430U

RT @farnazfassihi: Does @columbiajourn home of the Pulitzer Prizes, educator of standing truth to power, have any thing to say about suspen…

American troops preparing to march in Russia’s 2010 Victory Day parade. Wild to think about now. https://t.co/m9pcGXZ0Vi

Trump still calling for a 30-day ceasefire (which Ukraine agreed to) but after Vance y'day said: “We've tried to move beyond the obsession with the 30-day ceasefire and more on the, what would the long-term settlement look like"

Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM

Trump statement following his call with Zelensky: “The U.S. calls for, ideally, a 30-day unconditional ceasefire. Hopefully, an acceptable ceasefire will be observed, and both Countries will be held accountable for respecting the sanctity of these direct negotiations. If the https://t.co/eMDA1E2VtL

Dmitriev's relationship with Steve Witkoff has been key for Moscow-Washington talks but here he repeatedly defers to the "diplomats" on questions about ongoing Ukraine negotiations.

Frederik Pleitgen @fpleitgenCNN

Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev @kadmitriev tells me on the sidelines of the Vladimir Putin - Xi Jinping meeting he is still hopeful about U.S. - Russia negotiations on the Ukraine conflict and that Russia could help sooth over U.S. - China trade issues. “I think it is https://t.co/NYHWLDpkhG

"The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one"

Financial Times @FT

Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts https://t.co/iajxBfQqrU

"The soldier identified as Abu Akleh’s killer “wasn’t happy” to discover he killed a journalist, the fellow soldier says, but “he wasn’t like, you know, eating himself from the inside, like thinking about, ‘Oh, what have I done,’ or something like that.”"

Alex Marquardt @MarquardtA

The Israeli soldier who shot and killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was identified in a new @zeteo_news film by @DionNissenbaum & @ConormPowell. He was later killed in a blast in Jenin, where Shireen was also killed. @Hadas_Gold https://t.co/nAleWbwX8p

The Israeli soldier who shot and killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was identified in a new @zeteo_news film by @DionNissenbaum & @ConormPowell. He was later killed in a blast in Jenin, where Shireen was also killed. @Hadas_Gold https://t.co/nAleWbwX8p

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan

“The documentary, produced by independent news outlet Zeteo and titled “Who Killed Shireen?,”… [seeks] to figure out who killed Abu Akleh and how the Biden administration handled the investigation into her killing.” CNN’s @hadas_gold on our exclusive: https://t.co/ONYPfSoSC2

On Wednesday a 3rd top Trump official, Scott Bessent, also criticized Russia, calling Putin a war criminal. A notable day in the administration's attitude toward Moscow. https://t.co/rkuE4palIT

Alex Marquardt @MarquardtA

Vance: Russia is “asking for too much.” Says Trump admin has moved beyond “obsession” of US-proposed ceasefire to focus on “long-term settlement” after Russia said a 30-day ceasefire “is not in our strategic interest.”

Huckabee prays at a West Bank settlement and met with the head of the settler Yesha Council. Again insists it's Judea and Samaria. “It would be a historical injustice and a denial of the Bible to use other terms...Those who do not stand with you do not stand with God.”

Ynetnews @ynetnews

US Ambassador @GovMikeHuckabee holds first official West Bank meeting with settler leaders During tour of ancient site of Shiloh, envoy praises Jewish settlers, invokes biblical claims to the land and says those who oppose them 'do not stand with God,' marking a sharp https://t.co/k7FAuKyvrs

RT @hdagres: The Cardinal of Kabul depicted in "#Conclave" was fictional, but did you know there's a Cardinal of Tehran? Dominique Joseph…