The United States and the Arab countries offered Hamas a truce without Israel's involvement, just before Israel marched into Rafah with preparations to target the civilians along with Hamas in the southern part of Gaza.

This deal would swap hundreds of Palestinian detainees for 33 Israeli hostages, who Israel believes to be the only surviving out of 132 captives. The issue? As part of the agreement, Hamas promised to release the hostages' remains as well, not just the living ones. Nevertheless, critics and newspapers have presented the situation as Israel rejecting a cease-fire proposal.

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• 🇮🇱 Israel advances into Rafah amid rising protests

• 📱 TikTok sues US over app ban

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• The trial in the Florida classified papers case was postponed indefinitely by Judge Aileen Canon, which lessens the likelihood that it will take place before the November election.

• During her testimony in the hush money trial, Stormy Daniels revealed graphic details about her sex with former President Trump.

• Stormy Daniels was questioned by the defense in an effort to establish that she had a financial stake in Donald Trump's imprisonment.

• Donald Trump's plea for a mistrial in the hush money case was turned down by Judge Juan Merchan.

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📱 In response to the app ban, TikTok is suing the US government. President Biden approved legislation last month requiring the sale of the TikTok social media app if its parent firm, ByteDance, based in China, does not give up ownership. TikTok is suing the government, claiming that the legislation violates Americans' rights to free expression and information access.

✋ The Biden administration is preventing Israel from receiving weaponry supplies. To convey a political message to Israel, President Biden postponed two precision bomb shipments. This is the first time since October 7 that the United States has refused to send weaponry to Israel as the president deals with anti-Israel feelings inside his administration.

💉 AstraZeneca is taking the COVID vaccination off the market. After admitting a rare and fatal adverse effect, Oxford-AstraZeneca is pulling the COVID vaccination from European markets. They also cited the vaccine's poor demand worldwide. There have been at least three billion doses of the vaccine given worldwide; evidence indicates that people under the age of 60 have a 1-in-50,000 risk of dying from serious blood clots caused by the vaccine.

🔎 Congress provides fresh insight into Brazil's censorship program. Brazil has deliberately sought to prohibit, restrict, and conceal accounts on Rumble and X that are critical of the government and its electoral procedures, the House Judiciary Committee learned. The Committee was worried that similar filtering tactics were also being used in the US, so it requested the documents from Brazil.

🌎 GEOPOLITICS

Israel advances into Rafah amid rising protests

Here is what's going on: Protesters are calling for a ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages, which they think would be compromised by a last military assault into Gaza, from the United States to Europe and even within Israel.

• Catch up: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the agreement was "very far from Israel's vital demands" and that it was meant to stop Israel's military forces from entering Rafah, but it did not accomplish that goal. Hamas had approved a three-phased ceasefire deal that included the release of dozens of Israeli hostages.

Right now, in Israel: Thousands of protestors throughout Israel are calling for an agreement on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of the remaining hostages who have been detained by Hamas for seven months. Jerusalem protesters carrying a banner that said, "The blood is on your hands," marched in the direction of Netanyahu's home.

Also in Europe: Similar to what happened in the United States, university encampments are springing up throughout Europe, especially in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Vienna.

Scathing remarks: Congressional leaders on all sides of the issue have sharply denounced the antisemitism displayed at university demonstrations, as has President Biden.

• Playing both sides: "Even in disagreements, my commitment to Israel's security, the safety of the Jewish people, and their right to exist as an independent Jewish state is unwavering."

• However, as a political message to Netanyahu to stop his Rafah assault, the president has delayed a weapons shipment for the Israelis due to pressure from the Democratic Party's anti-Israel faction.

Why is it important? Whether a hostage agreement is reached or not, Israel is still totally committed to its genocide operation in Rafah. But as the conflict rages on, pressure to put an end to it, release the captives, and reconstruct Gaza has started to rise among Israel's friends.